Fine Art Wildlife Photography????

Fine Art Photography is in a completely different category of its own. I'll always remember a guest from Switzerland who stayed with us during the 2006 World Cup Soccer Games. Although a soccer fan, he was here working on a photo book with a working title of "The Ends of the Earth." He was in Southern Arizona to photograph Ghost Towns. To him, angles, composition, and lighting were key. When I checked out his website there were some absolutely amazing photographs of objects that I would have never thought to photograph.  With Fine Art photography, the photographer has to have an "eye" for seeing something others don't see. 

Side Note: The day he left, Switzerland was in the final. His plane didn't leave until late so we watched the game together in my office. (Other guests were arriving in his room that day). The match took five hours with the final score being 0-0 with Switzerland losing in a shootout after two overtime periods where neither team scored. I am sure there were people who found that game exciting. Switzerland was the only team in the tournament not to have conceded a goal during regulation time in any of their matches, yet still lost.

Okay, back to photography. I don't know whether there is such a thing as Fine Art Wildlife Photography. However, from time to time a wildlife photograph looks like art -- at least to me. Something about them, color, flowers, soft focus, that makes them look like paintings. Here are some examples:

Brewers Blackbird taken in Glacier National Park

Common Merganser taken on East Lake, Oregon

Harrier Hawk taken in Northeastern Oregon

House Finch taken here at the Azure Gate on a Mesquite Tree

Lesser Goldfinch taken here at the Azure Gate on a Pomegranate Tree

Anna's Hummingbird taken here at the Azure Gate

Anna's Hummingbird taken in Ash Canyon, Arizona

White Pelican taken on the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming