| Nature’s Best
Magazine consistently publishes some of the best nature photography
around. If you are not familiar with the magazine, I strongly
recommend that you pick up an issue and look over the images.
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The image of the sand dune from Colorado
appeared in the fall 2006 awards issue of Nature's Best Magazine.
It was also part of the Nature's Best Magazine photography exhibit
at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History (Nov 2006 through
March 2007) |
Nature’s Best also has photo contests that draw some
of the best photography available, and the awards issues are
some of their best sellers. I belong to an organization called
the Nature and Wildlife Photographers of Long Island (NWPLI)
which includes some incredibly talented photographers among
its members. NWPLI received a “Highly Honored” award
in the camera club category in the Fall 2005 issue of Nature’s
Best and they were a winner in the backyard photography category
in the spring of 2006. In the fall of 2006, NWPLI took the top
prize in the camera club category.
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The image of the red grapes from Long Island appeared in
the Spring 2006 issue of Nature's Best.
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Although 20 images from various NWPLI members
were submitted for each contest, Nature’s Best Magazine
selects only a few for publication. I have been very fortunate
that the magazine has published one of my images in each of
these awards issues. The images that appeared in Nature’s
Best Magazine are shown on this page. In addition, I have included
a few images from the Nature’s Best Magazine photography
exhibit from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History (I was
also lucky to have one of my images exhibited in the Smithsonian
as a result of the Fall 2006 award).
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The image of the autumn dusting of snow in Denali appeared
in the Fall 2005 issue of Nature's Best.
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The entrance to the exhibit at the Smithsonian
Museum.
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Visitors admiring the photos on display.
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The exhibit gets pretty crowded at times.
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The overall exhibit was very impressive, and the printing
quality was exceptional. |
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Several of my images were included
in the NWPLI submissions (20 images from NWPLI were enter for
each contest), and as I have mentioned, I have been fortunate
to have one of my images published in each of the corresponding
awards issues. However, the strength of the overall NWPLI submission
was the reason for this success. As I was looking at the impressive
display at the Smithsonian exhibit, I realized that they only
tell part of the story. The submission included amazing images
from photographers like Dan Neri, Len Maltese, Eddie Coppa and
Larry Palumbo. It is very unfortunate that their images were not
on display as well. You really have to see all 20 images in the
submission to appreciate why NWPLI won top honors. |
