FIRST PLACE GROUP A - SCORE 95.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 98 | Robert Suarez 93

THIRD PLACE GROUP A - SCORE 96.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 96 | Robert Suarez 97

FIRST PLACE GROUP B - SCORE 92

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 88 | Robert Suarez 96

 This fully focused King Vulture just kept staring at me the whole time I was taking its picture, which was great. I had to do a "smell check" a few times to make sure I didn't smell like delicious roadkill.

Shot on Nikon D7500
f/5.6
1/320 sec
ISO 400
300mm

SECOND PLACE GROUP B - SCORE 96

 JUDGES: Boris Gabay 95 | Robert Suarez 97

 Nikon D500 f/5.6 1/2000 sec ISO 640

THIRD PLACE GROUP B - SCORE 95.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 91 | Robert Suarez 96

 At Fairchild Gardens. Camera: Sony RX100VII

GROUP B - SCORE 87.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 89 | Robert Suarez 86

GROUP B - SCORE 85.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 85 | Robert Suarez 86

 Nikon D3400: 1/800 sec @ f/8.0; ISO 1600; 195mm. Captured in my garden on 3/14/23 @ 5:58 PM. Edited in Adobe Lightroom.

GROUP B - SCORE 88.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 89 | Robert Suarez 88

 Nikon D500 f/5.6 1/2000 sec ISO 1000

GROUP A - SCORE 95

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 94 | Robert Suarez 96

Wakadahachee Wetlands. Fujifilm X-H2S | 70-300mm @ 127mm | f/8 | 1/3200s | ISO 320

GROUP A - SCORE 91.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 93 | Robert Suarez 90

 Butterfly World - Fujifilm X-H2S | 30mm 2.8mm @ f/5.6 | 1/5000s | ISO 8000

GROUP B - SCORE 87.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 87 | Robert Suarez 88

I took this image in my yard. This dragonfly was resting on the leaf of a coontie plant. I thought the semitransparent wings were amazing. It was difficult to get a shot of the dragonfly because it was moving constantly from place to place on the plant. I shot about 50 images. Most of them came out blurred because of the constant movement.

GROUP B - SCORE 86.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 87 | Robert Suarez 86

 Blue Butterfly at Fairchild 

GROUP A - SCORE 93

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 890 | Robert Suarez 96

Taken in backyard
ISO 1000, 60mm-600mm @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/3200s

 GROUP A - SCORE 87.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 88 | Robert Suarez 87

GROUP A - SCORE 94

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 90 | Robert Suarez 98

Taken from the top of a tree near a canal. I took several images of the birds flying back and forth and this was the one I felt told a story.

GROUP B - SCORE 89

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 89 | Robert Suarez 89

 Taken at Fairchild Gardens with Sony RX100VII

GROUP B - SCORE 93

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 90 | Robert Suarez 96

 This is a butterfly from one of the butterfly gardens in the area. It has a wide variety of bright colors and was standing on a leaf. This was photographed with a Canon PowerShot G15 at close range on auto and used a SmartPhoto for the frame and enhanced colors.

GROUP A - SCORE 86

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 85 | Robert Suarez 87

GROUP A - SCORE 90

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 84 | Robert Suarez 96

GROUP B - SCORE 87

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 87 | Robert Suarez 87

Purple Passion butterfly on a purple flower at Fairchild.

GROUP A - SCORE 89.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 91 | Robert Suarez 88

GROUP A - SCORE 97

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 97 | Robert Suarez 97

Taken in our backyard.
ISO 500, 60mm-600mm @600mm, f/6.3, 1/3200s

 GROUP B - SCORE 85.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 88 | Robert Suarez 83

GROUP B - SCORE 91.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 89 | Robert Suarez 94

 Spoonbill Roseata

GROUP B - SCORE 85.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 84 | Robert Suarez 87

 This photo was shot at the Miami Zoo with a Nikon D5600 at 285 zoom on auto. The sun hitting at an angle intensified the plumage texture and both red eyes were looking my way so I shot it before he/she moved again. The grain was removed with Topaz DeNoise AI as much as possible and there was some other enhancements to bring out the beauty of the pelican.

 GROUP B - SCORE 87

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 87 | Robert Suarez 87

GROUP B - SCORE 88.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 91 | Robert Suarez 86

 This very photogenic parrot kept posing for me at the Aviario Nacional de Colombia last month. It flew, perched above and in front of me then stared at me like this.

Shot on Nikon D7500 | f/5.6 | 1/400 sec | ISO 400 | 300mm

GROUP A - SCORE 91.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 89 | Robert Suarez 94

 This was shot at a beach in the Keys. I caught the drone as it was just taking off. I questioned if the blades on a drone would satisfy the Winged Thing theme so I looked up the definition of wing. I found three definitions that support my contention that drones have wings. Each blade is a wing. 1. "A wind is a type of fin that produces lift while moving." 2. "Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air." 3. "Limb or instrument of flight: means of flight or of rapid motion." I think I should be safe entering this image. I liked the contrast between the deep blue sky and the blazing white color of the drone.

GROUP A - SCORE 93

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 98 | Robert Suarez 88

 NIKON D850
F6
1/800S
ISO 1600

GROUP B - SCORE 87.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 88 | Robert Suarez 87

 Kite on Haulover Beach. I liked that the sails were all spread out wide.