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Name: Tomáš Grim
Picture title: Why the FULMAR?!
Category: People’s Choice
Nationality:
Born in Slovakia, now living in the Czech Republic.
Occupation: I am not a full-time photographer. I am a “Freebird” – freelance birder, journalist, author, traveler, presenter, and amateur photographer. I have been photographing occasionally since 1995 and regularly since 2013.

 

Technical information
Camera: Nikon D500
Lens: Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6
EXIF: 340mm, 1/60 sec at f/6.3, ISO 200

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Tomáš Grim | Why the FULMAR?!

Name: Tomáš Grim
Picture title: Why the FULMAR?!
Category: People’s Choice
Nationality:
Born in Slovakia, now living in the Czech Republic.
Occupation: I am not a full-time photographer. I am a “Freebird” – freelance birder, journalist, author, traveler, presenter, and amateur photographer. I have been photographing occasionally since 1995 and regularly since 2013.

 

Technical information
Camera: Nikon D500
Lens: Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6
EXIF: 340mm, 1/60 sec at f/6.3, ISO 200

Tomáš Grim says:

In the Czech Republic, including here in the city of Olomouc, Eurasian jackdaws commonly breed in abandoned holes excavated in housing insulation by woodpeckers. Silhouettes of birds, usually raptor-shaped, are used to deter birds from buildings. Here, the jackdaws were breeding above a fulmar silhouette, as seen by the abraded area at the top of the picture. I cropped the image to eliminate the nest cavity, for a minimalist and effective composition. The jackdaw’s puzzled expression says it all: ‘Why the fulmar?!’

 

 

Tomáš Grim

Tomáš Grim

Czech Republic

Freelance journalist, photographer, traveler, writer, avian ecologist, and bird(watch)er. Tomáš Grim has traveled across 80 countries and all 7 continents, spending 7 years abroad from his home country, Czech Republic. He co-authored an award-winning “The Cuckoo: The Uninvited Guest” (The BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year 2017, BBC Wildlife Book of the Month January 2017). Currently, he is working on two books, on urban and invasive birds, respectively.

 

 

 

 

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