tainkc Loc: Kansas City

I used a Tamron 28-105mm lens on a Sony a580 dslr. The feeder is about 4ft away from my dining room window. I was inside sitting at a table about 4ft. from the window. It was about 11:30am. sunny.

The settings were, F5.6 @ 1/500sec., ISO200, spot metering.

ggiaphotos Loc: Iowa

Love number 2!

Sirius_one Loc: S.F. Bay Area

#1 for me is a perfect shot of the lady's pose, and color. A wall hanger for sure. The other shots are great also. :thumbup:

Sirius_one Loc: S.F. Bay Area

#1 for me is a perfect shot of the lady's pose, and color. A wall hanger for sure. The other shots are great also. As for the poor sparrow, it just wanted to be part of the picture.:thumbup:

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

I agree whole heartily with what you are saying. However, there are some postings that are really, really poor in all aspects of the photo, yet people cheer them on. This is not right as a whole. This is a learning forum. If one is relatively an experienced photographer and see a bad photo that could have been otherwise been improved upon in camera, they should make a helpful comment in understandable language so as to help the poster along. That comment would not have to be negative at all.

When I first joined, I was getting all sorts of comments about my composition. It was bad even though the technical aspects were o.k.. I have had people like Mt shooter outright tell me a photo of mine was crap with no explanation. I was not offended in the least for he knew I could have done better and he has seen enough of my stuff that he knew that he did not have to say much more. That is a little different. He has never said anything like that to a newbie. There was already a feeling of trust between us. Graham Smith has also used the same wordage with some of my posts but goes on to explain why he thought so and goes on to offer a helpful tip. Graham also knew enough of me by then to understand that I had a very good sense of humor and that I knew what he was saying. Again, he would never say that to some one he is not familiar with.

But yes, I think that people should post their photographs even if they are very poorly done just for the simple reason that they enjoy the hobby and enjoy sharing their photos with others. Those whom give high praise to such photos are indeed doing the poster an injustice when in fact the person giving the high praise knows better. It does not take much to give the poster a little helpful advice or criticism. This sort of irks me that they don't. I know that I would not be half as far along as I am now if it weren't for all the help that I have received here, on UHH. This is the only forum that I belong to.