ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Each winter, thousands of snow geese migrate from Siberia to Washington’s Skagit Valley. Capturing their flight with a slow shutter requires aligning perfectly with their motion—an almost impossible task. On this day, by sheer luck and timing, my camera synced with the flock’s takeoff. The resulting image reveals a rare harmony: thousands of wings moving as one, forming a fleeting, abstract composition of light, motion, and instinctive unity that lasted only for a heartbeat.

AUTHOR
I am a nature and wildlife photographer based in Seattle. My goal in photography is to create images that resemble paintings. While creating an excellent painting can take hours or even years, a photograph can be captured with just one click of the shutter. This is what fascinates and motivates me, and I have been photographing for over 20 years. Recently, I was invited to delve into wildlife photography, which has become even more captivating and inspiring, as it reveals a world where the cycle of life and death unfolds every moment. During this new journey, I discovered that 3S (Slow Shutter Speed) shooting is an incredibly effective tool for making my photos look like paintings—not only because of its painterly appearance but also because each image tells its own story. I believe this effect occurs because The camera's image sensor accumulates photons for 100 to 300 times longer compared to typical high-shutter-speed shooting.

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