Birds on my office tree

[CCx9]

The red berries on the tree at my office is fruiting again. Like clockwork, the birdies are visiting too...

Kindly leave your comments and suggestions on how I can improve on the shots.

Thanks in advance.


1. Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Taken with Tamron 18-270 on D300 with SB600, hand-held)


2. Yellow Vented Bulbul (Taken with Sigma 150-500 on D300, hand-held)


3. Asian Glossy Starling (Taken with Sigma 150-500 on D300, hand-held)

[pcool]

Think Sigma 150-500mm is sharpest around f10-f11. Your pictures look soft because your aperture is at f6.3. Try f10 or f11 next time when you have good and strong light.

[CCx9]

Originally Posted by pcool Think Sigma 150-500mm is sharpest around f10-f11. Your pictures look soft because your aperture is at f6.3. Try f10 or f11 next time when you have good and strong light.

Thanks for the tip. Will try that for sure.

Cheers

[jiaolang]

It's a Pink-necked Green Pigeon.

[CCx9]

Originally Posted by jiaolang It's a Pink-necked Green Pigeon.

Thanks for the correction, Bro jiaolang.

[scenar]

Originally Posted by pcool Think Sigma 150-500mm is sharpest around f10-f11. Your pictures look soft because your aperture is at f6.3. Try f10 or f11 next time when you have good and strong light.

I would add that the possible softness would be due to mis-focusing on leaves / other parts of the bird. Try aiming for the head, if the eye is sharp, the rest is forgivable, haha!

Anyway, "good strong light" as mentioned by pcool rarely gives the best pictures as the light is often harsh and may cause highlights to be blown.

Anyway, nice shooting! look out for other uncommon visitors to the tree!

[CCx9]

Originally Posted by scenar I would add that the possible softness would be due to mis-focusing on leaves / other parts of the bird. Try aiming for the head, if the eye is sharp, the rest is forgivable, haha! Anyway, "good strong light" as mentioned by pcool rarely gives the best pictures as the light is often harsh and may cause highlights to be blown. Anyway, nice shooting! look out for other uncommon visitors to the tree!

Thanks for your tip in aiming for the head. My problem is that the branches are usually moving due to the wind, and so, the bird is also moving around a fair bit. Can't figure out how to handle this wind problem. Any tips to share with this newbie?

As for uncommon visitors... I did get one such visitor... he was really moving about fast. My camera could not focus fast enough to catch him, but here he is, in full blurness, but at least the colours and some details can be seen. Any idea who my visitor may be?





Thanks in Advance

[CCx9]

Originally Posted by CCx9 Thanks for your tip in aiming for the head. My problem is that the branches are usually moving due to the wind, and so, the bird is also moving around a fair bit. Can't figure out how to handle this wind problem. Any tips to share with this newbie? As for uncommon visitors... I did get one such visitor... he was really moving about fast. My camera could not focus fast enough to catch him, but here he is, in full blurness, but at least the colours and some details can be seen. Any idea who my visitor may be? Thanks in Advance

Can anyone help ID this visitor? Have not seen it since the day this picture was taken.

Thanks in advance.