Tag: wildlife photography

Give Us Your Opinion on Photo Contests

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Photo of manta ray and invitation to help NANPA understand what you value in photo contests.
Here’s your chance to help NANPA understand what you value in photo contests.

Entering a photo contest can be a great way to gain recognition, from fellow photographers as well as the general public.  But there are many other reasons to participate.  Entering can juice up your creativity, make you practice new skills, hone in on photographic perfection, and inspire you to go beyond your comfort zone.  What are your reasons? A NANPA survey wants to know.

NANPA wants nature photographers’ opinions about photo contests.  Why do you enter?  What do you expect to get out of participating?  Win or lose, how do you like to see the winning photos?  (I know I love seeing the top photos, online or in print.  They give me so much inspiration and so many ideas for compositions and potential locations for future photo trips.)

hart with 2017 survey results. Date from previous surveys have helped NANPA refine its own contests.
Date from previous surveys have helped NANPA refine its own contests.

Your answers will shape NANPA’s approach to photo contests.  The survey’s open to anyone but Friday, December 13th, is the last day.  So, take five minutes to answer a few questions and help NANPA understand your thinking about photo contests.

Share your opinion and help shape the future of photo contests. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NANPAContests

Photographing Birds of Prey

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Photo of owl in flight, © Scott Dere.
Photo © Scott Dere

Birds of Prey are fascinating animals.  Fierce and determined, swift and dangerous, they make great photographic subjects.  But, and there’s always a “but” in nature photography, they’re devilishly difficult to photograph.  If you’ve found yourself challenged when attempting to capture great images of these magnificent creatures, sign up now for NANPA’s Webinar, “Photographing Birds of Prey,” presented by Scott Dere, which will begin on Wednesday, December 11th at 4pm EST.

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Weekly Wow! Week of December 9, 2019

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Showcase 2019 Top 100 winner: " Roseate Spoonbill, Alligator Farm, Saint Augustine, Florida " © Dave Hattori.
Showcase 2019 Top 100 winner: ” Roseate Spoonbill, Alligator Farm, Saint Augustine, Florida ” © Dave Hattori.

All of this week’s Weekly Wow! images can be seen in the slideshow on the NANPA homepage at nanpa.org.

The following Showcase images have been selected to appear on the NANPA home page for the week beginning Monday, December 9, 2019.  To view all of the top 250 photographs from NANPA’s 2019 Showcase competition, see the photo gallery on the NANPA website. 

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Weekly Wow! Week of December 2, 2019

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Showcase 2019 Top 100 winner: " Undertow, Kona Coast, Hawaii " © Geoffrey Schmid.
Showcase 2019 Top 100 winner: ” Undertow, Kona Coast, Hawaii ” © Geoffrey Schmid.

All of this week’s Weekly Wow! images can be seen in the slideshow on the NANPA homepage at nanpa.org.

The following Showcase images have been selected to appear on the NANPA home page for the week beginning Monday, December 2, 2019.  To view all of the top 250 photographs from NANPA’s 2019 Showcase competition, see the photo gallery on the NANPA website. 

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A Nature Photographer’s Thanksgiving, Part 1

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A bugling elk in Yellowstone is a favorite subject of photographers.
A bugling elk in Yellowstone is a favorite subject of photographers.

Story & photo by Frank Gallagher

As we approach Thanksgiving, many of us make an inventory of those people and things for which we are grateful. In that list we often find the landscapes and animals and plants that give us such joy when we’re out with our cameras. Not surprisingly, many of the items on our list reside in national parks. But, if we are so grateful for them, what are we doing to protect and preserve them?

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Weekly Wow! Week of November 25, 2019

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Showcase 2019 Top 100 winner: “Winter Bobcat With Drake Mallard, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming” © Cindy Goeddel Photography, LLC.
Showcase 2019 Top 100 winner: “Winter Bobcat With Drake Mallard, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming” © Cindy Goeddel Photography, LLC.

All of this week’s Weekly Wow! images can be seen in the slideshow on the NANPA homepage at nanpa.org.

The following Showcase images have been selected to appear on the NANPA home page for the week beginning Monday, November 25, 2019.  To view all of the top 250 photographs from NANPA’s 2019 Showcase competition, see the photo gallery on the NANPA website. 

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Weekly Wow! Week of November 18, 2019

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Showcase 2019 Top 100 winner: " I Wanted to Show the Way an Osprey Carries a Fish, Fort Myers Beach, Florida" © Sankha Hota.
Showcase 2019 Top 100 winner: ” I Wanted to Show the Way an Osprey Carries a Fish, Fort Myers Beach, Florida” © Sankha Hota.

All of this week’s Weekly Wow! images can be seen in the slideshow on the NANPA homepage at nanpa.org.

The following Showcase images have been selected to appear on the NANPA home page for the week beginning Monday, November 18, 2019.  To view all of the top 250 photographs from NANPA’s 2019 Showcase competition, see the photo gallery on the NANPA website. 

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Weekly Wow! Week of November 11, 2019

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Showcase 2019 Top 100 winner: "Female Grizzly Bear on Alert With Cubs, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming" © Cal McKitrick.
Showcase 2019 Top 100 winner: “Female Grizzly Bear on Alert With Cubs, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming” © Cal McKitrick.

All of this week’s Weekly Wow! images can be seen in the slideshow on the NANPA homepage at nanpa.org.

The following Showcase images have been selected to appear on the NANPA home page for the week beginning Monday, November 11, 2019.  To view all of the top 250 photographs from NANPA’s 2019 Showcase competition, see the photo gallery on the NANPA website. 

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Bump: Autumn in the Smokies paints these venerable mountains with a riot of brilliant colors.
Bump: Autumn in the Smokies paints these venerable mountains with a riot of brilliant colors.

Story & photos by Jerry Ginsberg

The Basics

It doesn’t have the granite domes of Yosemite or the geysers of Yellowstone, but Great Smoky Mountains National Park attracts over 11 million visitors each year making it the most popular in the nation. That’s more than Yosemite, Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks combined.

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Weekly Wow! Week of November 4, 2019

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Showcase 2019 Top 100 winner: "Boulder Beach at Sunrise, Acadia National Park, Maine" © John R. Kuhn Jr.
Showcase 2019 Top 100 winner: “Boulder Beach at Sunrise, Acadia National Park, Maine” © John R. Kuhn Jr.

All of this week’s Weekly Wow! images can be seen in the slideshow on the NANPA homepage at nanpa.org.

The following Showcase images have been selected to appear on the NANPA home page for the week beginning Monday, November 4, 2019.  To view all of the top 250 photographs from NANPA’s 2019 Showcase competition, see the photo gallery on the NANPA website. 

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