Ritzel Zoltán's Image

Near where Ritzel lives, in the Börzsöny region of southern Hungary, the fields are planted up with sunflowers.

By winter, the seedheads have been harvested but a few always remain at the edge of the fields. Where there is a cluster of them in the corners, they attract flocks of tits - ideal for photography. On this occasion, Ritzel decided to use a panoramic lens and set up his camera remotely. 'The image was hard to visualise,' he says, 'and I needed quick reflexes and a lot of concentration and luck to capture the exact moment when a tit plucked out a seed.' He ended up taking photos over several days, experimenting with angles and lighting. But when he finally reviewed the pictures and saw this one, he says, 'I knew immediately that I'd captured the special moment.'