Wildlife Diaries 15

Limited Editions

Nov 2

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My large format LIMITED EDITION prints are now available for subscribers only. Please email studio@timlaman.comto receive a private website link and have a look. No obligation of course!

Dear Friends,

If you have never been to the rainforest of Southeast Asia, and heard the loud wing-beats of Rhinoceros Hornbills flying over the canopy, I highly recommend a journey after we get through this pandemic. In the mean time, I thought I’d share my image and story with you below.

Rhinoceros Hornbill

On my very first day in the rain forest of Borneo, back in 1987, the first spectacular rain forest bird that I got a glimpse of was a Rhinoceros Hornbill. I was on the ground, the bird was high in the canopy, and I could barely see it with my binoculars. I remember thinking how some day I wanted to find a way to photograph this amazing bird up at its level. Well, years past, I learned how to climb giant rain forest trees with ropes, and spent scores of days in the canopy. My first article in National Geographic was about the rain forest canopy in Borneo, and featured a Rhinoceros Hornbill as the opening shot. So I’ve had a special relationship with this bird for decades. It is still one of my favorite birds to photograph, a true icon of the lowland forests Borneo and Southeast Asia. I captured this moment in Thailand in 2018, from yet another blind hidden in the canopy of an adjacent tree overlooking a fig tree absolutely loaded with fruit. This moment came when the hornbill stuck its head up through some branches, and was looking around for the ripest fig to pluck.

“Soft Launch” of my Limited Edition Prints

We are currently having a “soft launch” of my new line of Limited Edition Prints, including Rhinoceros Hornbill, exclusively for you, my newsletter subscribers. We are ready to share a private web link with you to the site, featuring the first set of 14 prints I am offering, including several Birds-of-Paradise and other wildlife and landscape images that are highlights of my long career in the field. Please email studio@timlaman.com and we will send you a private link to so you can have some time to check it out before it becomes publicly available.

Here are a few other images that are in the Limited Editions Gallery:

Thanks for your support, and stay safe everyone!
Tim

PS: Below is a glimpse of what my new Limited Editions will look like. They will be available in 48 inch or 60 inch sizes, printed on archival recycled aluminum, and framed in a wood float frame. Tim with "Bird-of-Paradise Sunrise" 48 inch metal print. Edition 1 of 20.