Kingfisher Erupting With Fish Golden Hour Rain

Raindrops streak through the golden light as a kingfisher bursts upward from the dark water surface. Its sapphire-blue wings spread wide, droplets of water flying off the feathers alongside the silver fish clutched in its beak. The bird's white underbelly glows against the deepening twilight sky. Behind the action, blurred green reeds of a Nova Scotia marsh stand soaked and heavy. The horizon line glows with the last warm rays of the setting sun, wrapping the chaotic splash in amber warmth. Water droplets hang suspended in the air, catching the light like scattered diamonds against the dark, rippling pond. One drop slides down the sharp, black tip of the beak.