Photo Contest
24/02/07 13:35 Filed in: Photography
I was just chosen a finalist
in The Nature Conservancy's Best Nature Photo Contest.
As a lark I submitted a few of my images to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) contest. I did not win the first or honorable mention prizes of a TNC calendar for an image taken in a TNC site ($14.99). The taxes on that may have led me to turn the prize down. I was however a finalist in 'The Best Nature Photo' category and can afford the taxes on the $0.00 plus the instant fame that you promise to give me by clicking on this tag. You can also vote on your favorites at that url, Hint hint. You may have to wade through all the excellent and good photos to vote too high for mine. What I do win is exposure apparently on their site and even, I hope, in the magazine.
I have no idea what possessed the editors of the magazine to rank this photo so high since it barely makes my list of my top 30 in impact. It is however somewhat unique in its subject matter. Tricolor herons are not frequent as guests in photo contests. Beautiful sunsets and vistas are almost a dime a dozen as you can see from the submissions and the honorable mentions. Even I do them. This does not take away from how pretty they are, just their uniqueness, and impact as "art" In addition any photographer has favorites that to some extent reflect his/her effort and memories of the events and favorites and may not reflect a larger universality. Maybe it is one of my betters. It is a good picture but editing the 2 leaves out as you can see on this web site version improves the impact as a photo. TNC demands minimal color correction and sharpening and it was submitted as such. In the end I do this to please myself and to bring in others. I hope some of these please you.
Thank you for looking.
George
As a lark I submitted a few of my images to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) contest. I did not win the first or honorable mention prizes of a TNC calendar for an image taken in a TNC site ($14.99). The taxes on that may have led me to turn the prize down. I was however a finalist in 'The Best Nature Photo' category and can afford the taxes on the $0.00 plus the instant fame that you promise to give me by clicking on this tag. You can also vote on your favorites at that url, Hint hint. You may have to wade through all the excellent and good photos to vote too high for mine. What I do win is exposure apparently on their site and even, I hope, in the magazine.
I have no idea what possessed the editors of the magazine to rank this photo so high since it barely makes my list of my top 30 in impact. It is however somewhat unique in its subject matter. Tricolor herons are not frequent as guests in photo contests. Beautiful sunsets and vistas are almost a dime a dozen as you can see from the submissions and the honorable mentions. Even I do them. This does not take away from how pretty they are, just their uniqueness, and impact as "art" In addition any photographer has favorites that to some extent reflect his/her effort and memories of the events and favorites and may not reflect a larger universality. Maybe it is one of my betters. It is a good picture but editing the 2 leaves out as you can see on this web site version improves the impact as a photo. TNC demands minimal color correction and sharpening and it was submitted as such. In the end I do this to please myself and to bring in others. I hope some of these please you.
Thank you for looking.
George