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Dag Røttereng | Dead Song Thrush

Name: Dag Røttereng
Picture title: Dead Song Thrush
Category: Birds
Nationality: Norway
Occupation: Part-time photographer, and assistant nurse.

Technical information
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Lens: RF 24-105 F4 IS USM
EXIF: 2,5 sec at f4, ISO 200
Accessories: Tripod, polarizer filter

Dag Røttereng says:

One day in late October I saw a dead bird lying by my house in Melhus in Central Norway. It was a song thrush (Turdus philomelos) lying on a bed of rotten autumn leaves. The colors of the plumage matched well with the colors of the dead leaves and I thought the scene would make a nice picture. I also wanted to make a YouTube video of me photographing the bird, so I rigged up three tripods with cameras and a microphone. My photography style is not documentary, I always try to create images that appeal to the viewer’s own imagination. I, therefore, tried out different techniques, crops, and played with both camera movement and multiple exposures. One of the best was this single exposure with camera movements at a relatively long shutter speed, so-called ICM photography – intentional camera movement. The leaves are faded, the plumage is faded and so is the life of the bird.