Hi - Kev from Leeds

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Morning all and sorry to be taking up space. I am new to the forum and need some help. I have a Sony DLSR A100 with a decent 75-300 telephoto lens on. I tend to take photos of gliders as I am a pilot and love to fly and spend my weekends over thecountryside in North Yorkshire in a glider. A lot of the pics I take of gliders are published in a bi - monthly gliding magazine. However, have recently taken up taking shots of birds. I took a few at the weekend and would be grateful if you could advise me, in extreme basics - of how to get a fast shutter to be able to stop the bird in flight and get a sharp image of the feathers. The pic I took was taken at a bird sanctaury (Fairburn Ings - near Castleford - West Yorks) and it was a dull morning yesterday. (how do I post pics??)
I just cannot seem to get it right and really need help in being told what settings to put the camera on to freeze the wings as am desperate to get that one shot I always wanted. If someone can point me in the right direction, I would be grateful.
I did take some of the moon, not brilliant at all, would like to have had more detail and sharper, but I need help!! Just cannot seem to get it right at the moment and its getting to me!:'(
Any advice in basic language would really be appreciated and I look forward to hearing from you.
My best wishes - as always

Kev
 
welcom Kev- Bird photography is a difficult subject with a 300mm lens
wide apertures is the way forward( f2.8 - f4) to obtain a faster shutter speed along with maybe upping the ISO on camera

Les :D

failing that buy a Sigma 150-500mm lens - cracking for Bird photography

Edit- to post pic's you'll need an account with Photobucket or Flickr- both free
 
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Les - many thanks for being good enough to respond. I do appreciate it. Lets be clear on one thing, I fly airplanes as a hobby, powered or glider without any issue and hold my pilots licence. These things have modern electronics, gps, loggers etc and I fly them alone up there without hassle. However, the camera is a lot more complicated than a glider mate! Can we go back to basics and I mean - make it idiot proof for me please. I know the dial for ISO settings on the camera is there - can you give me an idiots guide of what to do please mate.
Many thanks ... Kev - hiding head in shame!!!
 
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