Birds

12 Frames

Shorebirds, songbirds and raptors, most of them met at 600mm from further away than they realised. The good frames are the ones where the bird never knew.

A hummingbird at rest on a slender twig, framed by backlit willow leaves in layered greens.
A lapwing balanced on one leg on pale concrete, the other leg folded up into its body, shadow pooled beneath.
A single gull gliding across a smooth gradient of orange and teal sky at sunset.
A bluebird landing on a pine limb with one wing fanned wide, primaries lit bright blue against an overcast sky.
A vivid blue bird perched at the tip of a bare branch while fine rain streaks the muted background.
A killdeer with banded black-and-white breast standing on the ochre travertine terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs.
A small rufous-backed bird gripping a bare thorny branch, warm green foliage dissolved to soft light behind it.
A bee-eater with green and orange plumage perched on a bare branch against a soft green background.
A hummingbird hovering beside broad green leaves, bill open and wings caught mid-beat.
A western bluebird perched on a thin branch, its blue head and rust-orange breast lit from the side.
A brown pelican gliding low with wings fully extended, distant coastline soft behind it.
A gull standing on a wet rock with breaking surf blurred behind it.