Once in a while, you just get lucky, photographically speaking at least. I was sitting on the sofa reading the news when I noticed this bird of prey in the yard about 25 feet away from me. I grabbed this photograph as quickly as I could, shooting through our 70 year old picture window, with all its optical distortions. I tried to inch my way closer, for a more frame filling view, but no luck, the bird flew away.
