Place · California

PalmDesert.

A single black swan followed from appearance to abstraction, flamingos and egrets, and light on water — photographed at the JW Marriott in Palm Desert.

This is the source of Black Swan and Plume. Every image here is available to license; images from the named collections are also available as limited-edition prints.

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Black swan in silhouette on shimmering, reflected water.Arrival Black swan with its neck curled into a loop against reflecting water.Coil Two black swans on the water, one upended below the surface.Division Black swan with its neck curved down toward the water.Withdrawal Black swan drinking, its neck drawn into a tight arc.Draw Black swan with neck extended, a drop of water falling from its beak against pure black.Release Black swan with its neck coiled into its body, feathers detailed against black.Interior Extreme close-up of black swan wing and neck feathers.Plumage Black swan fully lit, neck extended down toward the water.Descent Black swan in three-quarter profile against pure black, feathers lit dramatically.Illuminate Black swan in full silhouette on high-contrast water.Ink Black swan’s neck in silhouette, forming an arch against bright water.Arch Upended black swan in silhouette on the bright surface.Upend Black swan’s neck as a single calligraphic arc against blown-out water.Glyph Close abstract of a black swan’s neck loop against the water.Loop Light patterns rippling across pool water.Field Reflected light flowing across the water surface in high contrast.Flow Glowing rings of reflected light on dark water.Depth Scattered reflections of light on dark water.Wake A luminous network of light caustics on dark water.After Flamingo eye watching from among its tucked body feathers.Watch Lone flamingo touching the water with its beak.Below Flamingo on one leg, fluffing its feathers.Balance Egret flying above a lone flamingo.Departure Two flamingos, one reaching back to its body.Together Flamingo on one leg, twisting to scratch its beak.Contortion Two flamingos face to face.Debate Egret flying above two flamingos.Through White wooden boat on water smoothed by a long exposure.White boat, still water Two boats reflected on calm water.Two boats Goose in silhouette on a balcony rail against a sunlit wall.Goose in silhouette Pond and palms reflected in the glass of a stairway.Pond in the glass stairway