One shot of a tui

[fokker]

Tui's have been nesting in the kowhai tree at the back of my house for the last couple of weeks but I've had a hard time getting a good shot of them as they tend to hide behind all the blossoms.

Getting hold of my new 40d and 70-300 spurred me into action and I took this shot:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2591/4016546096_ac05004b98.jpg

[Bigelboe]

Nice shot mate but it needs some tweaking, Your blacks aren't black and the colours are quite flat. Need to play with the curves, and maybe give it a touch more saturation, Ill have a go when I get home.

[phallex]

hehe nice shot! I got bored and had a go at tweaking your black/colors

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2619/4024444467_9af17e3d65.jpg

[talan]

The second one definately pops a lot more. Good advice Bigelboe :)

[Deviant]

yea pretty much all photos need their blacks crushed, that's the life of digital :P

this is a shot from when i was chasing a butterfly!

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2950/butterflydk.jpg

[Bigelboe]

Heh I usually find my blacks are ok because I'm underexposing a few stops to deal with the severely asymmetrical dynamic range, C'est la vie.

Find more and more I am shooting film tho, less distractions, smaller and lighter gear for the same IQ.

Speaking of Tuis, there was one within touching distance outside my office window here at uni a few weeks ago, so then I started bringing my SLR so I could get a nice closeup, and havn't seen in since lol.

[phallex]

The way it always goes! Moral to the story! you should always have your camera with you! full stop.