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A Big Year - birds

Challenge #20 in the A Big Year series. Hosted by gidgetto.

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Capture and Display your best photographs of birds throughout the year 2017. please enter the species of bird, if known. if bird is unknown Will the community leave a comment in the comments section as to the type of bird so we will be able to keep track of the birds spotted. Happy Birding.

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Announced:

Sunday, 4th June, 2017 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 11th June, 2017 – Saturday, 17th June, 2017 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 18th June, 2017 – Saturday, 24th June, 2017 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No cut and pasting

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

The shot must be from 2017
Big Year shall start at 12:00 AM on 1 January of that year and end at 11:59 PM, 31 December of that year, based on the local time of the location of the birder at each time threshold.
if entering 2 shots they should be different species
no photograph should be entered into this challenge series more than once
The bird must have been alive, wild, and unrestrained

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Blue Tit in flight

by Akkerman54

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photo taken in the garden

Camera:	Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000
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Submitted:	Thursday, 15th June, 2017 19:10 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 11th June, 2017
Focal length:	145.09 mm
Shutter speed:	1/5000 sec
Aperture:	F4
ISO:	125
Notes:	Shot in high speed burst mode in S-mode with 1/5000sec. Developed in DxO 11
Views:	71
Galleries:	View this photo in Akkerman54's gallery

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