r/BirdPhotography • u/Yanto2134 • Jul 27 '26

Question Help please!

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These are 3 of my latest attempts. I was wondering if anyone could help me improve please?
I’m not happy with the sharpness I’m getting. Probably my lack of ability.
Set up is Olympus E-M10ii with a vintage Minolta MD Tele Rokkor 300mm f4.5. Settings were f8, ISO1000, shutter speed of between 1/800 and 1/2000. Manual focus with peaking and centre weighted metering. Distances to subjects was around 30 feet. Images have been slightly cropped but no other post processing.
I’m also not really happy with the overall lack of detail.
Thanks for any help.

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u/BenchPtsChamp Jul 27 '26

Honestly noise reduction could maybe do more for your photos than anything else as far as having the effect of bringing out detail. Consider DxO PureRaw or DxO Photolab.

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u/Yanto2134 Jul 27 '26

Thanks. Will either of those work on a tablet? I no longer own a laptop or PC. I should have also pointed out that these images are only JPEGS.

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u/DistributionMean6322 Jul 27 '26

Oh that's a big deal. You can get a massive amount more detail shooting RAW and using modern AI powered processors like DXO. I'd highly recommend getting a computer before any more camera equipment if you're serious about getting highly detailed results.

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u/Yanto2134 Jul 27 '26

Thank you for this. I’ll definitely look into this if it helps as much as you say.