Pajarillo y su Aliento...

Bryan Holliday

Phoenix, Arizona

First Place, Birds, Amateur

“This was a photo I’d dreamed of trying to make,” says Holliday. The Michigan school where he taught until recently had a wetland right on the property where red-winged blackbirds were a common early spring sight. But this photo required a rare combination: a clear, sunny morning, below-freezing temperatures and a singing bird. The blackbird’s song is in three parts, says Holliday, “so when I made that image, all three notes were visible.”