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Lift, Soaring Bird Against Deep Blue Sky

A dark-bodied bird with broad wings flies diagonally across a deep, cloudless blue sky. The undersides of the wings have pale, silvery-white flight feathers edged in dark brown, and the tail is fanned. The small head shows a touch of pink-red.

A single wide-winged bird, small and off-centre, on a large square of saturated cloudless blue. The pale, finger-like feathers glow against the deep colour, and a touch of pink-red at the head gives the eye one small place to land. Someone who wants a strong blue wall with real stillness and air, rather than another busy wildlife scene, would choose this over ten other bird photographs.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski