Because when you stop trying to capture the animal and start trying to celebrate it, you stop being a photographer and become a nature artist.
Featured Image Suggestion: A backlit deer at sunrise with rim lighting, or an abstract blur of birds in flight over water. Artofzoo Miss F Torrentl
The difference between a snapshot of a deer and a work of art is often the quality of the gold hour haze filtering through the mist. I have learned to put my camera down during the harsh midday sun. Instead, I wait. I wait for the soft, directional light of dawn that turns a leopard’s fur into liquid gold, or the deep, moody blues of twilight that silhouette a heron standing like a statue. Because when you stop trying to capture the