Sir, – Congratulations to Paul Hughes for capturing what must have been a split-second moment as a gull snatched an unfortunate duckling from the pond in Herbert Park (Home News, April 21st).
Before these pages fill with irate letters from readers concerned with the trauma the photo might cause their children, I must record that my six-year old son was fascinated by the image, and by the awesome ordinariness, though sometimes cruel, of the natural world.
That the photo was taken in one of our popular urban parks, rather than in some exotic global location only adds to the merit of the image, and allows us to appreciate the wonder all around us in daily life. – Yours, etc,