I often repeat the mantra quoted by Louise Pasteur ,and made popular by Ancell Adams , “chance favours the prepared mind “ . With out question , I was not prepared for this event that evening . I visited the small fishing village of Staithes , the birth place of James Cook the famous explorer .
On returning from a landscape shoot on a beautiful September evening ,the silent flight of this beautiful creature caught my eye ,and after a quickly fumbled change of lens , caught the hand shape wings that scallop the air silently in pursuit of its prey .