Decisive Moment

Photograph by Matt Blaze

May 15, 1999. Palo Alto, California. A few minutes after this photo was taken, the squab either fell from or was pushed out of the nest. Image taken on 35mm Fuji Velvia (RVP) film under electronic flash with a Nikkor AF-D 200mm F/4 EDIF Micro lens attached to a Nikon F4s camera body mounted on an Arca-Swiss B1 ball head atop Bogen 3221 tripod legs. Digitized with a Nikon LS-2000 film scanner and converted to JPEG with Adobe Photoshop 5.0. Copyright © 1999 by Matt Blaze. All rights reserved. You may not copy, modify or use this image for any commercial or non-commercial purpose without permission. Click here for other bird photos.