Often as I glance through a new issue of Geo or Audubon or National Wildlife, a single photo will arrest my attention: Frans Lanting must have taken this one. And usually he did.
Frans’ photos are distinctive. Often moody and dramatic, they capture the subtleties of light and flashing wings. Frans will lie on a mudflat, drenched by the advancing tide, in order to photograph Willets or Marbled Godwits from their own height and perspective. He has a high replacement rate for camera equipment, but the results are stunning.