| Image #: |
61609 |
Release: |
None
needed |
Format: |
35mm
Tran
|
| Title: |
American Goldfinch on Icy
Stalk |
| Subj.
Details: |
(Carduelis tristis),
aka Wild
Canary, on
frozen stalks of Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia
rotundifolia).
|
| Location: |
Anna, Illinois (Union County),
USA |
| Camera: |
Canon A2 |
Film: |
Kodachrome KR @ ISO
64 |
| Lens: |
Canon 75-300mm f/4-5.6 USM IS w/
Hoya multicoated 1B filter @ 300mm |
| Exposure: |
Program mode, 1/125 sec @ f/5.6
with Exposure Compensation of +.5 |
| Other
Info: |
Shot through van's side
window. |
| Comments: |
In the summer, the male goldfinch
is bright yellow and black. The female, however, is drab with a
tinge of yellow all year long. Since the male loses his flashy
coloring in winter and looks more like the female, it's hard to say
which this "cutie" is. |
| Available
For: |
Editorial and
commercial stock photo use,
t-shirts, prints. |
| More
Info: |
Goldfinches
like to feed on the seeds of the Mexican Sunflower in the winter.
Its flowers also attracts lots of butterflies in the summer, see
Image # 88513.
|
