A distant Snowy Egret feeds in the vast marshes of this bird reserve. The bullfighting ring in Tijuana, Mexico, can be seen in the background. My long telephoto lens, set at 350mm, makes the bullfighting ring seem fairly close, yet Tijuana is five miles south of Imperial Beach. This image incongruously contrasts two diametrically opposed subjects – on one hand, man’s protection of wildlife, and on the other hand, the ritualized spectacle of bullfighting, which usually ends with the killing of a bull.