Lapland Longspur Photo

January 19, 2009 · 3 comments

Lapland Longspur (front) and Horned Lark (back)
Taken: Winnebago County Illinois
Date: December 4, 2008
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/1.4
Focal Length: 50 mm
Digiscoped using the Birdfreak Digiscoping Setup

Tagged as: birds, Calcarius lapponicus, Eremophila alpestris, Horned Lark, Lapland Longspur, road birding, snow, Swarovski 80 HD STS Scope, winter

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I and the Bird #92 - The picnic party « the Marvelous in nature: 01.22.09 at 5:32 am

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1 Larry Jordan 01.22.09 at 11:23 pm: Exquisite capture of the Lapland Longspur Eddie. You get incredible shots with that digiscope setup, plus you get to use the Swarovski 80 HD STS Scope as a scope. Something that’s a huge advantage over a camera with a large lens yes? Hmmmm.
2 Nature Photography & Art 01.29.09 at 9:20 am: Thanks much! We are still practicing with digiscoping and it is a lot harder when it is so darn cold!