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They were more documentary / environmental type of shots pertaining to a rare bird and otter behaviour in a specific area. Nothing i would have chosen had I been the judge. and not a huge competition either.
Indeed, but as I noted in the photo I posted, I believe the upsizing looked pretty good .... that's the case I find interesting. I know it is a relatively low-res image, but could you tell the Pelican I posted was upsized? Zoomed to 100% on my 5k monitor with the original image one might guess that .. but at normal size it's pretty solid.
Fair enough. Your eye might be better than mine. Here is the same shot, with a touch of grain added to the bird. Does it still look too creamy to you?
you linked to a google search?
Click on it to view the subject matter. Cheers!
Good post.
The rules are the rules. Don’t like them don’t enter. Reputable contests require the raw / original image file to verify authenticity
I've wondered just how many wildlife shots involved a lot of bait over time in many of those circumstances. Like that mountain lion example. How many Nature episodes and whatnot over the years did they just have bait stations nearby.
Where I grew up in Maine there used to be hordes of herring gulls and black back gulls. The bald eagles were very rare, then they came back and ate all the gulls on the nesting islands so it's now the opposite. You barely see any seagulls in that area.
Here's one. Not baited, coerced.
Agree, and well said!
I grew up on one of the islands, Isle au Haut. There's more eagles the further east you go. I'm actually in the process of moving back having lived all over the country to make enough money for a retirement.
I grew up on one of the islands, Isle au Haut. There's more eagles the further east you go. I'm actually in the process of moving back having lived all over the country to make enough money for a retirement.
There used to be a large Harlequin duck population in the winter which has shrunk a bit but there still there. Kind of a neat looking duck.
Isle au Haut is half Acadia Nat Park and the quietest section. You can easily be alone all day out there on the trail system and if your lucky enough to get a camping spot in one of the 5 lean too's there's nobody but those campers in the park after the ferry leaves and before the next one the following morning. The reservations start in the morning on April 1st and will book entirely that morning for the season.
It's hard to run a competition or contest without fees. The software to administer a competition adds cost, and some level of prizes is helpful. At a club level or even in a medium sized organization, the fees serve to fund other programs. Another benefit of fees is it lets participants "self regulate" the number of entries. NANPA's fees went to cover the costs of running the contest with modest prizes. The cost of the contest was something like $10-12,000 including administration, judge fees, and prizes to the top 10 winners. Other competitions I'm involved in for gallery entries set prizes so winners can cover the cost of required framing for an exhibit.
Having helped run an International Exhibition for 6 years in the past we saw fair share of very dodgy cloning in the Nature sections even though the runs banned it. One springs to mind of a lovely African Safari image with twin Zebras in it.
