Wetlands

canon400d

Hey, Harry, I have finally managed to take shots in Manual mode. Thanks to Nacho a good Dgrinner who helped me out. These are a few shots I took today so, as usual any help and advice is more than welcome as the C & C which I really want and truly appreciate. as I am continuing to learn although it is a long haul at my age.
Regards
Bob
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Mark Edell

Hey Bob,
Nice set! I walk the wetlands around here a few times a week. You just never know.

I like #7 the best. With white feathers, it's hard to not complety blow it out.

canon400d

Mark Edell wrote:

Hey Bob,
Nice set! I walk the wetlands around here a few times a week. You just never know.

I like #7 the best. With white feathers, it's hard to not complety blow it out.

Thanks Mark for taking the time to look. As I say I am a learner and have just got the hang of Manual.
Regards
Bob

Harryb

Good set Bob and excellent expsoure on #7

Maestro

You nailed the focus on four and five. Five would have been perfect if you could have moved the duck over to the right a bit leaving more room on the left for composition's sake.

Number 1 looks like there is some motion blur or for some other reason the focus is a bit soft, but I bet sharpening in your photo editor could fix that. Number 2 is excellent in my opinion. Did you use a flash? If you could tone down just the brightness in number 2 it would really shine (no pun intended.)

I do like the swan. Watch for the white plumage. Same goes for the heron. In bright sun with white plumage you almost always have to lower your exposure value a stop or stop and 1/2.