I got fired on Twitter last night.

You've probably seen the photos of Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham making his ridiculous, one-handed touchdown catch against the Dallas Cowboys. I'm the photographer in the background marveling at the catch ... and apparently not shooting.

A half dozen or so of the best photographers in the business, including my NJ Advance Media colleague, Bill Perlman, captured sequences of what undoubtedly will be considered one of the greatest catches in NFL history.

And for a couple of the frames, each captured at one-thousandth of a second or so, I'm caught in no-man’s land, looking like the guy speeding along the Garden State Parkway who doesn't see the trooper until it's too late.

When the first photos of the catch were published, Twitter erupted. Tweets ridiculed me. Other tweets fired me. I was the guy with the best angle on the shot, they said, but paralyzed by the moment. One of my network television friends sent me a screen shot.

It did not look good.

But the joke was on them: With the camera at my shoulder, I was shooting. And at halftime, I was able to tweet my best frame of the catch. The tide turned.

Hey @MikeGarafolo WHOA, easy there Twitter! I was caught in no-man's land (Too tight!) Here is my frame! #nyg pic.twitter.com/A0faJaLXEq — Andrew Mills (@AndyMills_NJ) November 24, 2014

Twitter responded with love.

But here's the truth: I was too close to the play. Way too close. In fact, the only person closer to Beckham's brilliant catch was Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr.

Here's the story of how I got the shot:

New Jersey Advance Media staffs Giants, Jets, Eagles and Rutgers football games with two shooters. Perlman and I were assigned to Sunday night's game. I was shooting the first quarter from what we call the Farrell Corner, the corner of the end zone to the right of the Giants bench (if you’re looking at it from the press box). Perlman was stationed diagonally across the field from me near the tunnel.

At the end of the first quarter, I was on my way over to pick up Perlman’s compact flash cards and head to the photo work room to transmit early photos for our live blog.

As I passed the Giants bench, the ball was snapped. I stopped inside the 5-yard line to shoot a few frames with a 500mm lens as quarterback Eli Manning rolled out to his right. He reared back and heaved the ball deep.

As the ball left his hand, I switched cameras to the 70-200 hanging over my right shoulder and immediately swung to the center of the field, hunting for the intended receiver, but I couldn't find one. I swung back toward the bench and spotted Beckham blazing down the sideline right at me, ball in the air.

This is the "Oh, no" point.

I am tracking him, and Beckham is closing fast. Too fast. And I am too close. Way too close. And there's nothing I can do.

So as I began to lower the 70-200 to desperately grab the wide angle around my neck, the play is unfolding, literally, at my feet. I’m shooting (and twisting the zoom to get as wide as possible) the entire time the camera is being lowered. I was able to capture a frame that’s in focus — remember, a picture is not a picture if it's not sharp — of the ball on Beckham’s fingertips, but again I’m tight. Way too tight.

Here's what it looked like from across the field and my frame of the Beckham catch:

Who knew this would be the most talked-about play in this NFL season? When the ball was snapped, I was thinking I'd grab a few long-range shots of Manning before heading off the field. But fate had a different playbook.

As my boss said to me, “Sometimes the meteor hits you.” It sure does.

I have the best job in the world. I’ve been blessed to cover some incredible events and capture a couple of amazing catches — David Tyree's Super Bowl grab, an at-the fence grab by Endy Chávez of the Mets, and now Odell Beckham Jr.'s amazing TD.

Would I like to have been in a different spot? You bet.

Is it tough being ‘that guy?’ It sure is.

But you know what? Despite what Twitter thinks, I still have the best job in the world.

Andrew Mills is a multimedia specialist at NJ Advance Media. Follow him on Twitter: @AndyMills_NJ