One of the rich joys of birding is that there are birds everywhere, including gardens and parks. Just get out and walk around, there’s no need to be quiet or furtive. Become familiar with your feather

Still raining outside? Then it’s time to get creative with overlay shooting modes and Wendy Evans

This month: Improve composition Compose yourself for photographs that are worth looking at more than once

What to plant, grow, prune and buy this month for your great outdoors

Digital Camera readers show how they’ve been getting creative, submitting images across a range of genres

A few settings can make a big difference.