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tips on phtographing birds Anonymous
yep, need some, i find them very hard to get, i always end up running after them and geting very stressed, light conditions arent always the best also and im forced to use slower shutter speeds.

here have one, i took it with a fast shutter speed and on RAW format, it was to dark but a bit of messing around with it made it clearer
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>> Anonymous
and disegard the aperture, probably i was having a mental diarrhea
>> Anonymous
Well ya focused on the ground instead of the bird and it has a really busy background but other than that it's fine. lol
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>> Anonymous
If low light and shutter speed are problems, then the best way to fix them is to invest on better gear.
Push ISO up. Though, I don't know noisy Fuji's Superzooms are, but I would bet ISO400 is the limit to a usefull image.. ...which might not be high enough.

As a rule of thumb, shutter speed should be faster than a focal lenght. For example, you shoot a bird with 300mm focal lenght, shutter speed needs to be 1/300s. With image stabilation, this would be two to four steps less.

Good sensor (higher usable ISO), image stabilation and fast lens (lower f-number) are the key things to get sharp photos of moving objects.
>> Anonymous
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>>67553

unfortunaly a better camera is totaly off my budget atm, but the rest was usefull, thanks

here have a nice old lady as a reward

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>> Anonymous
A few notes:

1. Autofocus, then as the bird moves, fine-tune with manual focus.

2. Actually, if you can manage it exposure-wise, a larger aperture would make it easier to get the bird in focus.

3. Better a noisy photograph than none at all. PS does a decent job; Noise Ninja, Neat Image, and Noiseware do a splendid one.

4. The focal length rule applies to the 35mm conversion length. So if your camera has a 6x conversion factor, not 1/50th at 50mm, but 1/300th at 50mm.
>> Anonymous
Nice shot, I love the tones. See if you can straighten the horizon out any.>>67555
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>>67558

like this?

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aniways have some moar cliche bird pictures

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>> Choamsky
A long lens helps. So you don't have to get as close to the bird and the likelihood of it being scared is much less.
>> Anonymous
>>67529

Picture of a pidgeon? Seriously, come back when you aren't taking pictures of flying rats.