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Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch |
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Place: Grand Canyon, AZ, USA
Date: March 1996
Equipment: Nikon 8008, Nikkor 75-300/5.6 AF
Film: Fujichrome Sensia 100 exposed normally, no filters
Exposure: Aperture priority matrix metered, natural light, no
fill
Scan: Minolta Dimage, 85% of frame
Commentary: I think of this as my ultimate environmental bird
portrait, where the habitat is as important as the bird. I used a
75-300 zoom and pulled back a bit to include the great view. I like
the raven "surveying his domain." The depth of field covers the raven
but leaves the Grand Canyon a bit out of focus; appropriate as I
wanted the raven to take precedence over the canyon.
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