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Stories
The waiting, the missed shots, and the occasional bit of luck behind the photographs.
A ginger flower, turning
ดอกเอื้องหมายนา กำลังม้วนตัวRed bracts stacked like scales, curling down to one white flower.
Read the storyHide and seek in the mango tree
เล่นซ่อนหาในต้นมะม่วงA squirrel hanging upside down in the mango blossom, almost lost behind the flowers.One ant, one flower
มดหนึ่งตัว ดอกไม้หนึ่งดอกA white bloom opening in deep shade, and the smallest visitor of the day walking its petals.Yellow in the green
สีเหลืองในสีเขียวA Black-crested Bulbul sat still in a wall of leaves just long enough.The sound comes first
เสียงมาก่อนA Great Hornbill in a tree at the viewpoint, and the whoosh of its wings a full second before it landed.Before the rain
ก่อนฝนมาThe sky went the colour of wet slate and a Yellow-vented Bulbul climbed to the top of the tree to watch it come.Into the glare
เข้าสู่แสงจ้าA Brahminy Kite as a small dark mark against a sky too bright to look at.The quieter one
ตัวที่เงียบกว่าThe male gets the metallic colours. The female Brown-throated Sunbird gets to be invisible, which is its own kind of skill.Roof with a view
หลังคาพร้อมวิวA Common Myna on a green tin roof, the hills behind it, doing what mynas do: watching everything.Owner of the wall
เจ้าของกำแพงA tabby on a dry-stone wall, entirely certain the wall belongs to it.In the passionfruit vine
ในเถาเสาวรสAn Olive-backed Sunbird working through a passionfruit vine, one flower at a time.A swallow that stays
นกนางแอ่นที่ไม่ไปไหนA Pacific Swallow on a lamp post over the water, watching for insects nobody else can see.Between waves
ระหว่างคลื่นRock crabs on wet stone, holding their ground in the seconds between one wave and the next.Kite at rest
เหยี่ยวพักA Brahminy Kite perched in a tree, which is a rarer sight than one in the air.White on brown
ขาวบนน้ำตาลA Large White butterfly among fallen leaves, the only clean thing on the forest floor.On top of the world
บนยอดโลกA goldfinch on the topmost twig, and a whole valley of pine behind it.Under the eaves
ใต้ชายคาA House Sparrow on a beam under the roof, exactly where House Sparrows have lived for ten thousand years.Two on a branch
สองตัวบนกิ่งA pair of wood pigeons on a branch in the canopy, keeping exactly the distance pigeons keep.Lavender, and one bee
ลาเวนเดอร์ กับผึ้งหนึ่งตัวA honeybee on a lavender spike, one flower out of thousands in the field.Sunning
ผึ่งแดดA pond slider on a rock in green water, doing the one thing turtles are best at.In the tall grass
ในดงหญ้าสูงA sika deer grazing in a meadow at the edge of the trees, most of it hidden.Something in the undergrowth
อะไรบางอย่างในพงไม้A wild boar in the sunlit scrub, half seen, which is how wild boar are usually seen.Crow among the frangipani
อีกาท่ามกลางดอกลีลาวดีA Large-billed Crow in a flowering tree, black against white blossom and green leaf.White bird, painted wall
นกขาว กำแพงวาดA Sulphur-crested Cockatoo on its perch, with a mural behind it louder than the bird.Looking down on a roof
มองลงมาที่หลังคาA rooftop seen from above, and a pigeon that has made it home.Afternoon dog
หมายามบ่ายA tan dog on a hot pavement, tongue out, halfway to a nap.Green lattice
ระแนงเขียวAn old painted lattice fence, a wooden crate behind it, and no animal anywhere.In the water spinach
ในดงผักบุ้งA White-breasted Waterhen threading through a field of water spinach, mostly hidden and entirely at home.Eye contact, under the car
สบตากันใต้ท้องรถA cat in the cool dark under a parked car, and the moment it decided to look straight at me.Ginger, asleep
แมวส้ม หลับA ginger cat asleep on a blue cloth, which is all a photograph sometimes needs to be.A telephoto lens on the street
เลนส์เทเลบนท้องถนนEveryone says street photography needs 35mm. I shot Asok at 300mm instead.Waiting for the kite
รอเหยี่ยวแดงFour mornings on the same stretch of river before the Brahminy Kite finally turned into the light.
