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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dale Forbes" data-source="post: 1643364" data-attributes="member: 65117">nice collection of tips Joseph, Richard and Rick :t:can I add:1. use apperture priotity to open the aperture completely up and get the fastest shutter speed for your conditions2. use macro mode - most compact cameras do much better when auto-focusing in macro mode than normal AFif you want to take photos of flying birds/moving subjects:1. use a steady adapter so that you can direct the whole setup from your right hand (with finger on shutter release)2. turn the picture preview off and use burst/multiple shot mode - this will help you keep the bird in the picture without losing it while your camera is trying to tell you what the first picture looked like3. if your camera has a digital zoom focus assistant for manual focus then this can be very useful to manually keep the focus on the moving target4. as Joseph said, take lots of photo. Hopefully one of them will be a keeper <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />happy digiscopingDale</blockquote>