garden robin

Lovely bird. I would possibly try to open up wider (smaller f-stop) to throw the background out of focus (shallow DOF). As it is now, the semisharp background distracts from the real subject.

hi thanks for the comments but i ain't got a clue what your on about, totally new to all of this.

thanks

Then it's a damn good job you're here!

it sure is where can i find about the info given? tia

Hi sledge,

I agree totally with Unlocker, it's a very good picture of that bird.

Now, DOF (or depth of field) is all about aperture selection. The smaller the aperture (higher f/stop) the larger DOF, and vice versa.

If you want to take a picture where "everything" is in focus, you would select a small aperture, say f/11 or f/16, and then focus on something about 1/3 into the scene you want to capture.

If on the other hand you want to isolate your subject, you select a wide aperture, say f/4 or f/5.6, and focus on your subject. Everything else will then be out of focus.

I am sure many people on this forum could give you a better explanation on the DOF business, but take it for what it's worth. Also, there are numerous books on the theme around, and lots to read on the net.

Personally I had great pleasure reading the stuff on http://digiichi.pentax.jp/english/

thanks for the link and a little bit of insite into f numbers and dof

That just goes to show there is no justice in the world, novice picks up a camera, doesn't know squat and takes a superb shot , even manages to get a high enough shutter speed to freeze the beast when he could have opened up the aperture and gone even higher.

Right, thats it, my camera is getting switched to "auto" and I'm having my memory wiped, maybe my photography will improve

Me again

Just had a quick look at the EXIF on this image, it was shot at f5.6 at 300mm, which would suggest it was already at maximum aperture, unless of course Sledge has a very expensive bit of glass he would have been hard pressed to get the background further out of focus.

I think it is a brilliant shot and I only wish my wildlife shots were half as good, I love the fact that the wire fence is there - gives robin his environment.

it was shoot with a k100d super, and the only 2 lenes that i have are a tamron af70-300 and a pentax 18-55.

thanks for the comments

the shoot was taken in my garden as we had a nest. beautiful birds to watch.

hi what program did you use to find the info from the pic?

cheers

Hi sledge,

It seems we have the same sort of equipment, the K100D, the 18-55 mm kit lens and a 70-300 mm tele zoom, except my tele is a Sigma.

The freeware program PhotoME found at http://www.photome.de will give you all information stored in the picture files.

...still admire your robin, by the way

thanks for the prog and comment on the robin