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Each week the moderators and staff of NatureScapes.net select one photo that particularly stands out in each of the image critique galleries. This photo becomes that gallery’s Image of the Week, and at year end one image is selected from these to be the gallery’s Image of the Year.
With so many wonderful images we have also included two images as Honorable Mentions in each gallery.
Prizes – The Total Value for 2009 is Over $6,000!
Images of the Year Winners:
- A complimentary one-year membership to NatureScapes.net.
- $600.00 shopping spree at the NatureScapes.net online store.
Honorable Mentions:
- A complimentary one-year membership to NatureScapes.net.
- $150.00 shopping spree at the NatureScapes.net online store.
This year’s awards were proudly sponsored by
Birds Gallery
WINNER
Pileated with Chicks
© Charles Glatzer
Image was taken in Hawks, MI. The adults have been nesting in this area for quite sometime. This year marked my fifth attempt and I was very… Continue reading »
Honorable Mentions
- American Kestrels II
- © Hugh Robateau
- Wandering Albatross
- © Craig Nash
Wildlife Gallery
WINNER
Polar Bear
© Robert Sabin
Canada, minus 40-50 degrees, dehydrated, hypothermia, hypotension, cardiac arythmia, premature beats, irregular heart beats, shakes, nausea, frostbite, blacking out, lower Front of anatomy suitable… Continue reading »
Honorable Mentions
- Boy Meets Girl
- © Phil Shaw
- Wet Lion
- © David Fletcher
Landscapes Gallery
WINNER
Yellowstone’s Mammoth Hot Springs
© Larry Rosier
Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, August 2009. Nikon D700, 24-70mm lens at 56mm, 1/30 sec, f/16, ISO 400, circular polarizer, tripod. Continue reading »
Honorable Mentions
- Frosted Aspens
- © Alex Mody
- Dead Vlein by Night
- © Rafael Rojas
Flora & Macro Gallery
WINNER
Tree Bumblebee Portrait
© William Hedberg
I noticed this Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) the evening before I took this shot. It had landed on a Yellow Iris growing at the edge of a pond at… Continue reading »
Honorable Mentions
- Zoanthids
- © Gary L. Parr
- Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar
- © Jim Urbach
Travel & Culture Gallery
WINNER
Cirque de Gavarnie – French Pyrenees
© Alexandre Vaz
This image was made during a three day hike in the western Pyrenees in Gavarnie valley last June. I was with a friend and we were carrying just a little over… Continue reading »
Honorable Mentions
- Flow
- © Marsel Van Oosten
- Île de la Cité
- © Kah Kit Yoong
Photo & Digital Art Gallery
WINNER
Core of Light
© Aristotle Georgiou
This image was created in camera with colour adjustments made in Photoshop; on location in Western Sydney Regional Park, Australia. Continue reading »
Honorable Mentions
- Balsam Swamp – Foggy Fall Morning
- © Jerry Jelinek
- Autumn Art
- © Alan Bryant
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