my 1st try on bird photography

[broccoli]

this is my 1st try doing bird photography using my budget len sigma 70-300

any idea how i can improve...of course dun ask me get a better len...

by the way, anyone has idea what is the name of this bird...

Thanx

info: 400D, 1/400S, F5.6, ISO400, 238mm

[overdodo]

I think its called a common myna.

less common than the black javan myna now adays !


cheers

[glennyong]

image very soft leh.

maybe the F number not enough ?

[noob117]

hah i it the 70-300 APO DG macro?
did u crop the pix?
ya i agree stop down mabi F10...

[glennyong]

the bokeh is good enough. image is just not sharp enough.

from your EXIF.

1/400 + f/5.6

ISO 400...

not much of a problem from what i can see.. and u are using 400D.

i believe its the lens. its being set to macro mode ?

not a canon or sigma user.

but that lens. not capable of achieving great images with such a length IMHO.

[broccoli]

Originally Posted by glennyong the bokeh is good enough. image is just not sharp enough. from your EXIF. 1/400 + f/5.6 ISO 400... not much of a problem from what i can see.. and u are using 400D. i believe its the lens. its being set to macro mode ? not a canon or sigma user. but that lens. not capable of achieving great images with such a length IMHO.

the lens is not set to macro mode when i took this picture. Will it help to improve the picture if it is set to macro?

As for crop, original is 3888 x 2592 which I had cropped it down to 600 x 467 in order to post it online.