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New Zealand Tui


New Zealand Tui
Photo Information
Copyright: Pam Russell (coasties) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3816 W: 505 N: 8098] (27718)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-01-30
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 100-400mm L IS USM, Digital RAW 100, Hoya UV 77mm
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-01-30 14:27
Viewed: 2598
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
New Zealand Tui, standing at a feeder in a free flight enclosure, Hamilton Zoo.

Tui

Other common names: Parson bird, poe bee-eater, New Zealand creeper, koko, mocking bird.

Description: Endemic bird, 30 cm., male, 120 g., female, 90 g., Looks black but in the light has green, bluish-purple and bronze colouring, lacy collar of white filaments and white throat tufts, black legs and curved black bill.

The New Zealand Tui has a distinctive croaking and gurgling song that can be heard echoing through native bushland in most parts of New Zealand.

The Tui (prosthemadera novaeseelaniae from the family Meliphagidae) has a prominent white tuft at the throat and a white patch on the wing. They are usually dark brown or black with variable metallic blue green colouring.

The Tui is attracted by flowering trees and shrubs and feeds on nectar, fruit, berries and insects and is very territorial and often aggressive toward interlopers. It lays 3-4 pinkish eggs with reddy-brown spots between October and January.

The above obtained from http://www.wordworx.co.nz/tui.html & http://www.nzbirds.com/birds/tui.html

IMAGE INFORMATION

Camera: Canon 20D
Time of day: 1:21 p.m.
Date: 30th January 2006
Weather conditions: Dark, Inside Free Flight Enclosure
Lens: Canon 100-400mm L IS
Filter: Hoya 77mm UV
Shutter Speed: 1/60
F-Stop: F/5
Focal Length: 253mm
ISO: 100
Original file type: Digital Raw
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Hello Pam.
A very nice capture. Excellent colours and very good sharp details. Composition and POV are great also. Excellent note too. Very well done. Thank you.

Hi Pam
Beautiful bird and nice picture. Good composition, very clear and sharp, good BG and POV.
Good Note
Thank You
JC

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1575 W: 5 N: 2181] (12252)
  • [2006-01-30 20:50]

Un oiseau facinant et très coloré.Félicitations pour les détails et le bel éclairage.

Merci Pam!


joseph

Hi Pam,
A very unique pattern of colors and detail in this guy's plumage. Fill flash exposure really looks great here. Detail is very sharp, and you DOF is perfect. Excellent work!
Scott

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  • soccer Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 550 W: 0 N: 538] (1965)
  • [2006-01-30 23:59]

Good clear pic that shows sharpness and detail of the subject well. I also like the DOF here. TFS, Sheriff

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2006-01-31 2:45]

Beatifull capture Pam! I like diversity in shapes and colours of feathers of this one. Good pose, sharp and detailed, with very good note.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-02-01 13:06]

Hello Pam!
Very nice capture.POV,catchlight in eyes,lighting,
details and composition are wonderful.
TFS...:-)

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