A Big Year - Birds 2022

Challenge #52 in the A Big Year series. Hosted by OSP2017.

Challenge has finished

Capture and display your best photographs of birds throughout the year 2022. 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

Show full rules

Announced:

Wednesday, 9th March, 2022 (GMT)

Submissions:

Wednesday, 16th March, 2022 – Tuesday, 22nd March, 2022 (GMT)

Voting:

Wednesday, 23rd March, 2022 – Tuesday, 29th March, 2022 (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 2022; please disregard the automatically generated "no restrictions" rule above
The bird must have been alive, wild, and unrestrained. Your entry will be disqualified if it's discovered that you've used unethical practices, including but not limited to luring the birds with bait, photographing nests with a wide angle/macro lens, or flash photography of nocturnal birds
No photograph should be entered into this challenge series more than once. This includes minor image variations, such as photos of the same bird species taken in the same setting.
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:

submission
phase has

ended

47 entries

voting
phase has

ended

804 votes

Slideshow 10 / 49 Full size Next Challenge Previous

Egret

by shortchord

10^th place

2.758

low

high

Egret Ft. Pierce, FL

Camera:	Sony a9
Lens:	Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
Submitted:	Sunday, 20th March, 2022 21:02 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 19th March, 2022
Focal length:	398 mm
Shutter speed:	1/2000 sec
Aperture:	F8
ISO:	250
Notes:	Sony A9 and 200-600GM with 1.4 TC
Views:	20
Galleries:	View this photo in shortchord's gallery

Provide complaint details

Your complaint (along with the complaints of others regarding this entry) will be reviewed by the challenge owner. Depending upon the nature and applicability of the complaint, the entry may be disqualified. In extreme circumstances the user who submitted the entry may receive a ban from the challenge or series in question.

Reason:

	Violates rules of the challenge
	Spam / Commercial
	Trolling / Abusive
	Sexual content / Not family friendly
	Other

Comments:

Saving ...

Complain

Keyboard shortcuts:

p previous n next c challenge f full size r retract vote # vote

Entry comments

All (0)

55	Bursts when and how often
51	What makes a great photograph??
43	How well do old manual focus lenses work on your mirrorless camera?
41	How committed are you to Micro Four Thirds?
40	Time for a film camera with an EVF
39	Switching from Sony A7C to Fuji XT4
37	Nikon Z7 Listed as Discontinued
33	APS-C & m4/3 -- same pixel pitch -- is APS-C still better?
32	External SSD for Mac Studio
30	Demise of Point and Shoot Cameras
30	Come on, Nikon, issue the Z 200-600mm f#.#-#.#
28	Lenses for Olympus OM-D E-M1
26	Upgrading Linux monitor and graphics card for image editing....
26	Are we still setting our cameras to sRGB or is anyone switching to Adobe RGB yet?
25	Canadian Rockies and Vancouver road trip gear
24	Lens suggestions for new M43 user
23	Canon R5 with GPS
21	New Topaz Photo AI Coming in September
21	R5 with 100-500 + 1.4tc vs R7 with Canon 100-500
20	Voigtlander APO 35 f2 Z Mount available


JUVENTUDE by mnegrao from In The Style Of GRACIELA ITURBIDE	Bee on Flower by Birdman50 from Macro - Insects	Milky Way Rise over Ancient Bristlecone Pine by ed rader from My Best Photo of the Fortnight