Most memorable MISSED opportunity?
I had a rare (for me) opportunity last night that got smooth away from me.
What's your most memorable photo opportunity that has escaped you?
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I belong to an organization that has a work shop here in Dallas. The shop faces south and sits just north of and across the street from a fair size field and railroad right-of-way next to a major freeway. (Lot's of critters in the field & RR ROW... We've even seen bobcat in this area.)
I was at the shop last night... It was a little before 8:00pm (perfect golden light), I'd just finished a project I'd been working on and was out in the front talking with friends.
A RED TAIL HAWK WITH A SMALL RABBIT IN IT'S CLAWS comes slowly at us from east to west about 40-50 ft off the ground trying to gain altitude with his fresh and obviously heavy kill... There was a mockingbird furiously on his tail... Dive bombing him along the way.
We are all watching in amazement when the hawk gets just over our parking lot and makes a BEAUTIFUL, SLOW, BANKING TURN to the south towards the RR & freeway, the underside of his wings and the rabbit now PERFECTLY ILLUMINATED WITH GOLDEN LIGHT... PERFECT HEAD AND WING ANGLE... MOCKINGBIRD HAMMERING AWAY.
The hawk (w/rabbit and mockingbird in tow) get's just to the freeway, makes a north westerly turn and eases toward the west end of the field across the street and eventually disappears into the sunset.
Would have been an AMAZING series of images for me... At least in my minds eye.
No camera...
No words...
Very grateful to have even seen such a thing...
But very pissed my camera wasn't with me...
That's my most memorable missed opportunity in the short time I've been doing this.
WHAT'S YOURS????
(There's BOUND to be some good ones out there!)
Steve