Yellow Flasher
by Gary Holmes
Title
Yellow Flasher
Artist
Gary Holmes
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
When perched, a Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) often appears rather dull, with gray and black coloring not unlike a mockingbird or a female Scissortailed Flycatcher, to which it is closely related. Occasionally you may glimpse some yellow on its belly if viewed from the front. However, when it takes flight, it becomes a spectacle, with lemon-yellow feathers covering most of its undersides, including parts of the wings. This one agreed to help me demonstrate this phenomenon as it lifted off from a barbed wire fence. ____________________________
Gary Holmes, photographer: I have always loved to photograph nature, landscapes, abstract, and other found objects of interest. Although I have staged single and group portraits and still life photographs, 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 continued to develop my compositional and post-processing skills and have slowly acquired higher quality equipment that is now capable of putting those skills to their best use. I finally became confident enough to begin posting my work online in September 2012, and have successfully sold a number of my photographs on Fine Art America.
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June 4th, 2014
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