Portfolio prize winner

Where there is smoke there is fire by Martin Anderson. In order to capture this sequence I spent two full days a week for a two-month period at the same location, observing and learning the behaviours of the spotted harriers in the Richmond area of NSW. I became attuned to their daily routine and achieved many close-up flight shots. On this day, however, the spotted harrier came from an unexpected direction, at an unexpected time and it brought unexpected company with it – a brown falcon