Congrats Loupey

[ken1953]

MegaKewl Loupey!!!! That is an awesome achievement!!!! Keep up the great work!!!!

[Loupey]

Thought I'd pass along some news - a special edition of National Geographic hit the newsstands yesterday. It can be found in the photography section of the magazine rack.

In addition to my Birds on a Wire image, they also published my Bee on the Water shot (pages 128 and 121, respectively).

[Liz]

Loupey! You just made history!!!!!!!! Well, that's just a tiny bit embelished.

At any rate, to make NG once is a lifetime experience! And something to talk about forever......but TWICE!

What can I say except CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Wow! I'm wondering if this qualifies you to apply for a position as a staff photographer? Not many photographers get their photos into NG......it must be worth something!

This is one giant leap in your portfolio!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm proud of you Loupey! AWESOME!

Drum Roll: :7:

Liz

[GB1]

Big congrats, Loupey. The two pix are very deserving, definitely portfolio-level shots. I'm sure it will only encourage you to shoot even more!!

G

[A.M.D.A.]

Big congrats, Loupey!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[AgingEyes]

Ooops! My bad ! How could I miss this thread :mad2: :mad2:

Big Congrats Loupey !!

[Loupey]

Liz - many thanks! Yes, we were/are quite excited about it. I had known about this special edition several months in advance so it was difficult to keep it a secret from everyone (except the wife who, turns out, can keep a secret ).

GB1 - I don't know if shooting more is what my friends and family want. I probably average 2 hours of shooting every day already

A.M.D.A. - thank you very much.

AgingEyes - thank you too!

[Loupey]

Here is a short video (<3 minutes) by NGS Senior Editor Susan Welchman on how she chooses these photos: click HERE

Both of my images are on this video. So I received photo credits at the end of the video as well.

A staff member informed me that I was the only photographer to have two images in this issue.

But I had a good laugh when I finally got my copy as there is a photo-mosaic on pages 6 & 7 demonstrating the 351 photos that Susan had to wade through on December 16, 2008. That date sounded familiar to me so I took a long look at the mosaic and, sure enough, my image is in there too (column 5, row 9). That makes 3 - my first 3 submissions. The mosaic coincidence is funny because you can only submit one photo each month.

[mjs1973]

Congrats Loupey and thanks for sharing!

[OldClicker]

Wowser! And I can say I knew him when... - TF

[gracie_r]

Very cool! Congrats! And thanks for posting the links, I didn't realize that they did that. It will be fun to see what people upload.

[Loupey]

mjs1973, OldClicker, & gracie_r - thanks to you all for the kind comments.

MegaKewl Loupey!!!! That is an awesome achievement!!!! Keep up the great work!!!!

Ken, I saw this earlier but forgot to acknowledge it - sorry and thanks again!

[gahspidy]

Congrats Loupey! Just saw this thread and gla did did not miss it. I remember that photo and its lucky for NG that they are able to include it in their book.
Way to go!

[jetrim]

Just saw the update - seriously awesome achievement Loupey! Congratulations :thumbsup:

[Loupey]

Gary and jetrim - thank you both for looking. Your kind words are greatly appreciated.