first shots...

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From what I can see (am on my phone) you're starting off on the right track, your main subject appears sharp
 
Get a longer lens. Get closer. You need both for small garden birds.
 
You could crop them a lot to get your subject much bigger in the frame.
 
gad-westy said:
You could crop them a lot to get your subject much bigger in the frame.
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The more you crop, the worse it looks. Cropping is the last option when you've run out of every other way to get a bigger image.
 
but if you have already taken the shot and you have run out of every other way as it is a bit late :)
 
ernesto said:
but if you have already taken the shot and you have run out of every other way as it is a bit late :)
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Exactly, the shots have been taken. The question was 'how can I improve these?'.

Plus, if you open the full size version in FlickR, there is plenty of resoultion there to crop it as long as it's not going to be printed mega size.
 
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I can only echo what has already been said, crop them down and make the subjects bigger, they seem a bit lost in the background as they are right now.

Especially the squirrel one, I think that one will be fab if you can crop it enough without loosing too much detail :thumbs:
 
As everyone else has said, get closer either by a longer lens, moving forward, a mixture of both or cropping. I've had a look at some of your pics on Flickr and they are nice and sharp but most of the subjects seem to be a bit central. Have a look on here or google about the 'rule of thirds' and see if that helps your composition.
 
Thanks for all the advice, il try take it all on board.
Can't really afford a new lens at the mo so will have to wait a while for a new one.
 
ksouthy said:
Thanks for all the advice, il try take it all on board.
Can't really afford a new lens at the mo so will have to wait a while for a new one.
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Popular trick with garden birds is to move the feeders close to the house and shoot from a concealed position indoors.
 
HoppyUK said:
Popular trick with garden birds is to move the feeders close to the house and shoot from a concealed position indoors.
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:thumbs:

Ive even built a hide/tent thing out of clothesline, sticks and blankets ..Get a stool, flask, sandwiches, stick you camera lens through a ripped hole, tripod etc...then place the feeder just a few feet away.. Keep very quiet and still, give them time to get used to you, few hours, (next day) like they wont like the sound of the shutter firing at first, but eventually they wont mind at all.

Placement comes down to two things for me, direction of sunlight and how pretty or blurrable is the background
 
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