Oak Harbor Library hosts wildlife images present

Oak Harbor Library hosts wildlife images present

Holmes’ upcoming present focuses on lots of Whidbey Island’s avian inhabitants

Jennifer Holmes all the time knew she needed to be an artist, however she may by no means get issues to look precisely the best way she needed till choosing up a digital digital camera, a present from her husband in 2017.

“Now I have something I can express my vision to the world,” she stated.

The images of the Coupeville resident goes to be displayed within the Oak Harbor Library beginning this Thursday for all to see.

Holmes captures photographs of every kind of Whidbey wildlife, however her upcoming present focuses on most of the island’s avian inhabitants – owls, herons and hummingbirds, to call just a few. Her 600-millimeter telephoto lens permits her to maintain a protected and respectful distance when she snaps her photographs on the good second. She by no means baits or calls the animals.

She adores the various chicken inhabitants on Whidbey, lots of which she will see dwelling on 5 acres close to the water.

“I see so many different birds, and I just love them,” she stated.

One of her favourite encounters concerned a barred owl, which noticed some prey and dove down in entrance of her, touchdown on a tree stump lower than 10 ft away. Holmes held her breath and pointed her lens.

“He hooted right in my face and it startled me. It was so loud, I jumped out of my skin,” she stated with fun. “The next few frames on my camera were blurry, that’s how far my lens traveled.”

This time of yr, she delights in seeing loads of child birds, together with owlets and juvenile herons.

Her favourite place to {photograph} is Crockett Lake, for its proximity to the marshy, soggy mudflat and the ferry dock.

Holmes is a paralegal by day and a wildlife photographer by night and weekends. How lengthy she waits to get the right shot will depend on the day.

“It’s kind of luck of the draw,” she stated. “You never know what you’re going to see.”

Her outings require a lot of cautious planning, particularly for somebody with Crohn’s illness who should have entry to a close-by restroom. Still, she is ready to spend hours at a time doing what she loves.

Previously, Holmes displayed her work within the Garry Oak Gallery. An worker of the Oak Harbor Library not too long ago noticed her work on a card rack in Payless Foods in Freeland, the place Holmes used to work as a cake decorator.

Prints of Holmes’ wildlife images will probably be on show beginning July 31 till August 31. Visit her Facebook web page, fb.com/JHwildlifePhotography, to see extra photographs.