Do you remember me mentioning that we entered a photo contest? It was the first photo contest offered by Natural Habitat Adventures, our favorite adventure tour company. It was also the first time I had ever entered a photo contest.
In my May 18th post, I shared which images I submitted. Go ahead and click on the link to help refresh your memory.
In my May 18th post, I shared which images I submitted. Go ahead and click on the link to help refresh your memory.
After a long, long wait, Natural Habitat finally announced their winners yesterday.
I rolled the dice with my entries. It was really difficult to narrow down my choices to a maximum number of seven images. And I knew that Natural Habitat would get flooded with entries from all over the world. However, as I said in my initial post - nothing ventured, nothing gained!
I rolled the dice with my entries. It was really difficult to narrow down my choices to a maximum number of seven images. And I knew that Natural Habitat would get flooded with entries from all over the world. However, as I said in my initial post - nothing ventured, nothing gained!
So did I win a prize?
I did receive an honorable mention!
~~~Squeal!!~~~
They chose my photo of the eagle swooping in to capture a salmon for recognition! I took this when we were in Katmai National Park last year, photographing the brown bears.
To see the winning photographs and other honorable mentions, you can check out their blog announcement HERE.
Thank you for all your good wishes and moral support!
Your photos are all winners in my book! Love the Eagle and congrats on the recognition! Of course that just means you should enter more contests! You are sure to win next time around.
ReplyDeleteI'd hate to argue with them, but I certainly could. Any one of yours is preferable in my humble opinion and I'm not just saying that because I know you either. John says "ditto." Your eagle is amazing!
ReplyDeleteyour eagle is wonderful. cleary the judges have vision problems.
ReplyDeleteYour photo's are amazing! Honorable Mention is a lovely accomplishment with so many entries! Congratulations!
ReplyDeletethat is awesome, donna!!!
ReplyDelete!!!!! Congratulations !!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNow! I cannot BELIEVE you didn't win 1st, 2nd or 3rd!! I went to look at the winners and do Not agree with the results! I saw other photos that Should have won! Hurrrrrmph! Hahaaa
Oh well...Your eagle Should have won 1st Place!
It's Beautiful!
hughugs
I have loved everyone of the photos you have shown...you both do amazing photography! congratulations!!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!!! It's such a wonderful capture I can't believe it didn't win!!
ReplyDeleteOkay... Here are my picks. The judges are all wrong! I'm not a photographer and remember, I am a big cat lover so my #1 is the three lions sipping. #2 Your Eagle for sure and #3 the alpaca's or lama's not sure what they are.
ReplyDeleteDonna your photos are always stunning.
Congratulations on the honorable mention. That's fantastic.
ReplyDeleteI must say though that after looking at the winners I don't agree with their choices. I saw much better ones in the list of honorable mentions including yours
Frankly - i think that #3 should have been #1 and yours should have been #2. #3 would be the HM of the moose standing in the lake.
ReplyDeleteGlad I wasn't a judge!
Yours was very amazing!!!
All of your photos are excellent... Don't know the winners ---but yours are TOP to me... Even an 'honorable mention' is GOOD..... Congrats.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Betsy
That's awesome. I would squeal too. Congrats. It's a fantastic image.
ReplyDeleteSquealling with you. That's wonderful, Donna. I'm happy for you. ((hugs))
ReplyDeleteHow great is that...what a beautiful photo! Thanks so much for stopping by and entering my giveaway! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the honorable mention!!! I may be a bit biased, but I think you should have been in the top three, hands down. Your pictures are amazingly good!
ReplyDeleteI'm so proud of you! I can't imagine what photos could be better than this one...so I'll go see what I think! Congrats on being recognized!
ReplyDeleteOH MY! I'm glad I didn't have to judge! They are all spectacular...yours is the best of course! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteWell you SHOULD have won first place! That is an amazing photo. But congratulations on the honor you did receive, most deserved, if not nearly special enough given your prodigious talent!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations but you should have won. The others didn't even come close!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Donna! What an honor to have your work recognized as wonderful!! How cool is that?
ReplyDeleteWe know you are OUR favorite and I don't know what they were thinking, but still...Wow!
xoxoxox
Marc and I were saying that your photo was so awfully good that it's a shame they chose a couple of the others, but I am hoping that people start seeing you as a really good photographer and start buying your work. Hugs!
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