life and death

when I first saw this image, I thought it was the carcass of a bird potisitoned and scanned. It is actually a photograph of the bird in mid-flight. by using a fast shutter speed he froze the bird in time creating a stillness more referent of death than flight. the shadows and highlights on the bird are very visually stunning, however, it looks a bit obvious that he darkened out the rest of the image surrounding the bird. it is a very flat black (which is why I originally thought this was made with a scanner not a camera)