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Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch |
Subject: Ring-necked Duck (Aythya
collaris)
Place: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Date: October 2003
Equipment: Nikon N90S, Nikkor AF-S 300/2.8 & TC20E (= 600/5.6),
tripod, SB28
Film: Fuji Sensia 100
Exposure: Aperture priority matrix metered, fill flash @ -1.7
Scan: Minolta Dimage, 90% of frame
Commentary: Yet another female Ring-necked Duck from a local
park where they tolerate lots of visitors. Such images are very easy
to generate once a suitable location is found where the birds are
used to visitors, unlike my more typical subjects that are cautious
and involve a lot of habitat to deal with in the composition. In
these duck images, it is mostly a matter of taking lots of frames as
the birds move through the water and changing reflections from the
surrounding vegetation.
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