A while ago I read the words of a photographer. He said he takes photos of flight, not of birds.
Somehow, that statement was intriguing for me. What does it mean to take photos of flight? If there is no flying object, there is no flight. So he is not interested in birds, but in the way they are flying.
I started to think, what do I want to capture when I press the shutter. Is it the bird? Is it its flight? Is it what?
After a while I realized I am interested in bird’s freedom during its flight.
So, for me it is all about its freedom during each flight.
Cornell's photos and words 
I almost missed the small bird in flight in the lower right of the frame. Having one very large bird and one small bird helps to show us how different birds fly, very well done!
And how small is the sparrow compared to that stork!!
Until I got home and edited the photo I did not even noticed the sparrow.
It was a very nice bonus.
Thank you.
That freedom is in the minds of we poor groundlings. These marvelous creatures take it for granted. Freedom well captured!
Thank you. 🙂
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It happens to me on some blogs. I don’t understand it either. Some quirk in the code!
Photographers say pretentious things sometimes when they are afraid that people don’t take their art seriously. If I looked at his/her pictures of flight, I would probably see a bird.
I love this idea. I also love that you have captured the freedom of two birds in that photo!