2406_0833 Long-billed Curlew
This is either the same curlew as in yesterday's post, or its mate. A huge, featureless white sky is a huge problem in landscape work, and in general is not my preference for birds in flight. But I'm not going to pass up a close-circling curlew because of some stupid rule rolling around in my mind.
Can we turn disadvantage into advantage? Weakness into strength? I try to think of a sky like this as an outdoor studio, with perfect seamless background paper and perfect soft bright diffused lighting. And the curlew's feather pattern is remarkably intricate and beautiful. Those amazing wings; that incredible bill.
Frank Lloyd Wright: "Form and function are one." Exactly. So let's celebrate the perfection of a curlew. Our largest shorebird on its northern breeding ground.
Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2024 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2406_0833 Long-billed Curlew
This is either the same curlew as in yesterday's post, or its mate. A huge, featureless white sky is a huge problem in landscape work, and in general is not my preference for birds in flight. But I'm not going to pass up a close-circling curlew because of some stupid rule rolling around in my mind.
Can we turn disadvantage into advantage? Weakness into strength? I try to think of a sky like this as an outdoor studio, with perfect seamless background paper and perfect soft bright diffused lighting. And the curlew's feather pattern is remarkably intricate and beautiful. Those amazing wings; that incredible bill.
Frank Lloyd Wright: "Form and function are one." Exactly. So let's celebrate the perfection of a curlew. Our largest shorebird on its northern breeding ground.
Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2024 James R. Page - all rights reserved.