So fed up!

[eccles]

I can't see any significant grain on your last shot, but you do have motion blur - the leaves are sharp but the bird is not - and also a blown sky due to high contrast.

[goosey]

Hi eccles, one week on and I am pleased to report almost normality. It has been a long trek but I have tried every setting individually, checked it on the computer one by one and am quite pleased now. The only problem is, if it is a bit cloudy or I am shooting into a shady area (ie birds in pyracantha) some of the shots,not all, come out darker. Did you see the first image on my second post? That was the original problem.http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ga...-03wabtest.jpg

This is where I have got to.

[eccles]

I think I've worked out the problem now. You're getting grain in your pictures because that's what you put in the bird feeder. If you put nuts in it then the grain will go away, but you may then have problems with nutty pictures.
Glad you're happier now, anyway.

[goosey]

Originally Posted by eccles

I think I've worked out the problem now. You're getting grain in your pictures because that's what you put in the bird feeder. If you put nuts in it then the grain will go away, but you may then have problems with nutty pictures.
Glad you're happier now, anyway.

Silly me! I should have realised It nuts for the birds in future, I'll risk nutty pic's, it should be easy enough the place is full of them - eccles