I found your advice on underexposure most interesting. Would I be better to use spot metering in this situation? My manual focused results were much better then Auto. Attached are few more out of focus photos when bird was closer and f/10. I took the photos over several days with different settings. Out of several hundred bird photos I ended up with 10 acceptable. Normal photography of people and scenery is acceptable.
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