Grand Prize: You be the Judge

Grand Prize: You be the Judge

Well, we are almost at the end of the line: all the category winners in the BIRDS AS ART 1st International Bird Photography Competition have been announced. Join in the fun and pick your Grand Prize Winner. My belief is that the public vote here will match the judge’s vote. We shall see in a day or three.

Before you vote, please be sure to click on each image so that you can view it at full size. Then pick your five favorites and vote them 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 with 5 being your very favorite. Like this:

Roseate Spoonbills squabbling: 5
Siskins fighting: 4
Snowy Egrets midair combat: 3
Great Crested Grebe displaying: 2
Common Tern feeding chick: 1

Please do not let the votes of others or the names assigned to the images influence your vote. Please put each of your five favorites on its own line by hitting “enter” after each one. No ties; please assign a single digit, 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 to each of your five favorites. As you will see there are a great many dramatic images here.

Captive Category Winner

“Toco Toucan” by Stan Hoyt

Youth Category Winner

“Merlin on fence post” by Jenaya Launstein

Digital Category Winner

“Yellow-rumped Warbler Art” by Jeff Rugg

Hand of Man Category Winner

“Great Egret on spillway” by Ron Henderson

Behavior Category Winner

“Grey Heron with fish” by Vladimir Kogan

Action Category Winner

“Siskins Fighting” by David Pattyn

Blurs Category Winner

“Great Blue Heron leg” by Clemens van der Werf

Small Category Winner

“Wagtail and Brown Bear” by Arnfinn Johansen

Flight Category Winner

“Pallid Harrier looking back” by Kiran Poonacha

Tight Category Winner

“King Eider head portrait” by Judd Patterson

Portrait Category Winner

“Jacana chick on Lily-leaf” by Lou Coetzer