Birds in Flight

This is some of my work.  During our portfolio exchange someone asked if I had any pictures of birds while they are flying so here are some to share.

John Obenaus

John is actually the guy that got me into photography.  Years ago when I was living in Costa Rica teaching ESL he and a friend showed up one day looking to photograph tropical birds.  I have been exploring the mountains a lot and decided to show them where I had been and seen many of the birds on their to see list.  My desire to photograph birds was born then.  John is a super cool guy and is always able to answer the questions I have.

Seth Casteel

Can honestly say I had never seen or thought about this idea before.  But what does a dog look like when it is underwater diving after something?  Seth’s new series of images showing just that are really impressive.

Mike Powell

Mike is a local sports photographer from based in Bellingham.  He has been featured in numerous sports publications and on the cover of Sports Illustrated.  Pretty cool to see a local guy making it big.

Takashi Arai

Takashi is a modern day photographer creating daguerreotype images.  The images produced by this process are pretty amazing, and I really like the old time feel that they give.  The fact that people are still using this process is pretty impressive considering the dangers that come with it.  I mean mercury vapors don’t sound to safe to me, though I am sure there are lots of new technologies to minimize exposure.

Trey Ratcliff

This artist is making a name for himself in the world of HDR.  A lot of the images I see today, including my own attempts at making images in HDR,  seem to be to cartoonish and unreal looking.  Trey has found a way to make images that are just a faction past real.  The results he is able to get are pretty impressive.  He was the first photographer to have their HDR images hung at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.

Clyde Butcher

I ran across this landscape artist the other day.  I am really drawn to his work.  He mainly uses 8×10 or larger to photograph landscapes.  There are videos that feature him and show the darkroom that he works in, pretty impressive setup to enlarge these huge negatives.