Competition entry: Whooping Crane With Fish It Captured
Whooping Crane with Captured Fish by Sonja Haske
2024 December Competition - A Nature
29 points
Judges' comments:
Nice capture; head is sharp; the blue of the water is striking; the direction of the waves creates an optical illusion of tipping; the lighting at this time of day was a bit harsh
Maker's notes:

Photo taken at Necedah Wildlife Refute on a windy day with the sun very low in the sky and snapped just as Whooping Crane captured a fish.  I used my Canon EOS 7D Mark II.  Settings were ISO 200; f/8; 1/1000.