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Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch |
Subject: Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma
curvirostre)
Place: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Date: May 2002
Equipment: Nikon N90S, Nikkor AF-S 300/2.8 & TC20E (= 600/5.6),
tripod
Film: Fujichrome Sensia 100
Exposure: aperture priority matrix metered, natural light, no fill
flash
Scan: Minolta Dimage, 80% of original frame
Commentary: I'm uncomfortable anywhere around nesting birds
and almost never take photos of them. This nest, however, was on the
edge of the main entrance walk to the Desert Botanical Gardens where
100's of people likely pass by each day. This was taken about a week
after I first saw the nest when I returned to see if it was still
active. I stood in the open on the pavement in the only spot where I
could get a fairly clean view of the thrasher.
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