Aerial Tug-O-War
by Mike Lee
Title
Aerial Tug-O-War
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
EDIT 10/5/22:
This image is the recipient of the People's Choice Award in the 2022 annual California Trout Photography Contest after being selected by the judges to be one of 25 finalists of 500+ images submitted.
While on one of our great father-son fishing trips my son hooked a small trout in Baum Lake (Shasta County, California, USA). As he tried to reel the fish in to release it, the fish got a bit of an extra roller-coaster ride courtesy of an osprey that had been observing the scene from a nearby tree for a time. As I was trying to get shots of jumping trout while my boy reeled it in, I had the camera aimed and focused to just about the right spot to capture the scene unfold. This frame was caught right just after the wonderful raptor grabbed the fish but before I could widen my zoom out to get the whole bird in the frame. I went ahead and cropped this frame tight to highlight the details of the water drops and the intensity in the bird’s eyes as it tried to take off with the fish.
Aside from a small nick near the fish’s tail, it was unharmed and swam away, presumably to tell its friends not to eat the gold spinny thingies.
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May 2nd, 2022
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Comments (48)
Gregory A Mitchell Photography 15 Days Ago
Congratulations Mike on being featured in the Fine Art America Group “The Art of Fishing!” An absolutely breathtaking action capture! A photographic masterpiece and a memory of a lifetime! Bravo! Feel free to place this work in the 2024 featured discussion for viewing and discussion should you wish
Dylyce Clarke
Congratulations, your picture has been FEATURED on the home page in the group WONDER OF WINGS on December 27, 2023. You are invited to add this featured image to the group discussion page "FEATURES ARCHIVE SEPT-DEC 2023.”
Steve Rich
Amazing work Mike. Your work deserves to be showcased on the homepage of "The Meandering Photographer" Please consider adding this work to the "Feature History, The Meandering Photographer (Oct-Dec 2023)" active discussion thread. (l/f on 12-21-2023)
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