Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch


Subject: Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Place: Bosque del Apache NWR, NM, USA
Date: November 1998
Equipment: Nikon N90S, Nikkor AF-S 300/2.8 & TC20E (= 600/5.6), car window
Film: Fuji Sensia 100
Exposure: aperture priority matrix meter
Scan: Minolta Dimage; 90% of frame

Commentary: This is from my first visit to Bosque - taken along the Farm Loop just north of the two way cross dike. At Bosque, even common species seem to take on a new look in the wonderful colors of the Refuge.

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