Photo Finish

This.  This right here is why I want to learn photography.  I'm sure you've seen this photo everywhere today, just as I have.  It's fairly unbelievable.  For the first 12 hours or so, I was convinced it was a serious case of Photoshop.  But apparently it's been examined and it's a true photo finish.  What's even more amazing is the photographer was able to capture this site in an everyday London park near his home, not on safari thousands of miles away or on the trip of a lifetime in some exotic locale.  

He's not even a trained nature photographer.  He was man out for a stroll with his wife in the park and somehow captured the snap of a lifetime.  Now I will admit, while the photo looks cute, it's not hard to guess what's actually happening.  Afterall, woodpeckers and weasels have never been the best of friends.  And if the little weasel had been a bit bigger, I'm sure this photo would have been a bit more morbid, to say the least.  But you have to admit, it's ridiculously cute, if you just ignore the facts of mother nature.

Now, you might think that the reason I want a picture like this, is because I want to get famous and share my photos all over social media and become the next Annie Leibovitz.  It's actually quite the opposite, I just want to learn to take great photos.  This was an everyday moment in one man's everyday life and just look at how beautiful it is! I want to learn to tell the story of the everyday because even that can sometimes be extraordinary.  

If nothing else, this absurd and ridiculous photo is just the thing I needed to push me to get snapping!