Nature’s Best Photography
Presents
2009
NATURE’S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
WINDLAND SMITH RICE
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS EXHIBITION
at the
November 12, 2009 through May 2, 2010
Congratulations to the Category Winners and the Highly Honored photographers!
We were very impressed by the entries this year and the new level of excellence and education these photographs will bring to the greater public. All the Category Winners and a selected group of Highly Honored images will be on exhibition starting November 12 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, one of the most prestigious and highly visited museum institutions in the world. The complete collection of Winners and Highly Honored images will be featured in the next Fall 2009 Special Collectors Edition of Nature’s Best Photography, coming soon!
Order your copy and subscribe to Nature’s Best Magazine HERE.
For more information email Steve Freligh at sfreligh@naturesbestphotography.com or call 703-467-9783. Entries for the next Awards accepted beginning January 1, 2010.
GRAND PRIZE:
Mountain Gorilla, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
By John Reiter, USA
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
ANIMAL ANTICS WINNER:
Cheetahs, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya
By Federico Veronesi, Kenya
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
ART IN NATURE WINNER:
Northern gannets, Bonaventure Island, Gaspé, Quebec, Canada
By Arthur Morris, USA
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
BIRDS WINNER:
Atlantic Puffin, Treshnish Isles, Scotland, UK
By Danny Green, UK
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
CAMERA CLUB WINNER:
Victoria Camera Club, British Columbia, Canada
Group montage
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
CONSERVATION PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR for 2009:
Patricio Robles Gil, Mexico
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
CREATIVE DIGITAL WINNER:
Summer
By Catlin Harrison, UK
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
ENDANGERED SPECIES WINNER:
Giant Pandas, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China
By Juan Carlos Muñoz, Spain
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WINNER:
Polar bear, Svalbard Islands, Arctic Ocean, Norway
By Hans Strand, Sweden
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
INDIGENOUS CULTURES WINNER:
Hunters with Golden Eagles, Bayan Ölgii, Altai Mountains, Mongolia
By David Tipling, UK
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
LANDSCAPE WINNER:
Boulders Beach and African Penguins, Table Mountain National Park,
Cape Floral Region Protected Area, Cape Town, South Africa
By MaryLou Graham, USA
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
OCEANS WINNER:
Saltwater Crocodile, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
By Yeang H. Ch’ng, USA
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
PEOPLE IN NATURE WINNER:
Photographer at Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
By Mike Reyfman, USA
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
PLANT LIFE WINNER:
Hemlock and Huckleberry, Mount Baker Wilderness, Washington, USA
By Dennis Frates, USA
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
SMALL WORLD SPECTACULARS WINNER:
Damselflies, Confederation Park, Calgary, Canada
By Minghui Chen, USA
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
WEATHER WINNER:
Northern Lights, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
By Linda Drake, USA
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
WILDLIFE WINNER:
Burchell’s Zebra and Lion, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
By John Reiter, USA
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
YOUTH PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR:
Barred Owl, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA
By Alexander Mody, USA
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances.
ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS WINNER:
Mountain Lion, Elmwood Park Zoo, Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
By David F. Bezold, USA
No use without photographer’s permission under any circumstances
Prepare your entry for the 2010 Awards competition and get guidelines and deadlines for all our competitions on www.NaturesBestPhotography.com
All of these Category Winners and the complete collection of the Highly Honored images will be featured in the Fall 2009 Special Collectors Edition of
Nature’s Best Photography Magazine.
It’s coming soon! Order your copy now HERE
To order a single issue or several copies of this issue, call toll-free 1-888-884-5999 or email at info@naturesbestphotography.com
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A very astonishing series of pictures. All the images show the high quality professionalism of of their photographers. Great work indeed.