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A big year - Birds 2021

Challenge #179 in the A Big Year series. Hosted by gidgetto.

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Capture and Display your best photographs of birds throughout the year 2021. 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, 14th February, 2021 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 21st February, 2021 – Saturday, 27th February, 2021 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 28th February, 2021 – Saturday, 6th March, 2021 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Replacement of any original scene element or addition of non original elements by any method or technique is not permitted.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

The shot must be from 2021
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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Short-eared Owl

by Fotorequest

1^st place

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Camera:	Nikon D500
Lens:	Nikon AF-S Nikkor 400mm f/2.8E FL ED VR
Submitted:	Thursday, 25th February, 2021 17:39 (GMT)
Taken:	Wednesday, 10th February, 2021
Focal length:	550 mm
Shutter speed:	1/4000 sec
Aperture:	F7.1
ISO:	900
Notes:
Views:	300
Galleries:	View this photo in Fotorequest's gallery

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Entry comments

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Lensmate

Great catch for the both of you!

1 month agopermalink

Sue Anne Rush

An excellent photograph of the Short-eared Owl in flight.

1 month agopermalink

Christophe D

What an unpleasant way to do your first flight.

1 month agopermalink

sergr

Great photograph!!! Well deserved 1st place!
Please ignore negative rating, they are simply jealous...

1 month agopermalink

FINEART4YPvK

Great owl winter catch....and great shot with full details if y see it in full size. Congratulations. Paul.

1 month agopermalink

RBFresno

Great shot!

(There ought to be some negative consequence for those who vote 0.5 on a winning entry)

1 month agopermalink

FVDS

Certainly if this is a repeated behavior (I guess the algorithm can trace that)

1 month agopermalink

Sue Anne Rush

An excellent photograph of the Short-eared Owl in flight.

1 month agopermalink

CptAmerica

This got three 0.5....lol

1 month agopermalink

whitelens

Nice to see that it still won.
I do not understand why so many morons enjoy to screw up these challenges!

1 month agopermalink


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