Birds, typically ignored in the middle of the hustle of every day life, grace practically all of our environments. They play eager environmental functions as predators, pollinators, and seed-spreaders. Whether they fly above our heads or burrow listed below ground, much of these unique animals might be damaged by human activity and environment modification, which a few of the 2023 Audubon Photography Awards images intend to display. With a breeze, click, and a lot of persistence, the winners of this competitors have actually caught the typical and unusual fliers worldwide.
To snap the grand reward shot, expert photographer Liron Gertsman took a trip about an hour south of his home in Vancouver, Canada, to squat under a pier. There he focused his lens on a familiar set of birds, rock pigeons, typically seen scavenging for food in congested cities. Pigeons, like the couple Gertsman discovered, remain together for life. With a portable Canon video camera, the grand reward winner caught the piercing eyes and multi-colored plumes of the birds.
Other rivals wandered off further from home, as remote as an Arctic cove, to snap shots of these warm-blooded animals in their environments. They discovered wildlife as still as an Atlantic puffin silently resting on a cliff or as vibrant as a dunlin jumping by the waves. For more info and significance behind each shot, visit the Audubon site, where you can take a look at the other winners and the video awards, too.
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