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Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch |
Subject: Great Horned Owl (Bubo
virginianus)
Place: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Date: June 2002
Equipment: Nikon N90S, Nikkor AF-S 300/2.8 & TC20E (= 600/5.6),
tripod
Film: Fujichrome Sensia 100
Exposure: aperture priority matrix metered
Scan: Minolta Dimage, 100% of frame
Commentary: A companion shot to this habitat
overview, this is the adult alone on the same cliff roost as the
trio of juvenile birds. On this visit a couple of days ago only the
adult was visible. I climbed the steep hillside until I was about 60
feet from the owl, which watched every inch of my approach.
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