Show Birds

Zosterops Zosterops

Some of you may recognise this book from one of my recent posts, but anyone who knows me well, will be able to confirm just how much I love birds. I’d had my eyes on this for a while, and unknowingly my friend Pearl bought it for me for my birthday, and I couldn’t resist sharing it in a little more depth than I did in my Workstation post.

An Incomplete Dictionary Of Show Birds is a publication by Luke Stephenson a British photographer who focuses on documenting through his images. Aside from my passion for our feathered friends, I think what I like most about it, is the simplicity in which the photographs have been taken. The plain back ground only emphasises the shape and plumage of each bird, and as a collection of images I think it works great.

There is apparently a series of limited edition prints to go with this book, but as I said I like them as a series and think the books a bit more charming. Let me know what you think – and I promise, no more birds for a while here on in.

Splendid Parakeet Neophema Splendida Crested Budgerigar Melopsittacus UndulatesHeck’s Grass Finch Poephila Acuticauda Parson Finch Poephila CinctaBlack Headed Gouldian Finch Erythrura Gouldiae Blue Gouldian Finch Erythrura GouldiaeCrested Budgerigar Melopsittacus Undulates Rubino Bourkes Neopsephotus BourkiiYorkshire Canary Serinus Canaria Yorkshire Canary Serinus Canaria