Smithsonian.com 2014 Photo Contest

*Mods, I was unsure what forum to post this in?

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Submit your best shots to our 2014 Photo Contest for a chance at our $2,500 Grand Prize


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Our 12th Annual Photo Contest is open through November 28, 2014 at 3:00 PM ET.
Contestants can submit up to 15 photos to each of the following six categories:

• The Natural World: Animals, plants and landscapes; geological or climatological features; and scientific processes and endeavors.
  
• Travel: Locales, peoples or activities in the United States and abroad that convey a sense of place.
  
• People: Individuals from all walks of life.
  
• The American Experience: Events, objects or activities connecting the American people to their history or their cultural heritage; photographs that tell us what it means to be an American and provide a sense of what it is like to live in this country.
  
• Altered Images: Photographs manipulated for artistic purposes by applying digital and/or traditional special effects (i.e. colorizing, toning, collage, photo composites, HDR, etc.).
  
• Mobile Photos: Photographs taken with a phone or tablet.

• Grand Prize: $2,500
  
• Category Winners: The winners of each of the six categories will receive $500.
  
• Readers' Choice: The winner of the online Readers’ Choice award will receive $500.

I am submitting some entries now, it gets really tiring writing description after description... feels like work!

*typo in thread title, don't know how to change it to Smithsonian.com

Maybe I'll enter some of my animal photos

watt100 wrote in post #17285001
Maybe I'll enter some of my animal photos

No reason not too, right?

I put it about 12 abstracts so far, but will prepare some nature shots soon. Writing the captions gets tedious for the uploads.

Getting ready now for the 13th Annual Smithsonian Photo Contest!

I may know what I'm doing by then...