Legging It! by bigmxx

Legging It!

Day 82 - I went to my favourite haunt today 'Elmley Nature Reserve' I love going there but today I had the right hump, I spotted lots of hawks and marsh harriers hovering on the wind but ever time I got anywhere near enough to take a picture they flew further away, I took some but they were just blurred, so I've come to the conclusion either I'm rubbish or I need a new camera! I did manage to take some of the Redshanks legging it through the water! Yesterday wasn't any better I went to get pictures of the Kingsnorth chimney being blown up and they were even blurred! :(
Oh dear. Maybe something has happened to your camera? Your photos are always crystal clear! This is a cute little fellow!
March 23rd, 2018  
Loely shot of this great looking bird. I have issues with my camera too and come up with mostly blurred shots! I must have changed a setting somewhere, not even sure what. Quite a pain :-(
March 24th, 2018  
This is a fabulous capture Michelle. Don't get disheartened, birds just don't cooperate!
March 24th, 2018  
this is quite clear - maybe you are for the failed shots you describe, (and I don't know your camera) zooming past the optical zoom into the digital zoom - which will not give you sharp results?
March 24th, 2018  
hand-holding at full extension with a moving subject is always tricky
March 24th, 2018  
Sweet capture, Michelle.
March 24th, 2018  
That's a great capture.
March 24th, 2018  
@louannwarren I thought that as well but closer subjects seem alright.
@ludwigsdiana I'm going to get my husband to reset the camera back to factory settings to see if that helps.
@susiemc Thank you - I think perhaps today was just a bad day!
@anniesue I do think your right, my camera is only a bridge camera (Fujifilm X-s1) and I do tend to try and take pictures with the lens fully out!
@mittens Thank you.
@chrisiow Thank you.
Thank you all for your comments, it's all I can do to stop my husband going out and buying me a new one, he says as I've stuck at a hobby (for a change)! beyond a year, I should have something that works for me - in conclusion I've told him I need to master this one first! 😊
March 25th, 2018  
I agree with your feeling - exhaust the possibilities of this camera and then you will know what it can't do no matter how much work at it - and then you will know you want from your next camera
March 25th, 2018  
@anniesue Thank you 😊
March 27th, 2018  
further to this, @suzanne234 says she got a £60 camera off e-bay and I think her work is quite enviable! - though perhaps not your type of subject.
April 7th, 2018  
@anniesue Ebay is my husband's favourite pass time! I came home from work the other day to find he had purchased me a Nikon from Ebay! 😁
April 7th, 2018  
@bigmxx way to go!
April 8th, 2018  
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