Pixiq

I love nature photography for its ability to help us focus on details in nature and share them with others. This shot of a black-necked stilt on her nest shows off the beauty of the bird and captures a moment that we can study and appreciate as part of nature.

I also love video for its ability to make nature come alive. The following video is of the same bird coming up to the nest. Notice how it moves its legs, how it sits, how it settles onto the eggs. None of that can be shown in a still photo. I am actually giving links to two versions. What I can post easily here is the SD (standard definition) version and includes sound.

The sound is interesting. It includes the sounds of shutters going off. I had been in Orlando doing a Saturday series of seminars, and then on Sunday, went out with a few of my new friends from Orlando. They were shooting stills. You can imagine from the sounds of the shutters how each shot could be interesting, but no single shot can portray the bird the way video does. The bird literally comes to life in the video.