award-winning wildlife photography 16

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I spent hours crouched in a chilly marsh, waiting for the perfect light to catch a great blue heron's strike. When the shot came, the heron's wingtips were frozen mid-beat, water droplets suspended like tiny diamonds. That single frame, pure luck and patience, earned me the prize, but the real reward was being there.