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- April 6, 2020 at 3:12 pm #437737
  Rod
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  Hi everyone, my name is Rod and I am just getting started in photography after having taken it in High School in 1987. It’s been awhile and I’m having to relearn everything. It’s definitely more of a challenge now as I suffer from Essential Tremors which makes it hard sometimes to get a steady shot. Anyway here’s my first offering that I took in my backyard a couple of days ago. I have a Canon T3 and someday I hope to improve on my equipment. Thanks.
- April 6, 2020 at 7:45 pm #437800
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  Good start, Rod.
  
  If you have unstable hands and want sharper shots, you are going to want to start using fast shutter speeds and open apertures. Look at how sports shooters get sharp images and emulate them.
  - April 8, 2020 at 5:17 am #437979
    Sanjeev Nanda
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    Extremely sound advice, i must say. Additionally, there is are loads of teaching aids and resources online (a lot of them, on this particular website). Since your craft is a re-ignition of passion, I suggest you delve into the theory aspect of it all. It’ll no doubt strengthen your foundations.
    
    ~Sanjeev Nanda
- April 7, 2020 at 3:10 pm #437924
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  @crazymonkey44 Hi Rod, welcome to the forum. Loving the colours in the image and it is a beautiful picture of a beautiful bird 🙂
- April 7, 2020 at 4:32 pm #437932
  Federico Alegria
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  Hi there @crazymonkey44, welcome to our place mate, and I’m sure you’ll gain a speed-up pace in no time, photography is quite similar to riding a bike 😀
- April 7, 2020 at 7:10 pm #437950
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  Hi mate welcome to LS , nice photo as well 😉
- April 10, 2020 at 1:24 pm #438295
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  One method to achieve fast shutter speeds for most shots: Using Aperture Mode, select the widest aperture your camera allows or maybe just choose f/4. Next set the ISO to 1600. So, even in a bright setting such as mid-day, you will usually get a fast shutter speed which will help eliminate blur when hand holding your camera.
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