Eccles, If you bought a new lens, how could you possibly improve on your photos, is there something beyond perfection? :) Nick, Oban is a fantastic place for a holiday, last time I was there, there were seals swimming in the harbour and the scenery was breath taking. In the meantime at home Feeding ...

Nice website Nick, good photos.
Shirley

Very nice Robin Sezar, Eccles, nice Chaffinch, just interested here, does the bigger lens the 5oomm fit the 1.4 tc, not that it needs it but I just wondered , mind you, this lens that you have just used is fantastic.
Regards Shirley one from a window.

Fantastic sunset Paul and Vince, Shepherd's house alight, I've just switched on my bread maker for the first time, the idea is to wake up to the smell of freahly baked bread, lets hope I don't set the house on fire, me Dad won't be best pleased he sleeps next to the kitchen

Same as you Twitcher, not yet anyway, I live in hope.

Sadly Chris Woods passed away on the 17th February. He was a fairly new member but did have a passion for birds and butterflies. He was a fantastic artist and painted in oil, steam trains and planes. He didn't join in the forum much but he did enjoy the gallery of photos of butterflies on this web-s...

I'm pretty sure its a Serin, bird guides have a few photos of one.
Shirley

Beautiful photos of Waxwings, restored my faith in compacts.
Shirley

Thanks Eccles for pointing those letters out to me, that is exactly where I was getting 'mixed up' because I was trying each of those A P and S and had not an idea what on earth I was doing, so now I think I like the sound of 'P' best. Something else I've learnt the difference between zoom and telep...

Only a few good ones to-day and I haven't got an Av on my camera, DSLR only I expect. I've had to move the bird feeders because underneath was getting very muddy so different background. Blackbird was yesterday.

There a web site called Bird Guides, there's lots of photos on this thread including those lovely swan photos that would be accepted. I think you might have to use your real 'names'. In the mean time I took this one to-day, I'm not sure what camera settings, I'm a bit mixed up at the moment. Doesn't...

All last evening I struggled to change the shutter speed and I've just dicovered where the joy stick was having read the manual again, it'll be 12 months nearly since I've had the camera I thought that something else was the joy stick. As my nephew says all the time RTBM. You can work that one out f...

Robin on branch placed by food iso 200. Shirley

Thanks for the advice, I'm getting closer to them and they are getting used to me, that shot was a bit of a chance shot but I'll get better with the lens and the adjustments like the iso, that shot would have been fantastic if it had been clear, never mind. To-day we have fog which is not good for p...

Could anyone with a good photoshop make the wings on this Siskin more sharper, I've tried all day. I took the photo frm about 5ft and there is only the one photo.
Shirley

I remember you said that once before and I keep meaning to do it and I keep forgetting. Tomorrow I will do it. Definatly

I bet that beak could do a bit of damage, not like these two beauties. Shirley

Spring is coming, the Snowdrops have been up for a while. The Iris' in the pots are making an appearence and two little crocus's have opened in the sun.

Thanks for the compliments, I'm glad you liked it. I struggled for weeks to get a photo for the comp. So, this photo was done at the last hour so to speak. It was not a comp for a 'compact' but I got two votes and I was pleased with that.
Congrat's to the winners.

I like your Redwing Eccles, downy feathers or not its very nice, we've had no snow here and the fields have lots of Redwings but I've noticed that the grass is burnt with the frost so getting a good photo is near impossible and the Brambling has gone.
Shirley