News: Winner Announcement - Chasing The Light, Bird Portraits "The Avian Persona"

                    Winner Announcement by Tom Stack & Associates, Inc.

                     Chasing the Light Juried Photo Competition - The Avian Persona

Our goal is to help the publishing world discover those photographers who can turn the mundane into something extraordinary.

Talented photographers from around the world enter our themed competitions.  Any and all inquiries for publication and print sales are referred directly to the photographer.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHERS DIRECTLY AND WE HAVE PROVIDED CONTACT INFORMATION 

WINNERS OF BIRD PORTRAITS  - THE AVIAN PERSONA 

FIRST PLACE: "The Dance" by Mark Lagrange, Louisiana.
Canon EOS 5D, 600mm f/4L IS USM, 1/1250 sec f/8

SECOND PLACE: "Skimmers" by Jeff Waldorff, Florida.

Canon EOS 40D, 400mm, 1/1300 sec f/5.7  

 www.pbase.com/jwaldorff

THIRD PLACE: "Crow Bullies"

by Kelle Herrick, Ohio 

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 300mm, 1/1000sec f/6.3

KelleHerrickPhotography.net

HONORABLE MENTION: "Juvenile Night Heron" by Michael Cummings, Canada

Nikon D300, 200-400mm. f/4 at 490mm, 1/320sec f/5.6   

www.mtcmediaproductions.com

HONORABLE MENTION: "Sandhill Cranes" by Marina Scarr, Florida

Canon EOS-1D Mark III, 400mm f/4 DOS IS USM + 1.4X, 1/2000 f/8

marinascarrphotography.com

RUNNERS UP:

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"Follow The Leader" by John Abramo, Florida

"Eye See You" by Stacy Niedwiecki, Michigan

"Owls With Crawfish" by David Chauvin, Louisiana

"Great Egret In Afternoon Light" by Rob Travis, North Carolina

"Nevermore" by Kerry Perkins, California

"Elegance" by Ben Swift, California

"Male Black Grouse" by Andy Trowbridge, Norway

"I Got You Babe" by Randall Roberts, Colorado

 "Early Morning Riders" by Brian Sartor, Minnesota 

"Moody Male Bluebird" by Jerry Acton, New York 

"Pileated Woodpecker" by Prof. Ilya Raskin, New Jersey

"Rufous Tailed Hummingbird" by Cynthia Walpole, Florida  

"Ural Owl Chick Face To Face" by Marc Graf, Austria

"Breakfast" by Matthew Moses, Minnesota 

"Cardinal" by Michael Knapstein, Wisconsin

"Penguins In The Sand" by Josh Anon, California

"Chickadee" by Wil Hershberger, West Virginia

"Mute Swan" by Kaustubh Deshpande, Texas 

"Sandhills" by Kelle Herrick, Oregon 

"Golden Eagle" by Andy Trowbridge, Norway