Bird Photo Competition 3 2019 : Results
- Competition Winner : First Prize
- $592.40
- Judges Comment
- An artistic arrangement featuring a centrally-placed pair of courting cranes flanked by faded birds in a variety of poses. The restricted (monochrome) palette and high key treatment add to the aesthetic, as does the alignment of the birds in the upper half of the frame with the outer birds looking inward. Overall, an interesting composition that stands out from the usual images of this species.
- Photographers Comment
- Thank you so much for choosing my photo to win this round. My name is Angela Poggioni, originally from Florence, Italy, I live in New York City. I took this photo in Hokkaido, Japan in a very cold, foggy, early winter morning. The Manchurian Cranes are beautiful, elegant birds who love to sing and dance, and watching them was not short of being inspirational. Nikon D500, Nikon 70-200mm f/4.0, focal length 145mm, 1/1000 sec at f/6.3, ISO 220. The picture is barely cropped, I enhanced some clarity and exposure.
- facebook.com/angelapoggioni
- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- Dynamic poses and strong eye contact elevate this capture of grappling eagles on ice
- Photographers Comment
- Thank you very much for recognizing my picture. I took this photo 'Eagles Rivalry" in Hokkaido, Japan. The two raptors are arguing about controlling the food supply in the surrounding waters. And it is obvious who is in the defense. I was quite far and I used Nikon D500 with the Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 lens at focal length 500mm. In post I dodged and overexposed the background to simplify the composition and help the eagles to stand out.
- facebook.com/angelapoggioni
- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- Interesting combination of a pair of grebes looking at the camera while their onboard chicks exchange glances with each other
- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- An ibis flight shot made more interesting by the raindrops and environmental background
- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- A well-posed and thoughtfully composed study of a Bee-eater with prey
- Photographers Comment
- Hello, my name is Andreas Gruber, I live in Vienna, Austria, and I spend most of my spare time trying to get pictures of animals living in the wild, showing the beauty of nature. This bee-eater picture has been taken in July, 2018, in the far north-east of Lower Austria on some private estate were I've been keeping the clay wall from beeing overgrown for several years now. Camera was a Canon 1DX-II with 500 mm lens. Post processing with Capture One (raw processing) and PS CS3 (resize). thanks, Andreas
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreas_gruber/
- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- A colourful portrait of a feeding American Goldfinch
- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- A humorous capture of a Woodpigeon seemingly trying to work out what all the humans are doing