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Water World Winners

Began: December 1, 2020
Ended: January 31, 2021

Prizes

  • $3000 - 1st place
  • $2000 - 2nd place
  • $1500 - 3rd place
  • $1000 - 4th place
  • $500 - 5th place
Did you know?
KingBirder has more cash prizes than any other bird photography contest!

Check out more Top Shots from the contest

Past Winners and Galleries:
Everybody Duck! Winners
Everybody Duck! Top Shots
Shelter and Snap! Winners
Shelter and Snap! Top Shots
Mellow Yellow Winners
Mellow Yellow Top Shots
It's a Shore Thing! Winners
It's a Shore Thing! Top Shots

The Dive Grand Prize
"The Dive"
Photographer:
Khaldoon Aldway
Location and Date Taken:
Al Mamoom Conservation Reserve, Dubai - Jan. 16, 2021
Equipment Used:
Nikon D500 with a Nikkor 200-500mm lens
Image Details:
Aperture - f/7.1; Shutter Speed - 1/4000; ISO - 640
Species:
Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
The Leaf2nd Place
"The Leaf"
Photographer:
Nikki Nobles
Location and Date Taken:
Upper Black Eddy, PA - Jan. 8, 2021
Equipment Used:
Nikon D500 with a Nikon 500mm lens
Image Details:
Aperture - f/4; Shuttter Speed - 1/320; ISO - 720
Species:
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
Fly Fishing3rd Place
"Fly Fishing"
Photographer:
Tzahi Finkelstein
Location and Date Taken:
Hod Hasharon, Israel - Jan. 11, 2021
Equipment Used:
Nikon D500 with a Nikon 500mm lens
Image Details:
Aperture - f/5.6; Shutter Speed - 1/2000; ISO - 320
Species:
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Ballerina4th Place
"Ballerina"
Photographer:
Brian Dritschler
Location and Date Taken:
Komanage City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan - Dec. 29, 2020
Equipment Used:
Nikon D500 with a Nikon 200-500mm lens
Image Details:
Aperture - f/6.3; Shutter Speed - 1/1250; ISO - 640
Species:
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
Epic Stare Down5th Place
"Epic Stare Down"
Photographer:
Joe Subolefsky
Location and Date Taken:
Cambridge, MD - Dec. 26, 2020
Equipment Used:
Canon R5 with a Canon 100-500mm lens
Image Details:
Aperture - f/8; Shutter Speed - 1/800; ISO - 2000
Species:
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)

Superlative Winners

He Went THAT Way!
Best Title - "He Went THAT Way!
Photographer:
Erica Shows
Location:
Dallas, TX
Species:
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Water Karate
Best Action Shot - "Water Karate"
Photographer:
J. Crossman
Location:
Myakka River State Park, FL
Species:
Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
Really Bad Hair Day
Funniest Shot - "Really Bad Hair Day"
Photographer:
Roger Hagerman
Location:
Marion, MI
Species:
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Skimming at Twilight
Most Artistic - "Skimming at Twilight"
Photographer:
Yashodhan Bhatia
Location:
Jamnagar, India
Species:
Indian Skimmer (Rynchops albicollis)
Look at Me, I'm the Great Kikdadee!
Most Unusual Bird - "Look at Me, I'm the Great Kikdadee!"
Photographer:
James Twedt
Location:
Corpus Christi, TX
Species:
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)