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#1862 17 Sept 2012 at 9.26am | |  |
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In reply to Post #1861 Stick a net over them they are worth a few bob
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#1861 17 Sept 2012 at 8.03am | |  |
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In reply to Post #1860 unwelcome visitors
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#1860 17 Sept 2012 at 7.29am | |  |
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In reply to Post #1849 cheers paul and jeff. the new house backs onto ancient woodland so we are getting all manner of
birds in. Im waiting to get a pic of a jay, but he swoops in and then is gone in 2 seconds.
and the nuthatch will face most other birds off. here he is giving a robin the evils:

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#1859 16 Sept 2012 at 10.52pm | |  |
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In reply to Post #1858 Difficult to say Dodge because I am not familiar with the menus of this model. Some controls will increase the brightness of the screen.
You are looking for a control that retains the auto exposure feature but allows you to tweak the setting. Try a test shot and play with the feature you should see the image getting darker or lighter
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#1858 16 Sept 2012 at 7.07pm | |  |
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In reply to Post #1857 This AV setting!!!!!! I have a button thats says 'custom', when pressed it comes up on the screen........................................'EV' adjust image brightness (+) and darkness (-). Is this what you on about jeffery?
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#1857 16 Sept 2012 at 7.04pm | |  |
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In reply to Post #1856 Of the three the last one is the best of the bunch. Try being a bit boulder in your range of adjustments
The camera should have an AV setting, You only take one shot this time but you can override the exposure by decreasing it or increasing it.
Try setting a couple of clicks to the left side,the – side and see the difference on an auto setting. In strong sunlight the exposure should be a bit darker and more detail will show up.
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#1856 16 Sept 2012 at 2.17pm | |  |
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What do you think jeffrey? I'd go for the 3rd pic (bottom one).
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#1855 16 Sept 2012 at 1.47pm | |  |
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In reply to Post #1854 I've just taken a pic using BRK (3 shots) I'll get it up later on mate. Mite be best if i make them smaller, about 300! Should be able to see the difference better
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#1854 16 Sept 2012 at 1.42pm | |  |
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This is one use of using bracketed exposures. In this instance the 3 images are loaded into a HDR programme (Photomatix Pro) and using a process called `Tone Mapping` this type of image can be produced.
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#1853 16 Sept 2012 at 1.29pm | |  |
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In reply to Post #1852 That’s right mate the flash is a no no on this one. The trick is to set the amount of under and overexposure small to start with
One thing to watch is that when the camera is turned off it normally reverts to a single exposure.
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#1852 16 Sept 2012 at 11.17am | |  |
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In reply to Post #1850 Yer i found it, its called the BRK setting. cant use the flash tho when its on BRK
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#1851 16 Sept 2012 at 10.53am | |  |
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In reply to Post #1848 Nice shot Paul. I saw a nice tip the other day where a twig is attached to the feeder. When the bird lands on it you do your bit and the feeder is not in shot and looks more natural. Going to give that a try.
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#1850 16 Sept 2012 at 10.50am | |  |
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In reply to Post #1847 7.15, nothing wrong with being keen, nice overall exposure and good detail. The shrub shot can be difficult because you have a lot of depth and different lighting conditions and a range of colours. The eye can get confused and you end up not sure what you are looking at.
Not sure about your camera but there may be a feature that allows you to take 3 shots automatically with the first shot an overall exposure, the second shot is underexposed and the third is overexposed. You can then decide which one looks better.
A tripod is good news on the longer exposures but can be a bit slow in setting up a shot. A monopod, especially when using a bigger zoom will steady things up and allow you more freedom of movement.
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#1849 16 Sept 2012 at 10.23am | |  |
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In reply to Post #1848 Lovely Nutty pose Paul Great bird to get in your garden, great little characters
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#1848 16 Sept 2012 at 9.58am | |  |
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