{"product_id":"a-word-in-passing","title":"A Word in Passing","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe egret was calling out mid-flight - beak open, neck extended, the sound carrying across the Lowcountry rookery as it crossed through the dappled light of the tree canopy. I heard it before I turned, and when I did, the bird was already in the frame: wings partially swept back, body angled forward, the call still in progress. I pressed the shutter and it continued on its way, whatever it had to say already said. The Lowcountry in late spring sounds like this all morning - egrets and herons calling across the water, the air full of a noise that stops the moment you try to locate its source.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBirds call in flight for reasons that are mostly not intended for human ears - territory, contact, alarm, coordination. This egret was announcing something to the birds in the trees below it, or perhaps to no one in particular, the call simply a part of the movement, inseparable from the forward momentum of the wings and the morning air. I happened to be in the right position to catch both the word and the passing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Word in Passing is about the brief, unsolicited moments of communication that the natural world offers if you're positioned to receive them. The bird didn't know I was there, or didn't care - it had somewhere to be and something to say, and both of those things happened simultaneously in a frame of green and white that I have been glad about ever since. It is an image with personality, and it brings that quality into any room that holds it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quigley Fine Art","offers":[{"title":"20x30 \/ Metal","offer_id":43308800802906,"sku":"a-word-in-passing-20x30","price":1400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 \/ Metal","offer_id":43308800835674,"sku":"a-word-in-passing-24x36","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"32x48 \/ Metal","offer_id":43308800868442,"sku":"a-word-in-passing-32x48","price":3400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40x60 \/ Metal","offer_id":43308800901210,"sku":"a-word-in-passing-40x60","price":5500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/0325\/1546\/files\/QuigleyFineArt_PJQ05581_2_25_359fe83b-8658-4885-a75b-2cbd731ff5f0.jpg?v=1777838193","url":"https:\/\/quigleyfineart.com\/products\/a-word-in-passing","provider":"Quigley Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}