Taking a picture of a bird is not very difficult, but getting an image where the bird shows a specific behavior is much harder. I spent a lot of time chasing this wader, as every time it found a worm, it would turn its back to eat it. My patience was rewarded, and I managed to take this photo where the bird and its meal are clearly visible. However, I only had time to take one shot because it ate the worm in the blink of an eye!

Camera: Olympus E-M1X. Lens: Olympus 300mm F/4.0. 1/2000, F/6.3, ISO 1000. Author: Yolanda Moreno

I like to walk around with a camera in the streets of any city to capture images of the daily life of its inhabitants. What they call "street photography" is a genre that has been mastered by great photographers throughout time, and I also enjoy trying my hand at it.

On this occasion, it's a scene in El Retiro Park in Madrid: I saw these two people engrossed in what they were reading, oblivious to my presence, and I decided to frame them in this diagonal composition, contrasting with the vertical lines of the columns and the horizontal lines of the staircase.

I was using an analog camera with black-and-white film, so I didn’t see the result until several days later. It’s a typical scene with technology from many years ago, but it’s still photography.

Camera: Canon AL-1. Lens: Canon FD 35-105mm F3.5-4.5. Film: Ilford  FP4 plus 100 ISO. Author: Juan Fco. Abal

Having the opportunity to visit Antarctica is already a luxury, but taking a helicopter ride there and landing in a place never before trodden by humans is a dream. A dream that came true in February 2024.

For this photograph, I positioned myself inside the safety enclosure and waited for the helicopter to arrive to pick us up. The backlight adds drama to the operation, and the snow kicked up by the rotors provides depth.

Camera: OM Digital Solutions OM-1 Mark II. Lens: Leica DG 12-60/F2.8-4.0. ISO 200, 1/2000 and f/8. Author: Juan Fco. Abal