{"id":14559,"date":"2021-08-15T08:21:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T20:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=14559"},"modified":"2021-08-15T08:21:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T20:21:41","slug":"a-hui-of-tui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/14559","title":{"rendered":"A Hui of Tui"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6956-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><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\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6956-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of Tui \" class=\"wp-image-14563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6956-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6956-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6956-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tui (<em>Prosthemadera novaseelandiae<\/em>). Photo showing some of the frustrations of this location. Without the dark central blob this could have made a good photo but there was just no line of sight to eliminate it. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Taiwan Cherries at Centennial Park are the first herald of spring and attract a hui of Tui who engage in earnest oratory between sips of nectar. It is busy with birds and backgrounds making clean pictures difficult. I have been on leave this week catching up with Subantarctic images and writing. I have managed 2 trips to photograph the Tuis and thought it worth interrupting the Subantarctic blog flow for some seasonal images celebrating Spring. The first trip was in my favoured diffused light and achieved these next 2 images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6348-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><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\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6348-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of Tui \" class=\"wp-image-14560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6348-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6348-web.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6348-web.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6348-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tui<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6521-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><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\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6521-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of Tui \" class=\"wp-image-14561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6521-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6521-web.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6521-web.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6521-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tui on White<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next trip was a sunny morning which makes things a little more difficult but increases the satisfaction if an image works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_7017-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><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\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_7017-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of Tui \" class=\"wp-image-14564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_7017-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_7017-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_7017-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tui <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tangle of branches and blooms makes if hard to isolate a bird against a clean background. Careful choice of position can help utilise out of focus foreground and background elements to keep the focus on the bird. With a bit of luck and effort some reasonable results can happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6895-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6895-web.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of Tui in the Cherry Blossom\" class=\"wp-image-14562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6895-web.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6895-web.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6895-web.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_6895-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tui (<em>Prosthemadera novaseelandiae<\/em>) in the Cherry Blossom, Centennial Park, Rotorua<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A high key image even happened by shooting against a background cloud when a passing cloud briefly obscured direct sunlight<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_7175-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><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\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_7175-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of Tui on White\" class=\"wp-image-14565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_7175-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_7175-web.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_7175-web.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tui-D85_7175-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tui on White<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos with Nikon D850 and Nikkor 500mm f5.6PF lens. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taiwan Cherries at Centennial Park are the first herald of spring and attract a hui of Tui who engage in earnest oratory between sips of nectar. It is busy with birds and backgrounds making clean pictures difficult. I have been on leave this week catching up with Subantarctic images and writing. 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