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September 30, 2022
Grace Ebert
Poetry within the Sky is a becoming title for a e book of the elegant photos of Australian photographer Christian Spencer. Slated for launch subsequent month, the amount gathers roughly twenty years’ value birds Spencer encountered throughout visits to the Brazilian Amazon, together with macaws, emus, and the species he’s maybe most notable for documenting: the hummingbird.
Taken when the creatures are mid-flight and beating their wings at unimaginable speeds, Spencer’s placing images seize daylight because it filters via their feathers, emitting a full spectrum of shade. The opalescent phenomenon is attributable to diffraction and transforms their limbs into tiny, ephemeral rainbows.
Poetry within the Sky comprises a number of images of the prismatic birds—a lot of which we’ve featured beforehand on Colossal—along with dozens of further photos of avian life. Pre-order a duplicate from Bookshop, decide up a print, and discover extra of Spencer’s work on Instagram.
#animals
#birds
#books
#Christian Spencer
#mild
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