Flying Heron

While walking around the San Dieguito Lagoon, near the Del Mar Racetrack in San Diego, I was practicing with a new telephoto lens. All of a sudden, a heron came flying by. I did not even have a chance to check the camera shutter speed, I just panned, held down the shutter button, and luckily captured this image.

Sometimes photography is just being at the right place at the right time.

Submission to the Animal Photography contest, hosted by @juliank.