Visual Wilderness Contest:United States Landscapes

For those who don’t already know,all of us over at Visual Wilderness are hosting another contest. The theme for the month is:United States Landscapes! Of course,anyone may enter,but your photograph should have been taken on US soil. To be clear,that means you were standing on US soil when you took the shot. If you are standing in Canada and shooting into the US,it doesn’t count. But if you were standing in the US and shooting into Canada,that’s quite all right. Got it? ;)

The prize? FREE registration for all four sessions of Varina and Jay’s iHDR webinar series in March! That’s a $196.00 value! And of course,the winning image will be featured on the Visual Wilderness blog,along with a few runners-up. That’s great exposure for you and your work!

You’ll find all the information about the upcoming webinar series here. As part of these Webinars,we provide over 50MB of samples,videos,and presentation notes. If you can’t attend the iHDR session live,we will email you the link to the recorded session so you can watch it at your convenience. Of course,all registered students and the winner of this contest will receive a link to the recorded session for review at any time up to four weeks after the webinar.

We can’t wait to see your images!

Visual Wilderness Contest:Your Best of 2010

For those who don’t already know,all of us over at Visual Wilderness are hosting another contest. Submit your favorite nature photograph from 2010! The prize is a Vari-N-Trio Filter system from Singh-Ray! We want to thank them for sponsoring the contest,and offering such a great prize!

This is a fantastic filter system…

* Density can be varied from 4 to 8 f-stops just by rotating the indicator from Min to Max
* Polarization is controlled by rotating BOTH rings together,at any density setting
* Color enhancement is always working to subtly intensify the colors in your scene
* Allows you to use longer exposures to blur motion or flowing water,or other long-exposure effects
* Permits use of larger apertures in bright light for more shallow depth-of-field effects
* The built-in polarizer reduces glare from sky,water,wet surfaces,glass,and other reflective surfaces to improve color saturation and contrast
* Can function like an “iris”for digital video cameras to control exposure
* Available in 77mm only (Standard and Thin Ring mounts)

So look through your photos from this year and choose your favorite one! We can’t wait to see some great work from all of you!