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A Big Year - birds

Challenge #45 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. (p.s. This will be the last challenge for 2017 birds)

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Announced:

Sunday, 31st December, 2017 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 7th January, 2018 – Saturday, 13th January, 2018 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 14th January, 2018 – Saturday, 20th January, 2018 (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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00 0048 Goldeneye Male (Bucephala clangula) 0019c 16x9

by Paul Richman

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Goldeneye Male (Bucephala clangula)

Camera:	Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Lens:	Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmar 100-400mm F4.0-6.3 ASPH Power OIS
Submitted:	Monday, 8th January, 2018 04:11 (GMT)
Taken:	Thursday, 30th November, 2017
Focal length:	400 mm
Shutter speed:	1/1600 sec
Aperture:	F8
ISO:	400
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Galleries:	View this photo in Paul Richman's gallery

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