Some Garden Birds on new Camera
Some Garden Birds on new CameraHi
I have brought myself a Christmas Present, a new entry level DSLR Camera, so been trying it out. Pretty common birds [center]Long Tailed Tits Great and Blue Tits Female Sparrow Dunnock Pigeon landing on Chimney Other Taking off (not sure what they are, long way off, about 200 meters - pretty sure they're Herons) [/center] Richard New Member? Get more from the Forum and join in 'Members Chat' - you're very welcome
Re: Some Garden Birds on new CameraNice pictures. I love long-tail tits.
I think the bird on the left of your bottom picture is a gull of some sort, the other does seem to have a longer neck so I'll believe you that it's a heron. Dance caller. http://mo-dance-caller.blogspot.co.uk/p/what-i-do.html
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Re: Some Garden Birds on new CameraI bet that cost a bomb but what lovely clear pictures of lovely birds Richard.
Maggie.
Re: Some Garden Birds on new CameraNot bad Maggie, £350 with the telephoto lens (Cyber Friday offer, about £240 off)
Sold a few bits to get the dosh though I want a hobby which requires fresh air, bit of walking and seeing what I like.....nature!! Way to go yet, but coming along. Richard PS. Think you're right. New Member? Get more from the Forum and join in 'Members Chat' - you're very welcome
Re: Some Garden Birds on new CameraBeautiful pictures Richard, I love them all but I do have a soft spot for the Dunnock, lovely song
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Re: Some Garden Birds on new CameraLovely photos Richard, such pretty little birds.
Re: Some Garden Birds on new CameraLovely pics Richard! Enjoy fiddling with your new camera - I am having great fun with mine, trying out different settings etc
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Re: Some Garden Birds on new CameraGreat shots Richard. I got a new dslr camera for christmas too, so lots to learn. What zoom lens were you using for those pics?
I think the last is a grey heron, and a gull of some sort Karen
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Re: Some Garden Birds on new CameraHi Karen, the Sigma 300mm.
I have on permanant loan a Sigma 150 - 500 OS Lens, only had it since yesterday. I took these today, the Swans and Egret were about 200 meters away - very dark afternoon though. The Great Tit was from about 20 meters. Set on Aperture, single point focus, ISO 800. [center] [/center] As you know I'm new to this, but have to say that if you know your way round Photoshop or an equal to Software, it makes things a lot lot better in the end. Richard New Member? Get more from the Forum and join in 'Members Chat' - you're very welcome
Re: Some Garden Birds on new CameraWow they are fab pics Richard
I dont think ive ever seen a blue tit so close, I never knew they had blue legs [center]Happy to have shown Titchy Clucker a little corner of France[/center]
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Re: Some Garden Birds on new CameraGreat pics. The one of the bluetit especially. I was using a fuji bridge camera which was great as I was getting to grips with aperture and shutter settings, but it's been so long since I used it that I've forgotten most of what I learned. Hoping it will come back soon, and I'm going to do some of the free tutorials on the web.
I have a very old old version of photoshop (v6) and would love to upgrade but it's a bit pricey. I've used paint shop pro in the past so I guess I could use that. GIMP is supposed to be the freeware equivalent to photoshop but I've never used it. Are you using Lightroom too? Karen
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Re: Some Garden Birds on new CameraHi Karen
I have CS3 on my laptop and Elements in the Shed. The website is built using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3. To be honest, what I do can do what I want to do on virtually any version. It's mainly for resizing, cropping, brightness, contrast and optimizing for web pages. I occasionally fiddle around with effects. I don't use Lightroom. Don't know GIMP, I'll have a peep at that, thanks. If you know someone who's a Student, they get Adobe Software at around a fifth of the price. Richard Richard New Member? Get more from the Forum and join in 'Members Chat' - you're very welcome
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Re: Some Garden Birds on new Camera excellent photos Richard
I bought Photoshop for my other laptop, but when that computer died I didn't bother buying another - on the new laptop, I wanted Microsoft Office (it was on special offer at the time) and although basic, the picture manager works well - I don't bother with colour, just contrast and mid-tone along with cropping and resizing Re: Some Garden Birds on new CameraSuper woodpecker.
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