Birds in flight are a special beauty. I like to capture flight in photos. The wings of woodpecker are especially graphic and picturesque, which allows us to feel the beauty and speed of the bird's flight more vividly. So I spent a lot of time to capture woodpecker in flight so that to show its winged beauty. This time I noticed a woodpecker in a forest nearby and spent around 40 min to get close to it wading waist-deep in snow. I was lucky to have captured it using high speed series 30 fps.
2024-01-16T11:49:46
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183mm
Flash did not fire
Dmitrii Melgunov
I am a dedicated photo artist, known in photographic circles as Ritam. I have a deep focus on nature photography, especially birds. My work has earned prizes and recognition in international contests. As a poet, I compose poems inspired by my images, blending photography and poetry into a harmonious synthesis. My photo-poetic exhibitions have been showcased in Russia, India, and beyond. My main aim and inspiration is to share in the living communion with the sublime, all-embracing soul of the universe, with the beauty of the world as Her grand, miraculous expression, and our own soul of beauty and harmony as Her living particle.