Topic 1: WEBSITES < --> CDPF Enters Wildlife Photo Con

[Leighow]

This is the first activity in the "Plan" to see CDPF members enter the Wildlife Photo Contest, as described under the "Sticky Post" on Critique Corner &lt; see http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=26078 > There are hundreds of sites dedicated to Wildlife photography on the web. Here is a convenience sample of those that were listed high on the "Google" chain. While many of these sites are complex, the "within site" links presented below have been selected to serve one category of interest (e.g. TIPS) as noted below. Our attempt to find a list of criteria used by judges when rating a wildlife photograph was so far unsuccessful. Feel free to add you own website selections or suggestions. Frankly it is amazing just how many wildlife associations, newsletters, photograpgers, and great images there are on the web. Ain't it all great!

PS: This post will be cross-referenced in the "Sticky Post"

WILDLIFE IMAGES
* David W. Kelley’s, “Nature and Wildlife Imagery “
http://www.natureandwildlifeimagery.com/Galleries/MainGalleryPage/gallery.htm

* The online portfolio of Jess Lee at PhotoPorfolios
http://www.photoportfolios.net/jlee/

* Wendy Shattil and Bob Rozinski and their Dancing Pelican site
http://www.dancingpelican.com/

* Graf Photography Photo Gallery
http://www.grafphoto.com/gallery/index.php

* North American Nature Photography Association (currently featured photographs) “Now Appearing” http://www.nanpa.org/now_appearing.html

* North American Nature Photography Association list of members who have submitted photographs along with the address of their website
http://www.nanpa.org/photo_credits.html

* Nature Photo Gallery http://www.naturephotogallery.com/images/

* Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2003
http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wildwin/2003/ad_cat.dsml?catdescrip2=abm

TUTORIALS and PHOTO CRITIQUES
* Joanne and Don Wood, “Photographing Birds and Mammals” as presented in “Camera in the Wild”, the Newsletter of the Carolinas’ Nature Photographers Association
http://www.cnpa.org/newsletters/2003Summer.pdf

* Archives of the “Nature Photo Times” – the newsletter of the Minnesota Nature Photography club http://www.minnesotanature.org/Pages/NaturePhotoTimes.html

* Gloria Hopkins critiques her photo of a Great Blue Heron
http://www.naturesglory.net/critiquegbh.html

* Gloria Hopkins article iin Photo.Net titled, Composition: Getting Beyond the Snapshot
http://www.photo.net/learn/nature/ghopkins/comp1/
N.B. In this article, she introduces her “composition maps”

TIPS
* Nature Photographers Online Magazine, Photo tips archives
http://www.naturephotographers.net/ptarchives.html

* Nigel Denis Wildlife Photography, Photo tips and workshops
http://www.nigeldennis.com/tips.htm

* Deb Tappan, contributing editor to Digicamhelp, writes about “Wildlife Photography , Part Two: Tips to get you started”
http://www.digicamhelp.com/learn/other-articles/wildlife-photography2.htm

* Mike MacDonald, Nature Photography Techniques &amp; Tips
http://www.theheartofnature.com/mainpage-articles-nature-photography-techniques-tips.shtml

* David and Lyn Price present Wildlife Photography Basics
http://www.palmettobayinc.com/PhotoTutorials/wildlife_basics.html

* Outdoor Adventure Photography presents “Wildlife Photography Tips”
http://www.outdooreyes.com/photo14.php3

PORTALS
* DMOZ Open Directory to Wildlife Photography
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Photography/Techniques_and_Styles/Wildlife_Photography/

* Photography Associations around the world
http://karaart.com/photography/associations/

[Meerkat17]

Some great links there Howie,
I look forward to joining in with this when I return from holiday.
Regards
David

[Scottes]

Oh, crap! I'm not going to get any work done this week - I'll be too busy reading all that stuff...

[Leighow]

Planned activity (2) Categorize WPC Contest - CDPF Enters Wildlife Photo
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=162477#162477 PS: I have invited -- but probably unsuccessfully -- a pro to coach us. Will get back on this .

[CyberDyneSystems]

I do need to find some nests this spring...

Blinds.. hmmm.. I allready work with a rather dramatic handicap....

Every single image I have taken,. I have taken with two very well trained retreivers at my heels..

It is amazing how good they are at not spooking the critters,. and yet, I know i could get closer...