We’re used to seeing birds photographed from a profile or three-quarter view that highlights their glorious beaks.
When photographed from the front, a bird’s beak becomes distorted.
Suddenly, their air of elegance is diminished (if only a little bit).
Spoonbill
The results reveal more about their personalities as we experience new sides to these seemingly always-graceful creatures.
Frontalsis an ongoing project that has spanned a decade.
After realizing this I just started to focus on it more.
Great Bittern
He has since collected enough of these photographs to fill a book with no plans to stop now.
So, does Van Der Leij have a favorite in all of the bird images hes snapped?
It turns out that he does.
Great Egret
To me, the great bittern or Eurasian bittern is my favorite, he admits.
Its also one of my favorite birds.
They are hard to see due to their camouflage and that’s where frontal comes in handy.
Black Stork
Bearded Tit
Oystercatcher
Ringed Plover
Common Snipe
Water Rail
Marsh Tit
Grey Partridge
Wood Pigeon
Common Whitethroat
Hawfinch
Bluethroat
House Sparrow
Robin
Kingfisher
Red-Breasted Goose
