Taking You Under My Wing
by Gary Holmes
Title
Taking You Under My Wing
Artist
Gary Holmes
Medium
Photograph
Description
A mother Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) raises her wing to shelter her fledgling chick at a small lake near our house. Two others were already hidden from view under her wings, with only part of a leg sticking out from under the right wing. As I observed them, they would wander several meters away on their wobbly legs before randomly heading back to shelter for a few minutes. The killdeer is one of the most commonly seen plovers in the US, and can be found nesting in a wide variety of locations within close proximity to human activity. If not seen, they are easily identified by their remarkably loud, vociferous calls (hence the species name).
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Gary Holmes, photographer: I am an opportunist photographer of nature, landscapes, abstract, and other found objects of interest. I prefer to capture the spontaneity of things and events as they are occurring, and rarely photograph staged subjects other than portraits. Although I have been a photographer for decades, I have only started posting them for others to see since about September 2012. Please see my largest collection of photographs posted at http://500px.com/holmesidepi. I had sufficient encouragement from posts on other sites to try putting some up for sale on Fine Art America (FAA), which offers a wide range of printing and mounting options not currently available on 500px. As a result, I have successfully sold some of my works. Unfortunately, photography is not my primary field, and I have limited time to expand my online presence, but I will continue to steadily post more of my best works on 500px and/or FAA every week. Please revisit my sites periodically.
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April 10th, 2013
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Sharon Mau
.╰⊰✿ . . ♥ . . ☆ ☆ . . . . Featured: :: Birds of the World :: . . . . ☆ ☆. . . ♥ . . ✿⊱╮. . . . http://fineartamerica.com/groups/birds-of-the-world.html
Nadine and Bob Johnston
Congratulations, on your Feature AND Publication in -The Internet Weekly... Artist News - http://paper.li/f-1343723559# --- If you go to the paper, click SHARE, you can Tweet, Facebook, or even Email a copy to Friends, Relatives and others, so they can see the Publication in the ARTIST NEWS. It's one of our FAVORITES today... We do not always have the time to Comment, but just had to leave one on this beautiful piece of work.