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This photo is old but I think qualifies. One of my favorites because of how it was acquired.
Cat(ch) Fight by J L Smith, on Flickr
**The entire story of how this picture was captured**
I went to work (military) to take photos of a promotion ceremony. Only brought the K20D and DA* 50-135, since it was my fastest lens. I would need a fast lens because the ceremony was indoors and dark.
Little did I know, almost everyone had Monday off. Well, I was already on base, with camera, so I decided to drive to the uninhabited part of the base and look for photos.
There is a particular small bridge where this Egret loves to fish; I've seen him there many times. Since I was wearing camouflage, I decided to sit next to the concrete bridge, blend in, and see if he would fly to his normal hunting ground (I had scared him off when I initially approached).
30 minutes pass and nothing, except a smaller egret swooping in to try to fish, then flying away when he saw me.
I'm *literally* starting to stand up when this egret comes swooping to his spot, but being very cautious.
I sat motionless. I knew I'd have to sit very still for quite a while before he would get close enough for me to capture with my rather short lens. I was afraid my mirror slap or focus beep (yeah, I forgot to turn it off) would scare him away, but it only initially made him cautious and then he ignored it.
One hour later and he had edged about 40 feet from where I sat. I was so close to the water that I had earlier noticed the snake swimming underneath (it wasn't very deep), but I thought the snake had gone down the stream.
All of a sudden the egret pokes his head down and I see snake come up with him, and I was ready with burst shooting. I initially thought the egret had caught the snake, the snake had bitten the bird, or the egret had just tried to piss the snake off.
Only later, at my computer, did I realize they had captured the same exact fish, simultaneously.
Patience has its rewards
Now from this week
Grillin' the 'bobs by J L Smith, on Flickr
A77 with 35 1.8
I was grilling kabobs and really liked how the colors looked, so grabbed my camera and decided to practice. I took me 7 tries to get the image I wanted. The first were too close, did not show enough surrounding. Then I backed up but then showed too much grill. I snapped a few more but they were boring. Just as I framed this, some charcoal fell and made a few sparks....I like.
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