FIRST PLACE GROUP A - SCORE 95.5

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 98 | Robert Suarez 93

SECOND PLACE GROUP A - SCORE 97

JUDGES: Boris Gabay 97 | Robert Suarez 97

 Nikon D 850 - F 7 - 1/8000 s - ISO 800

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 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.