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It鈥檚 our final first-round matchup! With a quick click, you decide which of these two terrific shots makes it to the next level, what we鈥檙e calling the Egret Eight. (In case you can鈥檛 see the bird in the bottom one, it鈥檚 perched about a third of the way up from the bottom, slightly to the left.) without even breaking a sweat. (Apparently the sports metaphors are getting to us.)
As always, we鈥檙e so glad so many of you have cast your votes thus far. Don鈥檛 stop now!
For those of you just joining our game, each round we鈥檝e posted two entries from this year鈥檚 爆料公社 Magazine Photo Awards, in anticipation of announcing our official winners鈥攊t鈥檚 coming soon!鈥攕elected by our design director, Kevin Fisher, our photo editor, Lila Garnett, and publisher and editor-in-chief of Nature鈥檚 Best Photography magazine, Steve Freligh.
Nearly 1,200 of you have chosen our seven winners so far. The ultimate victor of Bird Madness will appear on our website, along with a story about how he or she captured the shot. Our Jan-Feb 2012 issue will feature the awards鈥 official winners.
Vote here! Voting for this matchup will close on Sunday, Dec. 18. Starting next week, winners will go up against each other, in four rounds of the Egret Eight.
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