Soaring Winners of the 2022 Bird Photographer of the Year Competition

Black and White, Bronze Award Winner – Tomasz Sczansny, “Winter Swans.” © Tomasz Sczansny | Bird Photographer of the Year
“I like looking at the world from an alternative perspective and, when I do, common species and familiar landscapes sometimes take on an otherworldly appearance and become extremely interesting. I encounter Mute Swans regularly on this lake, but this was the first time I had photographed them using a drone. I took this image not far from my home, while the lake was frozen. The ice paints the landscape with beautiful shapes and the swans add context, the whole scene working particularly well in black and white. Such a situation was probably a one-off and will never be repeated.”