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A big year - birds 2018

Challenge #52 in the A Big Year series. Hosted by gidgetto.

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Capture and Display your best photographs of birds throughout the year 2018. 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, 18th February, 2018 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 25th February, 2018 – Saturday, 3rd March, 2018 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 4th March, 2018 – Saturday, 10th March, 2018 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No cutting and pasting

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

The shot must be from 2018
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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Woodpecker

by GeoK

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Camera:	Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200
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Submitted:	Saturday, 3rd March, 2018 13:31 (GMT)
Taken:	Friday, 2nd February, 2018
Focal length:	108 mm
Shutter speed:	1/1000 sec
Aperture:	F2.8
ISO:	100
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Views:	53
Galleries:	View this photo in GeoK's gallery

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