PICK OF THE PIX: SILVER AND GOLD

Somebody recently made a favourite of this photo from my flicker photostream. Following a two-day storm on the Canaveral Coast of Florida in 1999, the wind and rain suddenly abated and I got up at dawn to watch the sun rise over the sea.

Sitting on the deserted but still rain-sodden sand, I was rewarded by the company of  this lone heron engaged on an early morning fishing expedition: a beautiful encounter that I will never forget...