Bence Máté's Image

Camping on his home-made floating hide on the city lake in Szeged, Hungary, Bence was intent on photographing little bitterns.

To catch the best light for photography - just before sunset and just after sunrise - he was sleeping in his motorized hide. The reward was some unexpected behaviour. Early one morning, he witnessed a great reed warbler swooping down and scooping up a fish. Even more surprising to Bence was that the warbler took the fish to its nest, presumably to feed its chicks something other than the more normal beakful of insects. It was luck that gave Bence the shot, but luck self-made by his being in the right position at the right time.