Also: http://www.trilliumphotoclub.org/Tutorials/Blue%20Hour.html

With respect to shooting birds in flight, you need to take a some practice shots of stationery objects and adjust your exposure until it is right. There is some good advice here: http://www.trilliu...

Not sharp enough as in requiring some post processing.

What camera? With Canon DSLR's you could use live view.

The biggest fault our camera club judges find with respect to beginner's photos is that they are not sharp enough. Beginners need to learn to do some post-process sharpening, particularly in wildlife ...

Shoot in M mode with the widest aperture (lowest f stop) your lens supports. Set the shutter speed to 1/80th or 1/100th, and set the ISO to AUTO if your camera supports it. Otherwise, set the ISO to w...

Shooting in the raw is awesome, but you should only do it with very close friends and not in public.

I have noticed the same thing with my 7D and just assumed it was normal. Do you wear glasses? Perhaps you are not able to get your eye close enough to the viewfinder.

Thanks, Barbara. I have a pretty substantial Flickr page here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdstrung/ and here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdstrung/sets Up to now have been shooting a Canon 7D, bu...

You might also have a look at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdstrung/sets/72157635505279772/ and http://www.flickr.com/groups/efs1022/

The Canon 10-22 is a great lens. It was always my go-to lens until I switched to a full frame camera. I highly recommend it. See Ken Rockwell's review here: http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/1022.ht...