I got some exciting news today

[MSnowy]

Congrats on the win and that's a most excellent picture! I remember it from awhile back and I wondered then if you were laying down and waiting for action like that to happen without being spotted. Can you elaborate on how you went about getting that pic?

Thank you. I had been watching this bird for a few days because it was hanging around this pond. After watching it for a few days I got an idea how it was going to move. It was working this edge of the pond so I was able to sit and wait for it to work its way towards me. I got really fortunate that it moved into perfect light and caught the frog right in front of me.

Sounds like you worked hard to study your subject, and this helped you get the winning shot. Superb effort, beautiful shot - big congrats to you!

Thank you.

 

[fishing4sanity]

Great follow up photo as well! I keep coming back and looking at that first photo so I nominated it for December 1019 Photo of the Month Nominations