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Originally posted by Emmy1

They aren't too bad at all! I must congratulate you on capturing a feeding Great Tit, as they can be fast little swines! I particularly like the one of the collard dove too. They're one of my fave garden birds. I'll give you a few photography basics on birds that were passed on to me, and are now the first steps I take to photographing general wildlife.

You have to be careful that the subject of the photograph is what the eye is drawn to most, and that you are close enough to get a clear shot without having to crop, as then you loose the required pixels to make the picture look sharp and clarified and not fuzzy. Garden birds are difficult, as their feathers are designed to blend/ match the colours of their surroundings; therefore it's important to cut out as much foliage/ sky etc as possible.

The Olympus D-720 is a compact, so I'm assuming that it may have the basic features, such as portrait/ landscape/ macro options etc. Have a fiddle with these. I use portrait photography mostly for birds. The best way I learnt was through youtube, as there are some great tutorials from where the buttons are and what they mean right through to the more complicated things. The best way to learn is to keep at it and soon you'll notice you pick up on different aspects quickly, like lighting, angles, positioning etc.

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