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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pduxon" data-source="post: 1367807" data-attributes="member: 1157">Good suggestion, also try your local duck pond. Not exciting perhaps but it allows you to experiment.I'd also suggest you learn what the settings do. Go in to one of the other modes and see what the camera does. just experiment and see what tweaking iso settings do, what changing apertures does etc. You aren't wasting money since you aren't printing! also its better to underexpose than overexpose, I think thats right.Set your expectations at the right level. The set up you have is good but it has limited length, I think there are some buyers who forget just how small a blue tit, is you have to be close to fill the frame.you can do this in two ways - field craft (cheap) or buy a 600f4 with a 1.4 tc (Expensive), both helps. If you spend a day up in Norfolk you'll see some hefty lenses being touted about. and personally unless its very bright forget the teleconverter. My cry at the moment is CAN I HAVE SOME LIGHT!!!</blockquote>