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JustinM


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Challenge: Free Study 2025-12 (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Sony Alpha a7 IV
Lens: Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
Date: Dec 21, 2025
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 1/2500
Date Uploaded: Dec 30, 2025

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Statistics
Place: 1 out of 35
Avg (all users): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 7.5500
Avg (non-participants): 7.3750
Views since voting: 312
Views during voting: 55
Votes: 28
Comments: 7
Favorites: 2 (view)

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Sony Alpha a7 II
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 01/13/2026 10:34:28 PM
Both delicate and powerful, and the background works beautifully.
OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
01/13/2026 12:21:04 PM
Excellent! Congrats.
Sony Alpha a7 IV
Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS
 01/08/2026 05:57:29 AM
Wow, thank you for all the high votes. This is maybe the fist time I work up to a ribbon with a higher score than the night before. It was at 7.4 last night. I took this photo at the shore of a lake where there were dozens of these little swallows swooping and diving right above the ground. Every so often they would land and find little food bits on the ground, which is when I could focus on them and wait for them to fly.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM
 01/07/2026 01:28:04 PM
Great capture. Not easy to get.
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 01/06/2026 12:29:13 PM
VERY tough to capture in flight. Kudos!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 01/06/2026 12:25:21 AM
Very nice timing! They are fast little buggers.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 01/01/2026 04:06:32 PM
Beautiful wing span, great capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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