Tuesday, January 5, 2010

NatGeo Your Shot Voting Machine

For those who may not be as intimately familiar with NatGeo as I have become- the "Your Shot" feature in the mag reserves the first few pages for reader-submitted photos. In some issues these "amateur" images are the most captivating of the whole magazine - which goes to show that photography is often more timing and luck than training or professional experience.

The annual "Your Shot" photo contest is being juried this January and February- weigh in with your critique here and check back each week for a new batch of images. Turn in your shot and it could be among the finalists next year!

My favorite shot of this week is pictured above, by Ethan Daniels.



Your Shot Voting Machine

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3 comments:

  1. That is an incredible shot!
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  2. Thank you for this! This an exciting new bookmark for me and I LOVE this image!!!
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  3. Just wanted to add, aside from it's beauty, this image really captures the persistence of life... the way coconuts sprout and travel on ocean currents to wash up on far-away beaches and grow into a trees... love the symbolism and the way in which the image captures it. Or maybe the photographer just thought it was beautiful... which it is. Regardless, it makes you think, which good art always does.
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