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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stevetb" data-source="post: 1367992" data-attributes="member: 45611">Yep, that blackbird's looking great Cartman. As Steve says, maybe a little soft due to the shutter speed , or perhaps because the focus was on the birds back instead of the face.This is another key point - always remember to focus on the birds eye - a lot of bird photographers set the focus selection so that only the centre focus point is active. This way, you have more control over where you focus. Your manual should tell you how to do this.Stu, I would have said the same thing about higher ISO's on the 400D up until recently - I have managed some quite acceptable shots at ISO 800, and after a standard run thru neat image, at ISO 1600 too.</blockquote>