Internationally acclaimed Danish photographer Søren Solkær released his ninth photographic monograph, Starling, just after Christmas. The sequel to Solkær's best-selling book, Black Sun, Starling shows starling murmurations in a hauntingly beautiful way.
Murmurations are always a beautiful sight to behold, but photographer James Crombie managed to capture a giant flock of starlings at just the perfect moment: formed in the shape of a giant bird.
There are a few good reasons why you should go about getting in touch with a photographer before using his or her work. Even if they're okay with blogs and news outlets pick up the work without their permission (not saying they should be, but some are) you might be missing some critically important information about the series.
Such is the case with artist Alain Delorme's series "Murmurations," because these photographs that circulated the web initially as beautiful captures of starling flocks (better known as murmurations) in amazing shapes aren't actually photos of birds at all... the images are manipulations comprising of thousands of plastic bags made to look like starling murmurations.