Alan, That's a good start! Have you tried sitting still for a half hour while they get used to you? Set-up on a tripod with a long cable release and pre-focus. Easier now as you don't waste film. Also, small mammals might be eating your seeds as well. Squirrels and racoons here. Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > A couple of weeks ago I put up a bird feeder. It took the birds several days > to find it but now we have a daily bun fight. We must be feeding birds from > far & wide because they are consuming about 1kg of seed a day! 6 species so > far. The photography is quite difficult because the birds are very skittish > & one needs to get with 5m. Then the question of exposure. A high ISO is > necessary to get a high enough shutter speed for hand-held work & > unfortunately the K7 sensor is a bit noisy. Noise reduction smoothes the > detail too much. I am on a learning curve here so any helpful comments are > gratefully encouraged. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/sets/72157645127985880/ > > Alan C > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
