Tui

Gallery: AvianPosted June 19, 2012131 views9 comments

The New Zealand Tui numbers are increasing in our area as people are planting trees that both attract and feed them. They are native to NZ and have a beautiful call. They are also extremely quick and hard to get a good shot of, so I was really pleased to get this one.

F/6.3
ISO 800
300mm
1/320 sec

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on June 19, 2012 at 11:21 PM

Toya, thanks for sharing this very nice photo of a bird I had not seen a photo of before your post. Good pose you caught this bird in as well as nice surroundings. Thanks again for shairng.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on June 20, 2012 at 7:19 AM

Excellent colors, nice pose and good details. I like the colorful perch too,

Ray

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on June 20, 2012 at 8:45 AM

Very pretty bird. I like the pose, perch and background. It feels too tight in the frame for me. I would also like to see the subject further to the right in the frame to help with the overall balance of the image.

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Comment posted by Alan Murphy on June 20, 2012 at 9:21 AM

Nice lookback pose. The bird is a bit big in the frame for me and I would do a slight blur on the BG.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on June 20, 2012 at 2:30 PM

Excellent detail on the bird. Nice pose. Nice colorful pech and good bg. I agree with Keith about putting the bird further to the right in the frame.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on June 20, 2012 at 8:14 PM

Beautiful detail, clarity and light. I agree about wishing for a bit more room in the frame, with the bird to the right a bit.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 21, 2012 at 1:06 AM

Pretty fancy throat on this fellow. Nice work. I agree that it's a bit tight. If you have more pixels, I'd give it a bit more room at the top, left and bottom.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on June 22, 2012 at 12:49 AM

Gorgeous bird, very well photographed. Excellent isolation of the bird from background - not easy to do with a 300. Only suggestion from me would be a little more room top and bottom if you have it.

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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on June 23, 2012 at 8:23 AM

Beautiful bird with excellent detail. My taste would be to crop a bit off the right & add a bit top, left & bottom if you have it.

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