Everybody Duck Winners
Began: February 1, 2020
Ended: March 31, 2020
Prizes
- $3000 - 1st place
- $2000 - 2nd place
- $1500 - 3rd place
- $1000 - 4th place
- $500 - 5th place
KingBirder has more cash prizes than any other bird photography contest!
Grand Prize
Flipping the Flounder
Photographer:
Gail Bisson
Location:
Bras D'Or Lake - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Equipment Used:
Canon 1 DX3 with a Canon EF 600mm lens
Image Details:
Aperture - f/6.3, Shutter Speed - 1/2500, ISO - 400
Species:
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
2nd Place
Hidden Beauty
Photographer:
Mateusz Piesiak
Location:
Lower Silesia, Poland
Equipment Used:
Canon EOS with a Canon EF 400mm lens
Image Details:
Aperture - f/2.8, Shutter Speed - 1/4000, ISO - 100
Species:
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
3rd Place
Redhead Eye to Eye
Photographer:
Joe Subolefsky
Location:
Choptank River - Cambridge, MD
Equipment Used:
Canon EOS R with a Canon EF 600mm lens
Image Details:
Aperture - f/5.6, Shutter Speed - 1/3200, ISO - 2000
Species:
Redhead (Aythya americana)
4th Place
A “Can” Do Attitude
Photographer:
Joshua Galicki
Location:
Cambridge, MD
Equipment Used:
Canon EOS 90D with a Canon EF 600mm lens
Image Details:
Aperture – f/4, Shutter Speed – 1/6400, ISO - 640
Species:
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
5th Place
Looking Good, Mr. Green-Winged Duck!
Photographer:
Pierre Cenerelli
Location:
Burnaby Lake Regional Park - Burnaby, British Columbia
Equipment Used:
Nikon D7200 with a Nikkor 200-500mm lens
Image Details:
Aperture – f/5.6, Shutter Speed – 1/1600, ISO - 400
Species:
Green-Winged Teal (Annas crecca)
Superlative Winners
Best Title:
Social Distancing Fail!
Photographer:
Liane Platt
Location:
John Hargrove Environmental Complex - Pearland, TX
Species:
Black-Bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
Best Head Shot:
One Serious Duck!
Photographer:
Bill Reichhardt
Location:
Choptank River - Cambridge, MD
Species:
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
Best Flock:
Goose Force
Photographer:
Cheryl Rosenfeld
Location:
Loess Bluffs NWR - Mound City, MO
Species:
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
Best Background Scenery:
Above the Clouds
Photographer:
Eileen de la Cruz
Location:
Skagit Valley, WA
Species:
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Most Artistic:
Ice Sentinel
Photographer:
Elizabeth Kayl
Location:
Loveland, CO
Species:
Mallard (Anas platyrynchos)