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elfyrulz
4th of August 2004 (Wed), 11:46
:( I just couldnt figure it out what it is.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/elfyrulz/myphoto/IMG_0026.jpg

Scottes
4th of August 2004 (Wed), 12:44
How would you describe the problem you're trying to correct? "Something" doesn't help us much.

I see a few things...

It looks like you focused on the budgie's right wing - it's better to focus on the eyes and then move the camera to get the composition. "Always get the eyes in focus" is kind of a rule.

DoF is too shallow - only part of the bird is in focus.

The wing is moving, so I'm guessing that you used flash, which scares the bird. My Quaker Parrakeet does the same thing. I turned off the red-eye protection (which is a brief flash of sorts) and this helps. But also taking the picture in brighter lights helps so that the flash's focus-assist pre-flash doesn't go off. And finally take the picture at the fastest possible shutter speed.

Otherwise it all looks good.

elfyrulz
4th of August 2004 (Wed), 12:55
^^ yeah.. I think it has something to do with which part im focusing at. :( I didnt used any flash since it was bright enought to light up the area though and had my speed set @ 1/200 apature @ 3.5 ISO 100

Scottes
4th of August 2004 (Wed), 13:10
Given that their eyes are on the side this will be tough to get in focus. And f/3.5 isn't going to give you much DoF....

Good luck. It took me many tries to get a decent picture of my Quaker...