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A WHALE OF A TAIL
SNEAKER
HIGH STEP'N
Sandhill cranes and snow geese. New Mexico, United States.
NIGHT LANDING
WAR OF THE WORLDS
DOWNTIME
DAY ONE
First day out of the nest for this little oriole.
MUD IN YOUR EYE
INGLIS FALLS (graphite)
GOOSE LIGHT
SITTING PRETTY
WET PAINT
PHOTO FINISH
LAST LOOK
CHOMP
FOX
FROZEN
FIRST ALERT
GOT YOU ON MY WAVELENTGH
Flapanatomy
“There are no new ideas – only new ways of making them felt.” Audre Lorde
A male trumpeter swan and his mate were migrating north in late winter and chose to wait out a snowstorm on our pond. It was the first time we’d ever had swans.
I spent the entire day shooting and got some keeper images including this sequence of the male fanning his wings. At first, I was trying to decide which one to frame and then it dawned on me that I had a beautiful motion study. It reminded me of Muybridge’s studies from the late 1800s which I had often referenced in my work as an animator. But these swan shots were also stand alone, great images.
At first I arranged them side by side and had as many as six frames. Then the light bulb went off and I melded them into one.
Ever since then I’ve kept an eye out for “Muybridge moments.”
FIRST DAY OUT
MOOSE-A-LICIOUS
PIGEONS
SAILING ON GOSSAMER WAVES OF LIGHT
SPRING
JIM
Wading the Willows
TANGLED
SNOWDRIFT
