My local rarity (Carduelis carduelis)

This us a wonderful side on and colourfully lit capture, Delia. A brilliant close up shot, well done.

He's a real beauty! And it's a lovely shot of him, many tfs!

Nice one Delia. I'm up in Stonehaven and see Goldfinches on a daily basis this time of year.
As an aside - I've got a Nikon Coolpix B500 but what's Birdwatching mode?

Biscuitman said:

Nice one Delia. I'm up in Stonehaven and see Goldfinches on a daily basis this time of year.
As an aside - I've got a Nikon Coolpix B500 but what's Birdwatching mode?

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Hi BM

I don't know your camera, but I've Googled it.

You have some pre-programmed scene modes on your camera

Scene Mode

1: Portrait. Use for portraits with soft, natural-looking skin tones
2: Landscape. Use for vivid landscape shots in daylight.
3: Child. Use for snapshots of children. ...
4: Sports. Fast shutter speeds freeze motion for dynamic sports shots in which the main subject stands out clearly.
5: Close up. ...
6: Night Portrait.

Nikon change these on occasion. On my P900 there's quite a lot more, but no Sports Mode (which I've used on other cameras when birding). Instead there's a dedicated Birdwatching mode.

I'm not really a photographer... just can't keep in my head what settings I should use and by the time I'd got something set, the bird would be gone LOL.

You can do multiframes (7 I think) while the shutter is depressed and you can change the EV setting. Not sure, but I think you can use the flash (I've never done so).

The camera does everything else. Suits me fine LOL

beautiful photo of this attractive goldfinch, Delia, you must indeed have been glad to see this one. Well done, many tfs!!

Lovely shot of this beautiful finch!

What a pretty Goldfinch this is. Very well done DT. Many thanks!

Thanks Delia, I thought your model was going to be slightly more sophisticated but I think your right and the nearest on mine would be Sports mode which should give a faster shutter speed for moving objects. I've only had this camera for a few weeks but have found the continous shot mode (yet to use it though) and will get a bit more adventurous as time goes on.

Lovely shot of this hungry Goldfinch Delia, tfs.

Nice and colourful on the feeder,Delia.