\n Linda Martin, from Ferndown, had been visiting one of her favourite photography spots, Stanpit Marsh, to photograph wildlife in its natural habitat.\n<\/p>\n
\n Linda Martin(Image: Linda Marin)\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: \u201cIt was a bit of a grim day, but it was very low tide at Stanpit Marsh.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I was standing on the Bailey Bridge because there was a little egret fishing in the channel.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Linda, who regularly visits sites including Longham Lakes, Blashford Lakes and the New Forest, said she suddenly noticed a large fish splashing around near where the egret was wading.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt was making a lot of noise, splashing and chasing smaller fish,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThen all of a sudden it came leaping out of the water, scattering smaller fish everywhere.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Linda, who uses a Canon R5 Mark II with a Canon RF 200\u2013800mm lens, captured the photo just as the sea bass broke the surface beside the bird.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: Linda Marin)\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI just concentrated on the egret, who was fishing quite nicely,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe caught probably eight or nine fish while I was watching him.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBut I decided the simplest thing would be to keep my camera on him and hope the fish came up somewhere around. \u201cAs soon as I heard the splash and saw movement, I pressed the shutter and got the shot.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Later, after posting the image to a Christchurch Harbour birdwatching group, fellow members identified the breaching fish as a sea bass.\n<\/p>\n
\n Linda said she was thrilled with the result – her first successful shot of a fish breaking the surface.\n<\/p>\n
\n Adding: \u201cIt\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve ever managed to capture that moment.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cYou never know where a fish will come up, so it\u2019s really just luck and timing.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The image bears a striking resemblance to one that recently won Wildlife Photographer of the Year, taken by Qingrong Yang in China, which also showed a fish leaping beneath an egret.\n<\/p>\n
\n Linda added: \u201cIt was lovely to see that. It\u2019s a similar kind of moment – nature in motion. \u201cThat\u2019s what I always try to capture.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Linda Martin, from Ferndown, had been visiting one of her favourite photography spots, Stanpit Marsh, to photograph wildlife…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-205984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}