Tree Spparrow

Here are a slection of shots from Attenborough Nature Reserve on the out skirts of Nottingham were you can find a large and varied amonnt of waterfowl and all other birds.Here i have tried to capture tree Sparrows in flight before they landed on a bird feeder.I used my Nikon D300s with a Nikon 80/400 telephoto lense hand held in a hide with a fast shutter speed of 1/1000 sec to 1/1250th of a sec with an aperture of f/8 and an ISO set at 400 and the focal length also set at 400.I could of reduced the ISO but i would not of been able to shoot at the speed i did as the hide was poorley lit and the backgroung was in the shade with plenty of dark vegitation.I selectd a cotinuios shutter speed ot 7 shots per second and i also set the focal point to the left hand side of the view finder.With my right eye looking through the viewfinder i tried to look for the sparrows approaching from the left hand side with my left eye at the same time as looking through the viewfinder with my right eye and pressing down on the shutter button whilst keeping the camera as still as possible.with VR set to on it reduced the camera shake whilst being handheld leaning against a window sill.