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Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch |
Subject: Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
Place: Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Date: April 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, 70% of frame
Commentary: I prefer this style (a bird small in the frame in a
natural setting) to the "bird on a stick" variety in most cases.
Instead of getting to study every feather the viewer gets to see the
bird in a real world environment as most birders do. In such images
it is important to have an interesting setting. This phoebe was an
active feeder in the small trees around the parking lot at a very
popular local garden.
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