August 2021 - 6

OPENING SHOT
Play with your food
Photo: by Tim Christie
Gear: Canon EOS R5
Settings: 1/800 sec, f/6.3, ISO 320
G
reat blue herons are intense hunters.
When they're hunting, the wary birds
can let their guard down and allow
a photographer to approach them without
disrupting their behavior.
I spotted this heron on the hunt and stood
on the shore in the shadows of a tall pine. I
concentrated on looking through the camera
viewfinder, poised to trip the shutter when
something interesting happened. The heron
missed its first two strikes at whatever was in
the water. The third strike was the charm and
it came up with a small fish.
Instead of swallowing it, the heron seemed
to play. With the fish twisting and wiggling
wildly, the heron tossed it in the air catching
it as it fell. Finally, the heron lined the catch
in its bill, ready to swallow. As quickly as it
started, it was over.
Only when I processed the images did I find
that I caught one shot of the fish suspended in
air in the heron's bill. Mom was wrong, playing
with your food isn't always a bad idea.
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