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by Gary Holmes
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Fourth and final photo in a series of a female Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) guarding her nest in the middle of a city park. While she was trying... more
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Fourth and final photo in a series of a female Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) guarding her nest in the middle of a city park. While she was trying to lure me away, I returned to photograph the clutch of three heavily camouflaged eggs, which were remarkably difficult to find. She had selected a site with pieces of large gravel and concrete from a recent replacement of a disc golf target basket, and the pebbles were almost the same size as the eggs, further adding to the deception. After three shots of the eggs, I rapidly left to allow her to return to the nest, and to minimize attention from the nearby playground. It is remarkable that the nest has remained untouched in the middle of this field for more than a week now, 30 feet from a disc golf target basket, about 60 feet from a children's playground, and with hundreds of grackles and other aggressive birds nearby. The grass had also been mowed since I first located the nest.
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Gary Holm...
Gary Holmes, photographer: I have always loved to photograph nature, landscapes, abstract, and other found objects of interest. I prefer the challenge of trying to capture the unpredictable spontaneity of things and events as they are occurring. I started with a Kodak Brownie as a child, but entered the world of real photography with a Canon AE-1 in the late 1970's. I have successfully sold a number of my photographs on Fine Art America, and have been recognized in international photography venues. Poster sized prints of three of my photographs were recently installed in a new medical clinic building in a major Texas medical center. My photo, "Blue Norther," was selected by the nonprofit Texas Bluebird Society for its 2010...
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Sergey Taran
Nice gallery!