Ornitographies - Xavi Bou

If birds left tracks in the sky, they would look like this.

Ornitographies moves away from the scientific approach of chronophotography. [...] The approach used by Xavi Bou to portray the scene is not invasive; moreover, it rejects the distant study, resulting in organic form images that stimulate the imagination. [1]

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^{Evoking an airborne serpent, western marsh harriers glide above trees where great cormorants perch. The wildlife-rich wetlands of Estany d’Ivars i Vila-Sana, Spain, were drained around 1950 for agricultural use and restored in 2005. [2]}

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^{Soaring above the Skógafoss waterfall at their nesting site in Iceland, northern fulmars reveal zipperlike patterns. [2]}

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^{“In winter the starlings gather in large groups,” says Bou, who took this photo in the agrarian village of Arbeca, Spain. “Starlings often prefer cities and agricultural areas, where their food abounds.” [2]}

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^{A colony of arctic terns flees from its nesting ground in Iceland. [2]}

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[1] http://www.xavibou.com/index.php/project/about-ornitographies/
[2] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/01/photo-journal-birds-paths-migration-starling/
[3] http://www.xavibou.com/index.php/project/ornitographies/