White storks seem equally at home on artificial structures as they are in trees, often nesting on rooftops and telegraph poles. Francisco discovered three pairs high on this sculpture outside the Vostell-Malpartida Museum near Cáceres in Spain. The installation, by German artist Wolf Vostell, incorporates a Russian MiG-21 aircraft, two cars, pianos, computer monitors – and now, three huge nests, which the storks use each year, migrating from their overwintering grounds in southern Africa. Francisco wanted a picture of the storks sleeping under a starry sky, but there was too much light. 'I got special permission for most lights to be shut down,' he says, 'but then the storks kept moving about and flying off.' Using a long exposure, he got just one shot he liked, with the storks quietly asserting their place in the modern world that Vostell depicted. (Francisco Mingorance/Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015)
https://studiovox.com/blog/archive/2015/09/09/10-remarkable-finalists-in-the-wildlife-photography-of-the-year
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