Windsor photographer Steve Biro is getting worldwide attention after his photo of a bald eagle reflected in perfect symmetry over pond went viral.
Biro caught the picture during a trip to the Canadian Raptor Conservancy in Vittoria, Ontario on May 4, but it wasn’t until this past week that the image took the internet by storm.
The photo quickly went viral, with people around the world sharing Biro’s image.
"I thought people would like it," admitted Biro in an interview with CTV News Channel. " I didn't expect quite the event that happened to be quite honest, I was very surprised."
“It became quite overwhelming, to be honest, but it’s a lot of fun too,” added Biro. “It’s quite a wild ride.”
"It's been posted in Israel, Turkey, people have messaged me about it from New Zealand, all over Europe and close to home of course," said Biro. "I'm having a hard time keeping up."
An amateur photographer for about 10 years, this year’s trip to the Conservancy wasn’t Biro’s first, but it was the first time he managed to get the perfect shot he was after.
“I had in mind the type of shot I wanted to get,” Biro said. “I knew it would be tough.”
Getting right up to the water’s edge, Biro waited on the ground with camera in hand, staking out the perfect shot.
"As he came towards us, I was firing away," remembered Biro. "I took probably a few hundred shots of the eagle as he came across, he was coming extremely close to me. I could tell he was annoyed with me being so close to the edge of the pond. It seemed to be close his territory and he was staring at me a lot. He was coming close enough that I could feel the breeze from his wings. It was pretty exhilerating."
Biro admitted to getting a little nervous.
“I did tell the people behind me if he landed on my head, ‘Somebody please get the shot,’” Biro joked.
Capturing dive after dive, Biro managed to snag his perfect shot – with the eagle staring him down, its wings perfectly symmetrical in the water below him.