Eurasian sparrowhawk trying to catch a Eurasian Jay wins Nature in Action Photography Competition
The Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers have announced the winners of the Nature in Action Photography Competition.
Cecilie Stuedal from Innlandet, Norway was chosen as the winner.
Cecilie has won £100 plus 12 months membership to The Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers (SINWP) organisation.
Cecilie informed us “Kick the can” features a Eurasian sparrowhawk/spurvehauk (Accipiter nisus) trying to catch a Eurasian Jay / Nøtteskrike (Garrulus glandarius). It was shot with a Nikon D500, Nikkor 180-400mm, ISO 1000, f/4.0 and 1/2500 sec in Dalen, Telemark, in Norway.”
Colin Jones The Societies Director says, “This competition was popular with images coming in from all over the World, Cecilie’s battling birds’ image was chosen as the winning image as the action in mid-air captures the theme of the competition very well.”
John Cumber from Hertfordshire, England was chosen as 2nd place and Ann Aveyard from Hampshire, England was awarded 3rd place.
Here are the results-
1st place – Cecilie Stuedal https://sinwp.com/action22/1st.htm
2nd place – John Cumberhttps://sinwp.com/action22/2nd.htm
3rd place – Ann Aveyardhttps://sinwp.com/action22/3rd.htm
Also, there were 4 highly commended images:
https://sinwp.com/action22/hc.htm
