A goldfinch, caught at the edge of a forest in Drenthe. A bird you don't often see, yet there are many of them in the Netherlands.
Goldfinches are birds that are almost painterly because of their bright red and yellow colours: a red colour on the head and a yellow colour on the wings. In the photo, this creates a nice colour contrast between the green of the trees and the blurred forest behind.
That they are picturesque birds is also shown by the fact that they have been painted by many an old master: Fabritius, Raphael and Bronzino, for instance.
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Where silence lives
and control fades,
true seeing begins.
Between motion and stillness,
between flight and presence,
images emerge
that don't demand
but invite.
A bird caught in backlight,
a deer dissolving into morning mist,
a landscape just shy of stillness.
What is wild isn'tamed -
only witnessed,
acknowledged,
preserved.
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