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Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch |
Subject: Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
Place: Boyce-Thompson Arboretum, Superior, AZ, USA
Date: December 1994
Equipment: Nikon 8008, Nikkor EDIF 400/5.6 & TC14 converter (=
560/8), tripod
Film: Kodachrome 200
Exposure: aperture priority center-weighted meter, natural light, no
fill flash
Scan: Minolta Dimage, 80% of frame
Commentary: This is the Audubon's form of the Yellow-rumped Warbler;
the eastern counterpart is the Myrtle form which lacks the yellow
throat.
This is an unusual setting for a wood warbler, and I was delighted
when it landed on a rock near the pond I was sitting beside to take
photos of Pied-billed Grebes. The light is very strong and contrasty
- very typical here in the AZ desert. I like the "field guide" pose
and don't really mind the texture in the background.
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