By walking out on the town’s pier, and shooting straight down on this feeding shore bird, I was able to find a vantage point that stressed an overhead view of the incoming tide as it reached the limit of its run to the beach. This bird, probably a Marbled Godwit, had just grabbed a tiny piece of food in the end of its beak. I place that beak against the foamy white tide, and the morsel becomes instantly visible. The resulting shadows (one black, the other blue) on both sand and foam add a sense of dimensionality to the image. I made this photo just as the bird took a step forward – its raised foot echoes the thrust of its lunging beak.