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Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch |
Subject: American Golden Plover (Pluvialis
dominica)
Place: Sandy Hook, NJ, USA
Date: September 1988
Equipment: Nikon 8008, Nikkor EDIF 400/5.6 & TC14 (560/8 equiv),
car window
Film: Kodachrome 64
Exposure: aperture priority center-weighted meter
Scan: Minolta Dimage, 40% of original frame
Commentary: From my days when I was far more of a birder than
a bird photographer, this image was a great opportunity to document a
locally rare migrant species. I think the image quality holds up well
for this heavy crop, and the Kodachrome slide still looks fine after
15 years. This is a juvenile bird, and the length of the primaries
clearly separates it from the Pacific Golden Plover of the western
US.
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