That’s some nice wildlife
National Wildlife Magazines announced the winners of their national contest a couple months ago. It’s some nice shots of wildlife from around the world.
Here’s the grand prize winner…
According to the Magazine’s website…
Late one afternoon in the middle of winter, Palmer was driving around the back roads of eastern Colorado, keeping an eye out for raptors to photograph. Instead, he came upon the makings of a perfect pronghorn action shot. A herd of the animals, startled by the sound of his approaching truck, took off running across a snowy pasture. “I stopped, got out and noticed this ravine that they had to cross,” says the product manager. “So I waited.” Sure enough, the pronghorn reached the ravine and began jumping across, giving Palmer, an amateur photographer, just enough time to use his 500mm lens and 1.4x lens extender to take this digital photograph of about a dozen pronghorn, including one leaping and one landing, in the golden light.
My personal favorite was this honorable mention by Howard B. Cheek.
Now, that’s one big spider. Makes me want to run out and get a can of raid or something right now.
There’s more wildlife to be had than at a zoo with the National Wildlife Magazine photography contest results. Check it out.
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