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New Nature Photo Contest !!    We received the following notice and wanted to share it with our readers. Here in the Creston Valley and Kootenay Region of BC (Canada) there are numerous talented photographers who might be interested in this.  National Wildlife  Magazine is excited to announce the opening of their 50th annual photo contest!!!   Cash prizes and awards given to winners.   Anyone 13+ years of age can get in on the fun and vote! Be one of the first to enter the National Wildlife Photo Contest toda y! Whether you're an amateur or professional photographer, enter your best images of wildlife and wild lands from around the world to your own backyard. You can submit images in any of these nine categories: Portfolio Category for up to 10 images built around a common theme related to nature and conservation Birds Mammals Baby Animals (young of any species) Other Wildlife (underwater life, reptiles, amphibians, insects, spiders, macro and m...

Wildlife Photo Contest It’s a momentous day!  National Wildlife  magazine is honored to announce the opening of its 47th annual  photo contest —and we’d love you to be a part of it. This contest is unique in that it celebrates wildlife, landscapes and the natural world with an eye on conservation. Every entry helps support the conservation work of the National Wildlife Federation—and helps inspire our millions of members and supporters to care and to act. The editors and judges would love to see some of your work—whether birds, bees or mammals, backyard blooms or exotic horizons. You can enter in any of seven categories, and the winners will receive cash prizes— including a grand prize of $5,000 —and publication in print or online, giving your work broad exposure. They judge every entry blind, so we welcome everyone from avid amateurs to lifelong professionals to submit their images. Who knows—yours may be the one that wins. REGISTER TODAY! » CONTEST E...

-- Recommended Resources --  March 26th already... whew, time has flown this year. The land around us is greening up nicely, gardens are being planted and dogs are feeling frisky, wanting to play and romp and get good and dirty. lol There is nothing like spring.  Today, I'd like to focus on resources that fall in the category of respecting nature. The more we learn about nature, the more we respect it, adore it, try to emulate it, and we inevitably evolve to want to protect it.  Each of these three recommended resources below offer stunning imagery and amazing knowledge about the seemingly smallest of things: http://www.ted.com/talks/jaap_de_roode_how_butterflies_self_medicate http://www.ted.com/talks/asha_de_vos_why_you_should_care_about_whale_poo http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_nicklen_tales_of_ice_bound_wonderlands http://www.facebook.com/lillian.brummet   http:...

-- World of Writing -- Yes, it is time for another World of Writing interview here on our blog... today we are enjoying hearing from Jerry Nelson: Jerry Nelson is an American freelance photojournalist now based in South America. His newest book, Journey America: Behind the Image , is collection of stories about the images highlighted on the homepage of his website, www.JourneyAmerica.org Nelson has visited all 50 states and over 50 countries working as a traveling photojournalist, an adventure and travel photographer and a curious writer. The tagline on his website sums up his mission: “I see it. I Shoot it. I Live it. Join the adventure” Q: Who inspired you to pursue a career in writing? Jim Arrendel.   Jim is a good friend in Asheville, North Carolina.   Several years ago Jim and I were talking and I was complaining about how everyone with a camera thought they were a photographer and this mindset was making it harder for le...

Today's post comes to us from Hank Kellner - a veteran of the Korean War and retired educator who has served as an English Department chairperson at the high school level and an adjunct Associate Professor of English at the community college level. Hank is the creator of many photographs and articles that appeared in publications nationwide; the author of extensive reading comprehension materials for a publisher of educational materials, and a former contributing editor to Darkroom Photography magazine. He is the author of   Write What You See: 99 Photos To Inspire Writing and, with Elizabeth Guy,   the co-author of Reflect and Write: 300 Poems and Photographs to Inspire Writing. Born in New York City, Kellner now lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Visit his blog at hank-englisheducation.blogspot.com . Inspiration from Photos and Paintings Show a photograph to a child and the youngster will point to it, trace its image, and respond wi...