wufflebunny
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Dear All,
Every evening I get these rainbow lorikeets coming to my windowsill for a feed. I've been trying to take pictures of them, but none of my photos have been turning out the way I want. My main problems are:
i) at the time of day that the birds come, it's lighter out than it is in, so the birds look like they are in shadow. When I use the flash, the birds' colours look very washed out. I've had all the lights on indoors to compensate, but this doesnt seem to make much of a difference.
Example pic of too dark birds: http://flickr.com/photos/wufflebunny/298371993/
Example pic of flash/washed out colour:
http://flickr.com/photos/wufflebunny/298371998/
ii) whenever I do a close up of the birds, the pic always ends up out of focus - ie. the bird in the foreground is all fuzzy and the background is crystal clear. I've fiddled around with the macro settings but again it doesnt seem to do much.
Example pic:
http://flickr.com/photos/wufflebunny/298371997/
I am using a Sony Cybershot camera DSC F77. Can anyone offer me some tips on how to improve my photo taking?
Thanks
Every evening I get these rainbow lorikeets coming to my windowsill for a feed. I've been trying to take pictures of them, but none of my photos have been turning out the way I want. My main problems are:
i) at the time of day that the birds come, it's lighter out than it is in, so the birds look like they are in shadow. When I use the flash, the birds' colours look very washed out. I've had all the lights on indoors to compensate, but this doesnt seem to make much of a difference.
Example pic of too dark birds: http://flickr.com/photos/wufflebunny/298371993/
Example pic of flash/washed out colour:
http://flickr.com/photos/wufflebunny/298371998/
ii) whenever I do a close up of the birds, the pic always ends up out of focus - ie. the bird in the foreground is all fuzzy and the background is crystal clear. I've fiddled around with the macro settings but again it doesnt seem to do much.
Example pic:
http://flickr.com/photos/wufflebunny/298371997/
I am using a Sony Cybershot camera DSC F77. Can anyone offer me some tips on how to improve my photo taking?
Thanks