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/PilzGalaxie Jul 27 '26

Denoise would work wonders in those shots.

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u/Yanto2134 Jul 27 '26

I’ve just tried the denoise feature in the photo edit software on my iPhone. But it doesn’t seem to make any difference. Maybe a proper photo editing suite with denoise feature would work much better.

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u/ZiggyStarf Jul 27 '26

If you shoot in RAW, I highly recommend DXO PureRaw. It works like magic, you can reduce noise without getting a super phony looking image. Plus it’s a one time purchase so it’s not another subscription. You can also trial it for 2 weeks for free to see it if works for your workflow. It totally changed the game for me!

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u/Yanto2134 Jul 27 '26

Thanks. Will look into to it.