A Very Very Newbie

Hey Everyone this is my very first foray in DSLR photography and I have kind of jumped in at the deep end by buying a 30D and picked up a Bigma (DG Version) for just under $800AUD yesterday. The following are a couple of shots i took in the garden just yesterday unfortunately it was raining and overcast (A rarety for Brisbane atm) so abundance of light and decent subjects was limited, but i woul like to know what people think. Like i said never really used a DSLR before so just spent the weekend shooting everything and anything to get a feel for what feature does what. I am going on a short course soon to learn the ins and outs of it all but so far i am glad to have taken to this stunning (and sometimes expensive) hobby.

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The subject is great, the composition is great, but you broke rule number one for bird photography, you cut the tail off the bird. Also, these look a tiny bit soft. One thing with digital photography, you will almost always need to do some post processing and that usually means sharpening in Photoshop or some other image editing program. A little sharpening on these and they will pop off the screen.