[quote:ec094dce25="wcherry"] ... I agree with K.K. that I should pay more attention to exposure control. Would K.K. please advise me how to improve? I was still shooting JPEG.[/quote]
Cherry,
As a start, you may want to read the article, Bird Photography - The Basics, I wrote for HKBWS Bulletin 199 (Spring 2006) on Exposure Control; it's on page 9.
Again I'd urge you to start shooting RAW as it's your Digital Negative so to speak. Every bit of info you recorded is in there! By shooting JEPG you're throwing away valuable info on the image unknowingly ...