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A Big Year - birds

Challenge #30 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, 17th September, 2017 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 24th September, 2017 – Saturday, 30th September, 2017 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 1st October, 2017 – Saturday, 7th October, 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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Peregrine Falcon

by Lance B

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Plus 1.4x TCIII

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	Nikon AF-S Nikkor 400mm f/2.8E FL ED VR
Submitted:	Friday, 29th September, 2017 08:24 (GMT)
Taken:	Tuesday, 26th September, 2017
Focal length:	560 mm
Shutter speed:	1/3200 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	1100
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Views:	295
Galleries:	View this photo in Lance B's gallery

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