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Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch |
Subject:Turkey Vulture (Cathartes
aura)
Place: Roadside near Gila Bend, AZ, USA
Date: September 1999
Equipment: Nikon N90S, Nikkor AF-S 300/2.8 & TC20E (= 600/5.6),
car window
Film: Fujichrome Sensia II 100
Exposure: Aperture priority matrix metered
Scan: Minolta Dimage, 95% of frame
Commentary: I don't often find vultures that allow close
approach, but this bird had found lots of dead fish in an irrigation
canal and couldn't be bothered by my car a few feet away while it
gorged.
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