Long Tailed Tit

[Fawlty]

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[TonyT]

Re: Long Tailed Tit

Nicely positioned, though a little more room behind the tail would help, excellent boketh, just a bit soft, Your speed was right up there and you were shooting at 500mm, so are you using a monopod or resting on anything? it would help as it just needs to be a tad sharper around the eye. It's not far off though, I would try the free version of Neat Images as well as it helps with any noise you may encounter, I really like your Robin you have too. remember to try and set the eye as the focal point. Good effort

And that Gull.... I dream of getting one in positions like that.

[tesarver]

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Well done

Tom

[Lepus]

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It does look grainy , have you cropped it much ? It`s a shame it`s not a tad sharper the light and composition are very good .

[Trev B]

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Nice, good effort

[pelliott1954]

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Nice shot, I do agree in the main with Tony, but these are a skittish Target and not easy so for that it's good

Regards Paul

[Fawlty]

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Thanks Guys for all your comments ,for the record Tony it was hand held hence possible loss of sharpness!

[TonyT]

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I use a 500mm all the time and I struggle handheld, I have a monopod permanently on mine and failing that a beanbag to rest it on, try putting your camera on a table or similar, focus on something at your normal speeds / settings and take a shot, pick it up and do it again, I think you will be surprised at the difference.
( If on the table turn any IS off if the lens has it, as the is shakes the lens to compensate and if on a hard surface it actually can add shake to the image as it vibrates a bit like a mobile on silent mode... just a lot less.)

But don't get despondant you are getting there and there are a lot of good things in that image

[the black fox]

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Good shot but as tony says a touch OOF ,are you shooting raw or jpeg ,and which lens are you using .once we have the info then hopefully you can be nudged in The right direction .
The noisy images and soft focus tends to run through your flickrstream ,which is a pity as you have some excellent target birds

[TonyT]

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Jeff

Off the exif

Canon EOS 7D
150-500mm
ƒ/7.1
500.0 mm
1/1600
1250 ISO
Flash (off)

Fawlty free noise programme here

https://ni.neatvideo.com/download

Additionally Photoshop CS2... cough... cough

https://photographylife.com/adobe-to-provide-creative-suite-2-for-free/