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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWinners of the 2020 Audubon Photography Awards Highlight the Beauty of Birds
Each year the National Audubon Society asks photographers from across the United States and seven Canadian provinces to submit their best bird imagery. With over 6,000 submissions, the 2020 Audubon Photography Awards was hotly contested. In the end, American photographer Joanna Lentini came out on top for her magical photograph of a double-crested cormorant diving into the waters off Mexico.
Ive spent many hours underwater at this California sea lion rookery in the Bay of La Paz, but I had never before encountered diving cormorants there, she told Audubon.org. Shifting my focus from the playful sea lions, I watched in awe as the cormorants plunged beak-first into the sea to snap at the sardines swimming by. Although I spent a long time admiring these birds, I didnt see a single one catch a fish. Adding insult to injury, curious sea lion pups would zip by the hunting birds and nip at them from behind.
Lentinis work is complemented by the other winners and honorable mentions of the contests four categoriesProfessional, Amateur, Youth, and Plants for Birds. The Plants for Birds category, which celebrates the vital relationship between animals and nature, is making an appearance for the second year. Also in its second year is the special Fisher Prize. Named after Audubon magazines former creative director Kevin Fisher, it awards the photo that best blends artistry and technical ability.
Each winner displays a wonderful sense of timing and keen observational skills. Whether its amateur photographer Bibek Ghosh clicking the shutter just as a drop of water circles a hummingbirds beak or Christopher Smith capturing the moment a Greater Roadrunner seizes its prey, each photograph is a masterclass in wildlife photography. These winners will have the opportunity, thankfully, to share their work with an even larger audience as their photos will be featured in Audubon and Natures Best Photography magazines.
Double-crested Cormorant by Joanna Lentini (USA). Grand Prize Winner. Location: Los Islotes, Mexico
Annas Hummingbird by Bibek Ghosh (USA). Amateur Honorable Mention. Location: Ardenwood Historic Farm, California, USA.
American Dipper by Marlee Fuller-Morris (USA). Fisher Prize Winner. Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA.
https://mymodernmet.com/audubon-photography-awards-2020/
Ive spent many hours underwater at this California sea lion rookery in the Bay of La Paz, but I had never before encountered diving cormorants there, she told Audubon.org. Shifting my focus from the playful sea lions, I watched in awe as the cormorants plunged beak-first into the sea to snap at the sardines swimming by. Although I spent a long time admiring these birds, I didnt see a single one catch a fish. Adding insult to injury, curious sea lion pups would zip by the hunting birds and nip at them from behind.
Lentinis work is complemented by the other winners and honorable mentions of the contests four categoriesProfessional, Amateur, Youth, and Plants for Birds. The Plants for Birds category, which celebrates the vital relationship between animals and nature, is making an appearance for the second year. Also in its second year is the special Fisher Prize. Named after Audubon magazines former creative director Kevin Fisher, it awards the photo that best blends artistry and technical ability.
Each winner displays a wonderful sense of timing and keen observational skills. Whether its amateur photographer Bibek Ghosh clicking the shutter just as a drop of water circles a hummingbirds beak or Christopher Smith capturing the moment a Greater Roadrunner seizes its prey, each photograph is a masterclass in wildlife photography. These winners will have the opportunity, thankfully, to share their work with an even larger audience as their photos will be featured in Audubon and Natures Best Photography magazines.
Double-crested Cormorant by Joanna Lentini (USA). Grand Prize Winner. Location: Los Islotes, Mexico
Annas Hummingbird by Bibek Ghosh (USA). Amateur Honorable Mention. Location: Ardenwood Historic Farm, California, USA.
American Dipper by Marlee Fuller-Morris (USA). Fisher Prize Winner. Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA.
https://mymodernmet.com/audubon-photography-awards-2020/
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Winners of the 2020 Audubon Photography Awards Highlight the Beauty of Birds (Original Post)
demmiblue
Jul 2020
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Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)1. Since the quarantine I've really got int hummingbirds. Where have a feeder and new landscaping
That attracts them, they are so beautiful, tiny and feisty. Its kind of funny when they go after each other at the feeder. Then they go zooming off.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)3. when I lived on a farm
I had three hummingbird feeds set up, a distance apart. One hummingbird routinely would rapid-fire feed from all three, bulling the others away. Unbelievably feisty!
Fla Dem
(23,668 posts)4. Birds are beautiful and photography amazing.
Could have done without seeing the poor captured frog though.
North Shore Chicago
(3,316 posts)5. There is a huge
blue Heron in the ravine behind me, she is out there fishing every morning. I swear she catches a fish with every stabbing motion. She is exquisite and I am quite fortunate she is in such close proximity.