Tag: feather

  • Whiteness

    Whiteness

    Here’s a pair of abstract images, examining the colour (or is it combination of colours?) that is white…

  • Pink Feathers

    Pink Feathers

    This Chilean Flamingo lives in Paignton Zoo, and thanks to the easing of the Covid-19 lockdown measures Zoos will be able to re-open again from the 15th of June. I cannot wait to revisit this place, it’s one of my favourite locations for animal photography, so many interesting species (and all well looked after). What…

  • Proud as a… Pigeon?

    Proud as a… Pigeon?

    This is a crested pigeon, usually you would find them in Australia – but I found this one earlier in the year in Devon (in Paignton Zoo, to be precise). What did this image teach me? There are two types of pigeon with this fanciful hairstyle… this one, and the spinifex pigeon (unfortunately I do…

  • A Shock of Red Feathers

    A Shock of Red Feathers

    This is the unmistakable head of a Red-Crowned Crane (also known as the Japanese Crane), it is one of the rarest cranes in the world. What did this image teach me? Cranes feature in quite a few ancient far-Eastern myths, and the Red-Crowned crane was often a symbol of longevity and immortality.