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Songbirds 2020-2021

Challenge #35 in the A Big Year series. Hosted by OSP2017.

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Let's see the best photographs of songbirds that you took in 2020 or 2021! Please respect the birds and their environment; a good guide to ethical bird photography can be found here: https://www.audubon.org/get-outside/audubons-guide-ethical-bird-photography. Please also carefully read the additional rules below.

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Announced:

Wednesday, 10th November, 2021 (GMT)

Submissions:

Wednesday, 17th November, 2021 – Tuesday, 23rd November, 2021 (GMT)

Voting:

Wednesday, 24th November, 2021 – Tuesday, 30th November, 2021 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Minimal processing. Replacement of any original scene element or addition of non-original elements by any method or technique is not permitted.
Full EXIF data must be present
No borders, signatures, or watermarks
No frame stacking or stitching

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

The shot must be from 2020 or 2021; please disregard the automatically generated "no restrictions" rule above
The bird must have been alive, wild, and unrestrained
The photo must be your own work
Nothing in the entry should identify you as the participant
If you vote in the challenge you've entered, please vote fairly and don't sandbag other entries
If an unusual voting pattern is discovered, the offending entry will be disqualified

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

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331 votes

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Sunbird

by Xiaomao

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Blue-throated sunbird.

Camera:	Canon EOS-1D X Mark III
Lens:	Canon EF 600mm F4L IS III USM
Submitted:	Monday, 22nd November, 2021 15:01 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 12th June, 2021
Focal length:	600 mm
Shutter speed:	1/3200 sec
Aperture:	F4
ISO:	2500
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Views:	20
Galleries:	View this photo in Xiaomao's gallery

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