I'm in the running for another National contest!

This time it's the Federal Recreation Lands (National Parks) "Share the Experience" contest. The submission period lasted for several months, and each contestant was allowed to submit up to three images. They then judged the many thousands of entries, and narrowed the scope down to the top 125 images for the final round. Well, ALL THREE of my entries made the cut to the top 125!

You can go out and vote for the top 125 at http://nationalparks.eprize.net/expe...08/index.tbapp . If I understand the rules right, the public voting is used for determining the "honorable mention" images. I'm not sure how it factors into the judging on the top prizes. At any rate, please go out and vote for your favorites (even if they're not mine - there are some outstanding images out there!).

Prize packages are similar to what I just won in the Canon contest, but are Olympus gear this time (plus trips and gift certificates). Looks like the top prizes are actually a bit higher than the Canon one. Anyway, I hope to do well, but definitely feel flattered that ALL my images are in the running for the top prizes. That may actually hurt more than help, but is a nice acknowledgement of my work!

The White Morph is, of course, one of the top ones (I had to check the rules to make sure that was OK - It is.), but here are all three together (you've seen them all here before):

http://catcheroflight.smugmug.com/ph...6_7BLeV-X3.jpg

http://catcheroflight.smugmug.com/ph...0_Pmz4R-X3.jpg

http://catcheroflight.smugmug.com/ph...5_HSki5-X3.jpg

Wish me luck - And thanks for all the encouragement from here!

awesome and congrats. you give all of us here hope!

Way to go, Bob :thumbsup:

Brilliant images as usual :) You sure have my vote!!! And good luck!

Mette

Sorry, Bob! I tried to vote, but I think they only let US residents vote....:(

Mette

Hmmm...you have to register to vote.

Good luck, Canon_Bob !!

Yep, address, zip code, the works...presumably to prevent Bob's friends from each giving him a 1000 votes :D :D :D

Mette

Congratulations and good luck on the contest. I went to the website and clicked on the thumbnails and they got bigger but are still too small to see. Is there a way to get the photos to a decent size to be able to view them? Jeff

Congrats, Bob. I'm not surprised at all. Gotta go vote now.

Voted for your bottom one today, and will try to remember to visit each day for another vote, but I'll tell you, I wouldn't want to be a judge. Lots of good images. Many of them, however, looked heavily processed, almost surreal.

Best of luck Bob!

Bob will be a canon / olympus guy in no time.. hahaha

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Originally Posted by paulnj

Bob will be a canon / olympus guy in no time.. hahaha

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LOL - Long road on this one, and I think the fact that I have THREE images in the finals actually lowers my chances of taking top seed.

....Besides, that would be one HEAVY darn bag with two seperate platforms in it!

Congrats Bob! I've always enjoyed your photos. Good luck!