About ‘Portrait of the spectacled eider’ by Jorrit Verkleij
The Spectacled Warbler is an extremely rare bird; prior to this male specimen, none had ever been sighted in the Netherlands. On Texel, the bird attracted a great deal of attention from Dutch and European birdwatchers, and even enthusiasts from outside the continent. I took this portrait during a rare moment of privacy. Sadly, the bird…
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Jorrit Verkleij (1998) is a qualified behavioural biologist with a love of photography and a strong passion for birds. He loves nothing more than heading out every day to keep track of and capture the local birdlife.
In his early years of ‘photography’, portraits were his main focus, but nowadays a growing part of his portfolio consists of high-key shots, and he is developing a habit of zooming out a little. Abstract images of birds in flight and close-ups of wild…
