Showing posts with label egret. Show all posts
Showing posts with label egret. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Snapshots from Zihuatanejo - Carved Alabaster Wings


The egret's strike, quicker than human reflex, snatches only water this time. The elegant mechanics of the bird's legs are drafted in a perfect "X." But neither leverage nor its golden grasp can counter the thrust without this single splendid beat of carved alabaster wings.