BIRDS AS ART 2nd International Bird Photography Competition Grand Prize and Action & Behavior Category Winners & the Readership Vote

Grand Prize Winner: Kung Fu Eagles/36 points

Grand Prize

Prize	Sponsor
$500 Gift Certificate	B&H PHOTO VIDEO
Check for $500	BIRDS AS ART

Kung Fu Eagles

Congratulations to Clemens Van der Werf, winner of the overall Grand Prize in the BIRDS AS ART 2nd International Bird Photography Competition.

First Place: Glaucous Gull Predation/32 points

Glaucous Gull Predation

Congratulations to Niko Pekonen

Second place: Gulp/31 points

Gulp

Congratulations to Bence Mate

Third Place: Mallard Head/30 points

Mallard Head

Congratulations to Bence Mate

Action & Behavior

First Prize	Second Place	Highly Commended	Sponsor
Wimberley V2 Head	.	.	Wimberley
$150 Gift Certificate	$75 Gift Certificate	$40 Gift Certificate	B&H PHOTO VIDEO
$60 Gift Certificate	$40 Gift Certificate	$25 Gift Certificate	Delkin Devices
Level 3 Gift Subscription	Level 2 Gift Subscription	Level 1 Gift Subscription	Nature Photographer Magazine
$75 Gift Certificate	$50 Gift Certificate	$25 Gift Certificate	Lens Coat

Grand Prize and Category Prizes

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Kingfisher Feeding: First Runner-up (tie)/29 points

Kingfisher Feeding

Congratulations to Vladimir Michael Kogan

Osprey: First Runner-up (tie)/29 points

Osprey

Congratulations to Vladimir Michael Kogan

Peregrine Breakfast: Third Runner-up/28 points

Peregrine Breakfast

Congratulations to Mike Landwehr

Displaying Prairie Chicken: 7th place: 27 points

Displaying Prairie Chicken

Congratulations to David Neilson

Displaying Goldeneye: 8th place (tie)/25 points

Displaying Goldeneye

Congratulations to Andy Trowbridge

Goshawk Meal II: 8th place (tie)/25 points

Goshawk Meal II

Bateleur/Jackal Standoff: 8th place (tie)/25 points

Bateleur/Jackal Standoff

Congratulations Michael Viljoen

Backlit Egret: 11th place (tie): 24 points

Backlit Egret

Congratulations to Bence Mate

Wrong Way Gentoo: 11th place (tie): 24 points

Wrong Way Gentoo

Congratulaions Espen Lie Dahl

Red-necked Grebes: 11th place (tie): 24 points

Red-necked Grebes

Congratulations to Gail Bisson

Goshawk Meal I: 14th place (tie)/23 points

Goshawk Meal I

Congratulations to Andy Trowbridge

Red-capped Plover: 14th place (tie)/23 points

Red-capped Plover

Congratulations Duade Paton

Prairie Chicken Lek Battle: 14th place (tie)/23 points

Prairie Chicken Lek Battle

Great Grey Landing: 14th place (tie)/23 points

Great Grey Landing

Congratulations to Steve Mattheis

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Stuff

Getting even a single image to the final round of judging in any category is a huge accomplishment. All of the photographs in the Action and Behavior category finals were beyond outstanding. I would be quite proud to have created any of them. Congrats again to all the winning and honored photographers. To the public voters: for what it’s worth: I loved the Red-capped Plover image.

The overall Grand Prize went to the image that accrued the most points in the judges’ voting.

Thanks to all the readers who voted. And thanks again to our wonderful sponsors and to the panel of judges. Special thanks to Denise Ippolito and Peter Kes who helped me with the early rounds of judging. Please feel free to comment on the any of the images or to analyze and compare the judging; please remember that judging any contest or voting on the images is purely subjective.

The Public Vote

1-Gulp: 66 points.
2-Kingfisher Feeding: 66 points.
3-Red-necked Grebes: 53 points.
4-Mallard Head: 47 points.
5-Prairie Chicken Lek Battle: 36 points.
6 (tie)-Goldeneye Displaying: 30 points
6 (tie)-Osprey: 30 points.
8 (tie)-Kung Fu Eagles: 25 points.
8 (tie)-Glaucous Gull Predation: 25 points.
10-Backlit Egret: 22 points.
11:Goshawk Meal II: 18 points.
12-Wrong Way Gentoo: 16 points.
13-Goshawk Meal I: 14 points.
14-Displaying Prairie Chicken: 13 points.
15-Peregrine Breakfast: 12
16-Red-capped Plover: 11 points
17-Great Grey Landing: 10 points
18: Bateleur/Jackal Standoff: 4 points.

The Streak Continues: 193

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