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Sorry Folks, Work got in the way of life.... This is all very interesting stuff I probably should have been aware of. Look like I am going back to basics and doing some testing... That is going to have to be the weekend. Many thanks Al

resolution-robbingdiffraction territory .... You are going to have to explain that, didn't evening know the issue existed let alone that I was probably suffering from it. Don't get me wrong I know what refraction is, it just never occurred to me that closing there lense had any detremantal effect other than reducing light, in fact unless I was looking for a short DOF I would, by default, always go as tight as possible. Can't believe I was missing something fundamental like that. How tight is too tight, is not a fixed value or focal length dependent? DOF... Yes I appreciate it's not everything and with time to compose even a shallow DOF can work. Shooting the House Martin's though, Swallows different here, I was focussed manually on a spot above a pool. when a bird approached I fired off a 6 frames, max buffer on D90 in raw, and then went back to see if any of them actually had a bird in it at approximately the right distance. IS was on and I was tripod mounted using a remote shutter release. Better sensor seems like a good plan, especially if high ISO performance is improved. Will need you price a new body... Probably much cheaper than a lense. If you look at the oyster catcher taking off you can see the problem, at least the problem I thought I had. failing behind the bird is in focus, which is where it was purched. when it took off I took the frame but by the time it was captured the bird was closer, all be it still in the frame. I will read through all the comments again, several times probably, thanks for the help, it is exactly there sort of stuff I was looking for. All XIFF data is on all my pics I have only corrected exposure, dynamic range and a little couple in most cases, apart from the drop. I know I could probably do better with Rawtherapee but I used ViewNX to make critique easier, from a technique point of view. Feel free to tell me what I should have been doing as opposed to what I did. Generally I shoot in shutter speed priority , or program more. Either way I let the ISO frost between 100 and 1000 It is biased to be as low as there Mon F-stop will allow. Thanks folks, if I missed any important points I will pick them up when I read again, and respond if I don't understand or need clarification. Cheers Al

Thanks D, I have been fiddling as well and didn't get anywhere, it just dosn't seem to want to anything but text and spaces. Its a a very odd thing for someone to have designed... OK for twitter perhaps, not that I use that... Ah well, enough is enough I guess, better things to occupy myself with and I expect the same go's for you. Thanks for the support.

I have a Nikon D90 and Tamron SP 150-600mm DI VC USD G2 Hardly a boast I know but all I can afford right now... Essentially it is what it is so please limit advise ti getting the best from the kit not getting more kit. I seem to struggle with depth of field, which I assume is due to zoom. To compensate I have been increasing ISO so that I can increase F stop. However after looking at images from others, birds mostly, I wonder if I an simply going about it the wrong way... Should I be shooting wider and then cropping down, seems sort of counter intuitive? To be fair I should perhaps ask a more open question... How should I be setting this kit up in general. If you look at the house martins in the 'Fealar & Pitlochry' album you will see the sort of thing I am looking for, all be it in focus and with enough depth of field to actually capture more than 1 in 100 attempts. House Martin Drinking on the Wing 2 | Photo.net They are pretty quick and will not drink from a chunk of water you are sitting too close to, though I guess a Hide might help. I watched them for a while and then set the camera on manual focus, on that spot, or at least at that range above the surface, and used burst mode. Unfortunately burst mode on the D90 is only circa 4 frames/second so plenty of time for stuff to get between shots. More depth of field would defiantly help... Suggestions, anyone?

Mmmm did wonder, noticed HTML tag showing up in some older comments, suggesting that at some point they were working and now they don't... Not the end of the world I guess but a little irritating, given the the basic premise of the site is all about presentation! Do I take it then that there is no way to do it? seems like an odd decision from a design perspective... To be hair it was probably a security measure... Clever code in HTML posts can potentially exploit security holes in servers, causing issues and even extracting information by creating terminal sessions... Sad world Is there anything else not working well? Site seems less busy now that it has been in the past. I am looking for a lively discussion on my attempts so a busy site is sort of a prerequisite. I don't particularly want to go premium with a site that is fading away... Its not a cost thing, I just don't have time to document everything in two or three places. Thanks for getting back to me. Regards, Al

New user, cat get my bio to format at all. Am I being silly? I searched and found this old thread... Search Results for Query: Biography text format | Photo.net Photography Forums[node]=1562 Tried as suggested, using notepad without any returns or line feeds but it didn't work... (Other than the table stuff, it was what I expected to be honest.) Do not want anything fancy, just the odd newline so the text is easily readable What am I missing, this shouldn't be hard <br/> and even /n should work ?