Heron & Squirrel

[Stephen Earle]

Taken in the Sabi Sand Nature Reserve in South Africa. The squirrel escaped twice, only to be caught by the heron who eventually killed it. 40D, ISO 800, 1/2500, f5.6, 300 f2.8 + 2x conv.

[Dave Phillips]

wow, unusual catch....little tight in frame, but an excellent behavior shot.

thanks for sharing, nice details

[Rod Wiley]

I've never seen that before. Great catch

[Grace Scalzo]

Fantastic action image. Nicely done.

[Robert Amoruso]

Stephen,

This image works really well demonstrating the bird's behavior. I don't feel it is too tight as the action is the star in this image and making the bird and squirrel smaller would diminish their impact. Great position of the bird, head angle is good and the squirrel is obviously a squirrel. It all works well.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very dramatic image, you can almost see the struggle the squirrel is going through. You made the best of a great opportunity that presented itself to you.

[Robert O'Toole]

Great image Stephen!

Its amazing how they are both looking into each others eyes!!!

Image looks a little light and washed to me, curves would improve the image.

Robert

[Ken Watkins]

I know Herons eat things other than fish and frogs, but this is very strange. Did you ask anybody if they had seen this before, a great catch. You should enter it into the Africa Geographic competition.

[Haim Ziv]

Beautiful!! Great catch.

[Greg Lasley]

Great shot Stephen! Is that an imm. Black-headed Heron? I've been to South Africa a couple of times but only saw a few of this species. You caught one of nature's life and death struggles in a spectacular image. Great job!