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A Big Year - Birds 2022

Challenge #69 in the A Big Year series. Hosted by OSP2017.

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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

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Announced:

Wednesday, 27th July, 2022 (GMT)

Submissions:

Wednesday, 3rd August, 2022 – Tuesday, 9th August, 2022 (GMT)

Voting:

Wednesday, 10th August, 2022 – Tuesday, 16th August, 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:

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by philblair

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Pair of Bald eagles sigma 100-400 wit TC 1.4

Camera:	Nikon Z50
Lens:	Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM
Submitted:	Saturday, 6th August, 2022 10:25 (GMT)
Taken:	Monday, 30th May, 2022
Focal length:	560 mm
Shutter speed:	1/800 sec
Aperture:	F9
ISO:	640
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