I just opened my returned submission from the 2007 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. It is the premier nature photography exhibit in the world. This year they had over 32,000 entries from 78 countries. Unfortunately, I did not have any of my images selected for the exhibit. However, of the 5 original transparencies that I submitted, all 5 of them made it into the Semi-Finals, and 2 of them made it into the Finals! My image “Cloudy Fall Colors Panorama” at Mt Rainier made it into the Finals in the In Praise of Plants category. Also, my image “Arctic Ocean Sunset Panorama” made it into the Finals into the Wild Places category. Consider for a moment that typically over half of the entries into these nature photography exhibits are in the Landscape categories, and you can understand that this is still quite an honor, even if nobody ever knows it but me.
Please visit my Nature Photography Awards page to learn more about my award winning nature photography or visit my Ivvavik National Park Photography page to see more of my Firth River images from the Arctic.
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