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    Beyond portraits

    Dec 04, 2021 4 minutes
    Text and photo by Marie Read

    BY ITS VERY nature, a bird is a work of art, right? Surely all we need to do to wow people is portray that avian beauty in the standard way: unobscured, with a clean background, evenly illuminated from the front, and filling the frame. What’s wrong with that? Nothing, except that the world is already swamped with great bird portraits, thanks to today’s amazing cameras and the ease of sharing on the internet. How can you create something unique and attention-grabbing? The answer is to do things differently. Here are a few ideas.

    1. Shoot toward the sun for drama

    A surefire way to create

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