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Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch |
Subject: Burrowing Owl (Athene
cunicularia)
Place: Maricopa, AZ, USA
Date: April 2002
Equipment: Nikon N90S, Nikkor AF-S 300/2.8 & TC20E (= 600/5.6),
from car window
Film: Fujichrome Sensia 100
Exposure: Aperture priority matrix metered
Scan: Minolta Dimage, 90% of frame (cropped left and right edges
only)
Commentary: I never get tired of looking for and photographing
Burrowing Owls, and I can find them in many places in southern and
central AZ. This bird is one of nine I found recently along a
half-mile stretch of dirt road through agricultural fields about 20
miles south of my home. The shot was taken from a few feet away while
using my car as a blind and resting the lens on the window edge with
the motor off.
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