Faster than a speeding clam

Every time we go to the beach, I watch the gulls breaking clams by dropping them from a height onto the stones. And for the last year or so, I've been trying to get a photo of the actual drop.

I've been too slow, the camera has been too slow, the gulls too unpredictable, the clams too fast. But persistence pays. Persistence, and a faster camera, anyhow.

Gull following the clam down. The clam is just visible in front of the mountain.

Yay! Now to catch the two, clam and gull, just at the moment of release . . .