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National Wildlife Federation 2012 Photo Contest

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The 2012 National Wildlife Federation photo contest is about to kick off for the year. Submissions can be make from February 14th until July 16th, but the sooner you enter the better for the Peoples' Choice Awards. The earlier your entries are in, the more votes you can accumulate. Last year was the first year that NWF included the Peoples' Choice Awards and it was spammed with robo-voting of rather inferior images. They received many complaints about this on their Facebook page, and assured us that this year they have taken steps to prevent it happening again. I note that this year you can vote on an image a maximum of once a day. Let's hope they got it right, but being able to vote on the same image more than once still leaves it open to abuse if someone is persistent enough to come back and vote on their image daily, but at least it will amount to a lot less than the thousands of votes for poor images that were seen last year. Anyhow, the main competition is not the Peoples' Choice Awards, but the juried awards. There's even a backyard category, so I bet you can come up with something by just taking a few steps outside.

Here's a gallery of my entries for the contest last year: NWF submissions 2011. None of them won any awards, but still, it's fun to enter, and at only $20 per set of 10, it's one of the cheaper photo contests out there. Plus your submission fee goes towards helping wildlife, so what's not to like.
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Young at Heart: The Active Seniors Collection + Massive Redbubble Sale!

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Ollie Grandpa Stepping into the freedom of retirement after a long, 45-year career completely shifts your perspective. You finally have the time to let loose, hit the road, and truly embrace the fun side of life! That joyful, unrestrained energy is exactly what I wanted to capture in my newest Redbubble collection. I'm so excited to introduce my new " Active Seniors " series, featuring designs that perfectly embody the "young at heart" spirit. The series features a vibrant, adventurous little old lady tearing it up, and a matching active grandpa catching some serious air on a skateboard or cruising on a bright orange motor scooter. Complete with flower-adorned helmets, flying striped scarves, and big, beaming smiles, these characters are a tribute to everyone who refuses to slow down. These make fantastic graphic tees, travel mugs, or stickers for your own "Fa...
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Capturing Serenity: Dive into the Mystical World of the Pale Blue Iris

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"Ethereal Iris" — the finished artwork. © John Corney The bearded iris is one of the most rewarding flowers to photograph, and one of the most difficult to photograph well . Its ruffled, almost impossibly intricate petals catch light beautifully — but they also sit in busy garden beds, surrounded by foliage and distractions that pull the eye away. This post is the story of one iris, and how it travelled from a quick phone snapshot to the finished artwork I've called Ethereal Iris . The Garden I Always Meant to Visit I first heard of Descanso Gardens many years ago, when it was featured on one of Huell Howser's shows on PBS . Like a lot of viewers, I watched, thought "what a lovely place — I really must go there someday," and then somehow never did. The years went by and Descanso stayed on the someday list. What finally got me there was my photography friend Denise, who sugge...
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