— Avian Portraits
My photos attempt to expose in detail the beauty of these birds, not possible to appreciate with binoculars. They are, in fact, studio portraits. Susan Sontag observed, “The painter constructs, the photographer discloses.”
© Copyright 2022 by John P. Whitelaw
Scaly-breasted Wren (Panama)
Common Yellowthroat (Nanaimo, Canada)
Song Wren (Panama)
Checker-throated Stipplethroat (Panama)
Steller’s Jay (Nanaimo, Canada)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Nanaimo, Canada)
White-flanked Antwren (Panama)
Spotted Antbird (Panama)
Bicolored Antbird (Panama)
Ocellated Antbird (Panama)
Curl-crested Aracari (Panama)