needless to say these were handheld weren't they Scott:

yes the plane was the DA*300

Scott

I went into the woods looking for birds this morning as the sun finally was shining over my side and this is what I found , A huge bird

Ahh, I know now why so many people I know ended up dead, , that's because they had reached perfection and wanted to enjoy themselves ha

Stefan, DA*300 is a great lens, but weather hasn't been good around here so not many chances to put it to test thoroughly, but from what I have seen it so far its absolutely fascinating .
Now I am in the market for a new bag , one that holds the K20 with the 300 attached to it. My poor Kata 3N1-20 is not good enough for that

Thanks about the photoshop, will await your mail when you are free.

Amin

Scott,
Wow, you managed to get this on the spot, nicely timed. And looks pretty good to me. This is really a great shot .

I have put some of those fat balls near the feeder, let's hope they will attract some birds from the neighbour's hehe

That's great Bob. I get it now . Just need some sunshine and some birds in the garden and I can't wait to go experiment this

Thanks

Amin

Bob, I might be missing something here, please if you could help me clarify. I do not see the EV meter on the viewfinder neither on the program mode nor on Tv. It only comes up when M mode is selected. Do I need to set up something for this?

Thanks

Amin

EDIT: Oh I think I know what you meant . That I need to press the EV button with the thumb to keep checking it through the viewfinder while on those modes, Is this correct?

Thought this one came a bit sharper although I have this niggling feeling that it should have been better.
I will definitely work on those settings and try to improve.

Thanks Bob

RR
Thanks so much for this, I hadn't thought of that. I was getting so confused with the settings and leaving the iso to auto only and then trying the settings between the Hyp and also at times the Tv mode but not getting any improvements in result. But now that you have explained me I just set the Tv mode with the rear wheel to iso, so I feel much control on it. I see that I get the possibility of controlling the DOF by playing with the iso and also leaving the shutter speed with full control .

I feel today I just grasped a good couple of things that have made my day, one of those feelings that I got something extra and I need to put in practice now .

You lot here have really helped me come a good way in this. Thank you so much for this

this one also was with the DA*, unfortunately missed the focus on the eyes, the little fellow was at its antics again

yes this was with the DA*

But I definitely need a TC.
I put some fat balls and a niger feeder. And also some sunflower seeds, hopefully they will be drawn to the garden.
I also have a tall sycamore tree that birds just love to perch right at the top, although they give a great shot with the sky background but its pretty long and the light has got to be spot on in order to get a good s hot.

Still not a lot of luck with the sun though, but seems its coming