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Diurnal Birds of Prey 2020-2021

Challenge #38 in the A Big Year series. Hosted by OSP2017.

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Let's see your best photographs of hawks, eagles, ospreys, falcons, harriers, and other raptors that hunt during the day! (Owls do not qualify for this challenge.) Please respect the birds and their environment; a good guide to ethical bird photography can be found here: https://www.audubon.org/get-outside/audubons-guide-ethical-bird-photography. Please also carefully read the additional rules below.

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Announced:

Wednesday, 1st December, 2021 (GMT)

Submissions:

Wednesday, 8th December, 2021 – Tuesday, 14th December, 2021 (GMT)

Voting:

Wednesday, 15th December, 2021 – Tuesday, 21st December, 2021 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Minimal processing. Replacement of any original scene element or addition of non-original elements by any method or technique is not permitted.
Full EXIF data must be present
No borders, signatures, or watermarks
No frame stacking or stitching

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

The shot must be from 2020 or 2021; please disregard the automatically generated "no restrictions" rule above
The bird must have been alive, wild, and unrestrained. Your entry will be disqualified if it's discovered that you've used unethical practices, including but not limited to luring the birds with bait, photographing nests with a wide angle/macro lens, or flash photography of nocturnal birds
The photo must be your own work
Nothing in the entry should identify you as the participant
If you vote in the challenge you've entered, please vote fairly and don't sandbag other entries
If an unusual voting pattern is discovered, the offending entry will be disqualified

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

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