DRam11 Loc: Polson, MT

The first picture was taken with a Samsung S24 ultra about 10 feet away, the second with a Nikon D 7500 about 50 feet away . They were taken about one half hour apart on a sunny day with some shadows among the branches. Have I got pictures of a male and a female? Or did the direct sun in the second picture, wash out the color.

I am not trying to compare a cell phone with a real camera. I just happened to have the chance to take that close up and took it, then went inside and got my mic on, and took a second one from the deck.

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tcthome Loc: NJ

jrvinson45 Loc: Buckeye, AZ

Black capped Chickadee (male) both images same gender and possibly/probably the same bird. First exposure is sharper but still not totally sharp and is in open shade with lower contrast. Exposure is good across the whole frame. The camera’s averaging metering is working fine for this lighting. The small sensor is working right in its comfort zone (and yours) at 15 feet. The second image at 50 feet is working in the higher end of it’s telephoto range where you should, if hand-holding be using a shutter speed equal to, or faster than 1/over the selected focal length you are shooting. If you are an older person you probably should either using a camera support or bracing your elbows the longer the focal length the more the camera shake is apparent and blur is induced in the image. I’m guessing that’s causing the lack of sharpness in the second image (and if the light levels are low enough maybe even the first). It’s pretty similar to long range shooting only you blur the image rather than shooting something you weren’t aiming at. For perching birds it helps me to auto-bracket my exposure by plus and minus one f-stop… with my camera because I can. My cellphone pretty much limits me by being much smarter than I am.🤓

DRam11 Loc: Polson, MT

Thanks for looking and for the comments. Perhaps one could say I'm older, eight decades might qualify for that. Yesterday, for some reason no matter how carefully the shutter button was caressed the camera jumped as the shutter clicked. Maybe it's time for a sturdy tripod and a remote shutter release. That will make catching a chickadee somewhat difficult, they only stay in one place for a few seconds. But where there's a will there is a way.

Today I set the ISO to float with a high of 6000, shutter speed to 1/1000 and F8. It worked pretty well. Not perfect, but pretty well. Tomorrow we'll see how that works with the cell phone.

Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Nice work ⭐