Looking for some insight.

[Diplexbullet19]

Hi all im kinda noob with my dslr, taken a few photos that I like but the main reason I bought this camera was to take photos of wildlife. My dad is a gamekeeper so I want to capture some pheasants in flight problem being when I take photos with my d3000 + 55-200 af-s VR lens the bird are still small with not a lot of detail and cannot get a nice shot like I see from others.

I use auto everything so im guessing that might be affecting my shots but also I was wondering if I should upgrade my lens to the 55-300, id go for the 70-300 but its out of budget.

Any tips would be appreciated.

 

[Diplexbullet19]

Lol yes finding it difficult but fun, problem being im finding it all very frustrating with how small everything comes up.



This was one of my first attempts, the distance was not far at all, just my next door neighbours tree. ive learnt abit more with shutter speed and as you just said I should use single spot, I just don't know if there is a way to get a closer image with my 200mm.

 

[Diplexbullet19]

Well thanks for the input its really appreciated. I only need to win the lottery and I will be set xD. I found out I was also saving images in jpeg and not raw which would affect the quality I could work with. Thanks for the advice.