What first grabs attention is the drama happening across the sky—layers of clouds clashing, scattering, reshaping. Golden light pushes through from behind, catching on edges and forming sharp silhouettes where brightness meets shadow. The frame balances tension and calm: while most of the composition is about movement and energy, there’s a clear focal pause in the silhouette of the lone bird gliding beneath the brightest break in the clouds.
Color plays a crucial role here. Deep orange fades into steely blue, interrupted by a blaze of warm gold that outlines the stormy formations. The bird’s shape becomes even more defined against that light, its simple form breaking up the chaos with something almost meditative. The cloud in the center has just enough odd shape to stir the imagination—some will see a creature, others a flame, and neither would be wrong.
I waited for the exact moment the bird crossed that lit corridor—it lasted all of two seconds.
Welcome to my world of photography. I am Martijn Jebbink, born in the Netherlands and living in Rome.
I grew up in a small town, surrounded by an impressive forest. In that environment I developed my own way of looking at the world. At first, I didn’t see..
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