Critique :)

[JBuk]

Also check sharpness, none of them seem that sharp (or look like a soft image that has been over sharpened) but that might just be a combination of my iPad and downsizing.

Don't underestimate how fast the shutter speed has to be. People talk about the inverse of the focal length but you need to adjust for the crop factor and your own hands. A 300mm lens on canon and you would want 1/500th at a minimum and I would probably push for 1/800th or even faster.

Yeah, and Another reason for fast shutter speeds is that small birds can twitch and move very very fast , I shot a little finch last week at around 1/500 and I got a bit of motion blur from its little fidgety movements

 

[JBuk]

Not going to happen, I'll get them closer to me if I'm going to continue tbh. I'm at 400mm effective focal length and there's not really anything unless I start looking at L lenses and before I start buying them I'll be looking for a newer body. It's just they're always in the garden so easy subject to play about with settings and exposure comp.

Find a good spot for taking the shots where you can get in closer then throw some seed or bread for them

 

[Hyburnate]

Find a good spot for taking the shots where you can get in closer then throw some seed or bread for them

There is seed out there, but all that takes interest in it is pigeons, probably doesn't help that cats like to sleep in the garden I mean we've got water, peanuts, mealworms, loose seed for the birds like robins who don't like bird feeders and also two bird feeders. They seem to only come early morning where it's to dark to take pictures. I can commender the back bedroom during the day that gets me the height for the tree's but not close or I can go outside and get close but not get a decent angle. I went out for a walk the other day and there were tons of birds down an old quarry which is now a park. But I'd look like a right idiot with my camera down there... Perhaps that's what I should do, just **** everyone else and go there?