A Big Year - Birds 2022 Challenge #71 in the A Big Year series. Hosted by OSP2017. Challenge has finished Capture and display your best photographs of birds throughout the year 2022. 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 Show full rules Announced: Wednesday, 24th August, 2022 (GMT) Submissions: Wednesday, 31st August, 2022 – Tuesday, 6th September, 2022 (GMT) Voting: Wednesday, 7th September, 2022 – Tuesday, 13th September, 2022 (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 2022; 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 No photograph should be entered into this challenge series more than once. This includes minor image variations, such as photos of the same bird species taken in the same setting. 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: 1 Maximum number of entries in challenge: 50

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