New Camera!!!!

Hi Sparrow

Well done you! As Kathy says cropping is an essential tool.

Good luck

Chris

Susan H said:

Hi everyone,

This is my very first attempt at a bird. I did try to get the nasal hair for Buzzard. This is a MALE goldfinch taken through a window. Cropped too much but it is my first effort!

What a brilliant first effort - You are going to have so much fun - I just know it

Sparrow,  so glad you have retrieved all your photographs and congratulations on your lovely  goldfinch photograph. You are obviously enjoying yourself.

Thanks everyone,

My photos will get better when I get a memory card. At the moment I am using the inbuilt memory so have lowered the resolution to the minimum to save memory. Even with that I keep having to import them and delete, I am taking so many and having lots of fun! Hubby has sent off for a card for me. He wouldn't buy the ones on offer in the shop as he can get them cheaper.

Hi Sparrow,

Have just read the latest on this thread - you poor thing, I bet your heart dropped when you thought your photos had gone.  Really really pleased you got them back

As for your first photo - what a cracker.  Lovely shot and well done you. 

Can I be another dumbo? and ask about cropping what's the main reason for cropping photos?

hi Kezmo

Hope Sparrow does not mind me answering this post {smile}

Cropping - means you take a picture of your subject, yet your subject could be near, or in the distance.

If the subject is near that makes it easier to download you picture as it is with no changes.  If your subject is far away it is another issue.

With cropping.... if your subject is far away you can use the Crop facility to blow up a part of your photograph ie your subject so it is clearer to see for people on the RSPB Forum.  Yet, you can still retain the same size of the picture to post on the RSPB {800x600} the best exposure size.

You are blowing up the part of the photograph that you want to show others ie on the RSPB Forum.

I hope this makes sense

Regards

Kathy and Dave

Hi Kezmo,

My heart dropped right out of my mouth, along with some very ripe language. Even the blue tit in its roost shut it's ears. Anyway, all's well that end's well.

Have you tried cropping a photo before you re-size it? If your photo is very large and you crop the main subject, removing some of the top, bottom and sides of the photo, it makes the subject bigger. Or at least it does in theory!!!

I've added a few to my gallery and there is one I am very pleased with - a starling in full colour.

Hi Blackbird,

Sorry, our posts crossed again.

Aha, that is a canny tool -  thank you both. I have alot of photos that I thought were unusable because they are too far away -  I best get cracking on with cropping......................speak to you all in 2011 - happy birthday and merry christmas to you all!