{"id":13066,"date":"2020-11-08T08:25:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T19:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=13066"},"modified":"2020-11-09T16:35:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T03:35:18","slug":"turangi-tui-on-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/13066","title":{"rendered":"Turangi Tui on White"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8075-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of a Tui feeding on K\u014dwhai captured against a grey sky to create a high key image\" class=\"wp-image-13069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8075-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8075-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8075-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Tui feeding on K\u014dwhai captured against a grey sky to create a high key image<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/13004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Whio\/Blue Duck duckling post<\/a> the trigger for this trip was a weather forecast that promised flat light. This is my preferred light to photograph birds but is also essential for achieving what I look for in my long term series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/galleries\/birds\/birds-on-white\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Birds on White<\/a> images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8012-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of a Tui landing on a K\u014dwhai twig\" class=\"wp-image-13068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8012-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8012-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8012-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Tui landing on a K\u014dwhai twig<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Working in manual exposure mode is essential when photographing birds in flight and is my exposure mode 99% of the time. For high key images \u201coverexposing&#8221; a grey sky background by around 2 stops pushes it to white and achieves the correct exposure for the subject. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8201-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"High key photo of Tui in K\u014dwhai\" class=\"wp-image-13077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8201-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8201-web.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8201-web.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8201-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption>High key Tui in K\u014dwhai<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeping an eye on the histogram can help ensure the exposure is correct and I use the \u201cblinky\u201d display as my default. I am quite happy to have the background flashing at me warning of \u201coverexposure\u201d as long as the bird subject is not flashing. There is plenty of exposure latitude with modern sensors so I am happy to tolerate a flashing white bib on a Tui.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8083-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8083-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8083-web.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8083-web.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tui-D85_8083-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos with Nikon D850 and Nikon 500mm f5.6PF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High key images of Tui in K\u014dwhai photographed along the Tongariro River in Turangi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"High key images of Tui in K\u014dwhai photographed along the Tongariro River in Turangi","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,29],"tags":[725,462,461,777,776,144,221,509,311,609,653,612,654],"class_list":["post-13066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birds","category-new-zealand","tag-birds-on-white","tag-endemic","tag-endemic-bird","tag-high-key","tag-kowhai","tag-new-zealand","tag-nikon","tag-nikon-500mm-f5-6pf","tag-nikon-d850","tag-nikonnz","tag-tongariro-river","tag-tui","tag-turangi","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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