On Dec 19, 2004, at 9:00 AM, Billy Abbott wrote:
I went a-wandering this morning to try and find a tree that would look nice for next months PUG. Today's the first sunny day that I've had a chance to go out with my new *istDS so I thought I'd have a bit of an experiment. Suffice to say, the experimentation didn't go too well and my tree shots were crap.
However, I randomly spied a couple of birdies up in a tree and got a few shots. http://cowfish.org.uk/paw/birds.html is my favourite (270kb I'm afraid...)
Although what rather tropical looking birds like these are doing in Gunnersbury Park in west London in December I'm not sure.
Anyway, this is a) one of my first attempts at shooting wildlife (first for birds in trees) and b) the first time I've done much shooting with my DS, so any hints and tips much appreciated.
Also, any advice on a free image manipulation program for Windows would be great - my trial period for PSP ran out the day I got the DS and I need something to tide me over until the new year, when I can think about buying a real license. I'm using IrFanView at the moment (and occasionally wrestle with the GIMP).
Billy
