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Lol-good caption ah but they eat fruits-lovely first time shot.As for flying shots i am horrible in taking them but dont worry some will be along to show you how.Good first try.Thanks for sharing.:smile:

Well, first you've got to find a Bird...

The no. 1 requirement is the fastest shutter speed you can get (say, 1/800 @ f/2.8 in this case), although correct focus becomes more critical then.

The photo would also benefit from some attention with noise-reduction software, and if it was reduced to say, 512 x 512 pixels it would look sharper. Although the dimensions are stated as 900 x 900, this image is actually 1024 x 1024. (Note that the Gallery Guidelines state that images shouldn't be larger than 800 x 800.)

On the plus side at least you got it in the frame! I'm still struggling with birds in flight. Usually I press the shutter too late! What I have read seems to suggest that you keep the focus on the head .... easier said than done ...
Keep trying .. I am!

Thanks for the comment, Recurvirostra. I did not know the 800x800 limit.

How do I do noise reduction in gimp? I generally don't use windows for image editing.

I'm not familiar with The Gimp, Contini, but you can download a free (trial version) third-party programme called Neat Image which does an excellent job of reducing or eliminating noise. There is no time-limit on the trial version, but it only lets you save to a JPEG file.

The home-page is at http://www.neatimage.com/ and the download section is at http://www.neatimage.com/download.html There is also a comprehensive user guide that you can download on the same page, but a 15 minute play around with it using default settings will get you started. The same programme does quite a good job of sharpening too, if The Gimp doesn't have this feature.

THANKS!