Published 14:09 IST, November 26th 2019
Photographer Xavi Bou captures flock of birds, Internet in awe
Spanish photographer Xavi Bou has managed to steal the thunder on social media with his amazing series of images that have captured a flock of birds in flight.
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Spanish photographer Xavi Bou has mand to steal thunder on social media with his amazing series of ims that have captured a flock of birds in flight. Bou condenses several seconds of movement into a single frame to create his stunning photographs. Bou is involved in a project called 'Ornitographies' where he uses digital manipulation to display flight paths of birds. According to Bou's website, Ornitographies is a balance between art and science, a nature-based dissemination project and a visual poetry exercise.
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Ornitographies
Although Ornitographies is a current project, it has a somewhat distant origin. Xavi Bou's miration for nature, especially for birds arose during his childhood and since n interest has continued to grow, eventually becoming focus of his project.
Bou shares many of photographs on his official Instagram handle, where his followers are left absolutely amazed at what he's mand to capture.
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Detailing one of his works on social media, Bou explains how he mand to capture an unusually beautiful picture where a flock of birds broke ir formation to turn on mselves for several seconds. Bou writes, "This is one of most surprising ims I've taken. Driving on a highway through Extremura, Spain. I saw a large group of cranes flying in formation V. I left highway at next exit, just in time to prepare camera and try to record how y flew over me. Unfortunately because of fact that battery was exhausted, I could t record that shot, but just a few seconds later those cranes broke formation to turn on mselves for several seconds, something I h never seen."
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Ar photo marks moment when cranes are caught in a 'short-migration' from lagoon to fields in Gallocanta. Bou explains, "In Gallocanta every year thousands of cranes spend winter. During day y feed in fields and at night y sleep in lagoon. So every morning and evening re is a short migration where groups of dozens of individuals are formed."
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12:45 IST, November 26th 2019