Camera in hand is the only way to roam your local area, you can never tell what is going to be round the next corner and if you have to struggle with your bag to get the camera out you may miss the moment and what you were attempting to capture may be gone for good.
This little chap was in front of me as I emerged from an alley from the sea front at Whitstable quite happily watching the world pass by from his perch on a garden fence, I had time for two frames before he grew wary of being in the lime light.
Be prepared you never know what is waiting round the next corner……..
