A first attempt at birding...

Yatlapball · 9th August 2007

A very first attempt to shoot birds... then I realised I knew nuts about composing shots with birds

Of the not so many frames taken today at Jurong Bird Park (seen from the tag on the bird's leg vs. a wild bird)... I thought this was one of the keepers, with a clean(er) background and some foreground element together with the bird. Am I doing this right? Or have I gotten it all wrong. Appreciate any critique and pointers on how to improve. Thanks

Shot handheld, 1/80s f/4 @ 300mm ISO1600 no flash.

The rest of the shots can be found here

dw2chan · 10th August 2007

the pic seems a little underexposed? (or it could be my monitor...) other than that...good focus! nice composition too.

dunnowho · 10th August 2007

Not too bad.

However the focus seems not to be its eyes.

Yatlapball · 11th August 2007

Thanks for looking

Yup.. on 2nd look, you're right. The eyes are slightly out of focus. *Sigh* Another shot for the trash bin. Heh.

9th August 2007	#1
Yatlapball Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: In God's Top Ten Posts: 2,249	A first attempt at birding... A very first attempt to shoot birds... then I realised I knew nuts about composing shots with birds Of the not so many frames taken today at Jurong Bird Park (seen from the tag on the bird's leg vs. a wild bird)... I thought this was one of the keepers, with a clean(er) background and some foreground element together with the bird. Am I doing this right? Or have I gotten it all wrong. Appreciate any critique and pointers on how to improve. Thanks Shot handheld, 1/80s f/4 @ 300mm ISO1600 no flash. The rest of the shots can be found here __________________ my PBase(new)

10th August 2007	#2
dw2chan Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 198	Re: A first attempt at birding... the pic seems a little underexposed? (or it could be my monitor...) other than that...good focus! nice composition too.

10th August 2007	#3
dunnowho Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 66	Re: A first attempt at birding... Not too bad. However the focus seems not to be its eyes.

11th August 2007	#4
Yatlapball Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: In God's Top Ten Posts: 2,249	Re: A first attempt at birding... Thanks for looking Yup.. on 2nd look, you're right. The eyes are slightly out of focus. Sigh Another shot for the trash bin. Heh. __________________ my PBase(new)