Some birds shot across the street from our pre-cruise hotel in Tampa

[MadMathMind]

I always enjoy photos of birds. I love birds. My wife hates them.

I had the same issue with some recent photos I took of birds as you have in the last two photos: parts are out of focus. At first I thought it was a focus issue with my lens or even a DoF issue, but even at 190mm, f/8 gives you about a foot if you are 20' away or four feet at 40' away. Birds twitch very quickly. I used even higher shutter speeds and still had issues (1/400 or so).

Looking at your last one, the plant behind the bird looks ok, so it doesn't seem like a DoF issue. Do you think 1/250 is not enough?

[markvc]

Some birds shot across the street from our pre-cruise hotel in Tampa

I'm guessing it is a combination of things - these were handheld on unsteady ground, 200 & 300 mm, so it is probably camera shake and bird shake and a bit of dof all together - I was in a hurry to get the shots and still make the cruise so was not as careful as usual - just enjoying the chance to get out and see birds not found here in Wisconsin.

[Rickster]

Nice Green Heron! Thank you for sharing.

[slowpez]

That is quite a collection of birds you had that close to your hotel. Enjoyed looking at them.