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light In wildlife photography, a designer's signature is defined by his positioning, his use of light and his post-processing. Recently, I was asked a question regarding my definition of the term photographic "research". I wanted to share with you my answer on the meaning of the latter with the help of the image I am presenting to you today. In order to be able to create a work from a subject that one does not control, one must know it and have spent time studying it. Each season, I preliminarily target species and objectives related to them. I write down on paper all my knowledge about it. I write down the places and dates of my past observations. I target the atmospheres or landscapes that would fit into the composition I have in mind and then my research work begins. At each meeting, I learn a little more about my subject. I prepare myself better and better and sometimes, when everything aligns, my knowledge and nature give me the opportunity to create my work. The image I am presenting to you today is the cumulative picture of all my latest releases. I decided to focus on the Red-winged Blackbird following an observation a few years ago about the soft smoke coming out of its beak. At that time, I was busy working on other species. In order to achieve the image I was conceptualizing in my mind, I had to learn how to read its behaviour. Through trial and error, I was able to figure out where to position myself to be ready to synchronize its arrival with the backlight. My first images this year were the representation of an imperfect and unworked lens. Then, after hundreds of images and several matinees, I finally succeeded! My research was to bring out the duality of a landscape still inert from winter with the life that takes possession of the territory. This same life which is inside the bird and which materializes in the form of a small mist. Singing with all their strength, the birds will try to warm the air enough to make the buds still covered with frost hatch.