{"id":11487,"date":"2012-09-13T20:42:16","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T00:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=11487"},"modified":"2013-06-28T17:49:04","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T21:49:04","slug":"grand-prize-you-be-the-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2012\/09\/13\/grand-prize-you-be-the-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Prize: You be the Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Grand Prize: You be the Judge<\/h3>\n<p>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&#8217;s vote.  We shall see in a day or three. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Before you vote, please be sure to click on each image so that you can view it at full size.<\/em> <\/strong> Then pick your five favorites and vote them 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 with 5 being your very favorite.  Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Roseate Spoonbills squabbling: 5<br \/>\nSiskins fighting: 4<br \/>\nSnowy Egrets midair combat: 3<br \/>\nGreat Crested Grebe displaying: 2<br \/>\nCommon Tern feeding chick: 1<\/p>\n<p>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 &#8220;enter&#8221; after each one.  No ties; please assign a single digit, 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 to each of your five favorites.  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Join in the fun and pick your Grand Prize Winner. 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