This fellow lounges in the pine trees in our front yard. Comes round every morning looking for handouts!
Greetings from America to Australia, Phil
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Good first post, Phil. Black and white birds are the hardest to photograph, it is a fine line to exposing the black without over exposing the white. Do you get Hummers in your yard?
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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I agree with you, Shorty, about this bird... Blacks are hard to render on the computer, since all it takes is a change in the angle of the LCD display and the brightness changes! Also, it seems that when I compressed this shot to send it down under, the blacks got scrunched and it almost took the eye out! I should rework this photo and resubmit it.
I was following a thread you were writing with a fellow who espouces "shooting to the right," and when I followed his link to his article, I got it! I guess this old dog can learn some new tricks, and I can use it with my XTi, since it is noisy over 200 ISO. Great article with good examples... I am so glad I found that information.
Also, it encourges me to get the 40d I have been wanting... now, I have to go to eBay and sell some extra baggage! LOL!
Funny this...
Even though I lightened this shot a bunch, it still looks dark! I didn' t rename it, so maybe the server on your end used the previous version instead of the latest... hmmmmm.
I am going to rename the file and upload again. Wierd!
Phil
OK... I give up!
Each successive change makes it worse! No more dark birds...LOL!
The Magpie came back today, so I get a chance at redemption! LOL!
It is overcast today, so the contrast was lower and the blacks not so deep. The color is very different from the first one I sent up, but I am not skilled at matching color, so I left it alone... Better is better, doesn't have to be best.... Hahahaha
And a handsome boy he is. I love Maggies, such characters. Beautiful captures - I am one guilty of blowing out whites all the time
...so these shots inspire me to try a little harder, any excuse for me to practice 
West Coast Tasmania