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Nature Conservancy Grand Prize Winner

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Posted by Howard Cheek on February 15, 2009 at 1:55 PM
I'm happy to say to I was chosen Grand Prize Winner in the Nature Conservancy Photo Contest for 2008 today.

Thank you all at NPN for your continued support, I appreciate it very much..

I've copied & pasted the link to their website, with "Waterhole Landing" in their header..

http://www.nature.org/?src=t1
Posted by Paul Breitkreuz on February 15, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Congratulations to you for this honor, and of course the wonderful image too, Howard. :toast:
Posted by Bruce Palla on February 15, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Congratulations, Howard!! Being from Chicago, I'll take the credit for submitting multiple votes(kidding, we don't do that anymore). Wishing you continued success.
Posted by Bill Chambers on February 15, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Congratulations Howard! :toast:
Posted by Adam Schallau on February 15, 2009 at 2:48 PM
Congratulations! :toast:
Posted by Jeffrey Sipress on February 15, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Good for you, Howard!

I almost entered, but the terms and conditions of the contest were insulting to me.. And, yes I'm a longtime TNC member.
Posted by Ed Cordes on February 15, 2009 at 7:06 PM
:toast: Congratulations! It is a wonderful image with a lot of action.
Posted by Steve Foss on February 15, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Congrats, Howard! Any link to the photo that everyone seems to have seen except me? :smile:
Posted by Joe Mathews on February 15, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Great Picture! What equipment did you use and what settings did you have??? :wavey:
Posted by Howard Cheek on February 15, 2009 at 9:47 PM
This was shot several years ago with my Canon 20D and the 100-400mm.
F/8, 1/2700th, ISO 400 in bright mid-day sunlight..
I just manually focused to the birdbath edge where they would tend to land consistently, single shot mode with wire..It was during the summer and very dry, so I had a lot of traffic which helped :)
Thanx,
Howard
Posted by Robert Dayton on February 16, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Congratulations, Howard! That's a beautiful image. I'm glad to see that you
made a contribution to the Nature Conservancy, a very noteworthy organization.
Posted by Marsel van Oosten on February 16, 2009 at 6:05 AM
Congratulations Howard - well done! :toast:
Posted by Patricia Brundage on February 16, 2009 at 7:34 AM
An honor well deserved, Congratulations!
Posted by Bill Brennan on February 16, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Howard, congratulations on winning this honor with a great sjot. Also thanks for sharing how you got it.

Bill Brennan
Posted by Toni Lankerd on February 16, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Congratulations, Howard....fantastic image! :toast:
Posted by Richard Bernabe on February 16, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Way to go, Howard! Congratulations!
Posted by Kate Silvia on February 16, 2009 at 11:48 AM
I participated in the voting and I'm happy to see that you won! What a fantastic image...inspirational! :toast:
Posted by Nate Chappell on February 19, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Big congrats Howard! :toast: