Top Shot: Taking a Leap of Faith
Top Shot features the photo with the most votes from the previous day’s Daily Dozen, 12 photos selected by the Your Shot editors. The photo our community has voted as their favorite is showcased on the @natgeoyourshot Instagram account. Click here to vote for tomorrow’s Top Shot.
Wood duck chicks leap from a cypress stump to their mother duck below. Your Shot photographer Gerald Burns waited four hours for the chicks to take their leap. Your Shot Producer David Y. Lee writes, “I agree with both Your Shot photographers K. Orr and Noreen Underwood that this was well worth the wait. Great job being patient Gerald. I love it. I applaud that you observed and anticipated this moment. It is fantastic. I feel myself cheering on the chicks on their leap of faith. I love how the cypress stump looks like an open rhino’s mouth, like these chicks are escaping from danger. Well done.” Photograph by Gerald Burns