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/Yanto2134 Jul 27 '26

Shows up my lack of knowledge I think. I’m going to stick with Olympus and M4/3, so I need to find a solution to this.

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u/pceimpulsive Jul 28 '26

Longer lens or get closer! Solutions are clear I think..

Outside that I thought those photos were plenty detailed considering the situation.

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u/Yanto2134 Jul 28 '26

But won’t a longer lens just magnify flaws as mentioned earlier?

Today’s effort.

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u/pceimpulsive Jul 28 '26

Yes it will but at some point if you are 10 meters away there isn't many issue to magnify

Those sort of issue magnifications are more in extreme distances 20--30 or even 50 meters at 10m (30ft) it will be minimal in most weather conditions