Soaring Winners of the 2022 Bird Photographer of the Year Competition

Creative Imagery, Bronze Award Winner – Wei Lian, “Sandhill Crane Flight Team Air Show.” © Wei Lian | Bird Photographer of the Year
“Last October, I went to San Francisco in California to watch the spectacle of the annual US Navy Blue Angels military air show. The performance was wonderful, and I took a lot of photos. Inspired by the aerobatic skills of the Blue Angels, I decided to incorporate a formation of Sandhill Cranes into the scene, and created this image using several pictures that I blended and combined.”