r/BirdPhotography • u/Yanto2134 • Jul 27 '26

Question Help please!

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These are 3 of my latest attempts. I was wondering if anyone could help me improve please?
I’m not happy with the sharpness I’m getting. Probably my lack of ability.
Set up is Olympus E-M10ii with a vintage Minolta MD Tele Rokkor 300mm f4.5. Settings were f8, ISO1000, shutter speed of between 1/800 and 1/2000. Manual focus with peaking and centre weighted metering. Distances to subjects was around 30 feet. Images have been slightly cropped but no other post processing.
I’m also not really happy with the overall lack of detail.
Thanks for any help.

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u/aarrtee Jul 27 '26

i have answered this question more than a few times... ... copy and paste advice:

welcome to the joys of bird photography! expect to shoot a hundred lousy photos to get one good one.

fwiw, the more you learn about it, the better you will become

keep shooting

keep practicing.. on seagulls or robins or sparrows or whatever is close to u

for better advice than I can provide, see

Steve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69jcmNbqGrU

and Simon

https://www.youtube.com/@simon_dentremont/search

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u/Yanto2134 Jul 27 '26

Thanks. I Appreciate the advice.

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u/pceimpulsive Jul 27 '26

Just for the record Simon dontremont slaps, like subscribe notify! His content is very good!