Winning Photos

First I'd like to thank everyone who cast a vote for this photo. There were a lot of really good shots to look at and choose from. Also, congratulations to all those who received the Mark of Excellence. I know I cast my votes for a few of them. My name is Robert Beyer, I'm from Putnam County, New York. This photo was taken last June, in the Mesquite Sand Dunes, in Death Valley, California. It was just after sunrise, as I was hoping to capture the long shadows meandering through the dunes. I use a Pentax K5 with a SMC PENTAX DA* 50-135MM F2.8 ED (IF) SDM lens. (1/640s f4 ISO 200 focal length 50mm) No post processing, just tweeks in the contrast and some sharpening as available in Picasa. I read somewhere a Nat. Geo. photographer said that if we are happy with 2% of our shots, we did good. This is one of my 2%. Thanks again. Hasta el próximo vez...inshallah.

Thanks for all the votes! I am truly honored. This lady was shot last summer in my yard using a Lumix. I enhanced detail and cropped.

Greetings from Granbury, Texas. Thank You all for your support and your votes....I am honored beyond words. My name is Cissy Wilson. This photo is part of a series I have begun from the end of our dock in Grand Lake, Colorado. Every morning while in Colorado each summer, I go down to the dock in the pre-dawn hours and capture the magic that unfolds as the day slowly begins. No two mornings are alike, some are sublime-others are on fire. This morning was no different in its magic. I shoot with a tripod, my camera is a Canon 7d and the lens used was a EF 24-70mm 1:2.8 L USM. No post processing short of cropping. Nothing could have prepared me for what my lens captured ...out of nowhere popped this wonderful loon as if on command. Just as rapidly as he appeared, he disappeared under the surface. His visitation produced one of my favorite photos. Thank you I Shot It for offering this wonderful venue for photographers to share and support one another in pursuit of our passion.

This is my very first photo competition entry, and I am incredibly honored to have my photo featured among these exquisite works of nature photography. My name is Jacob Hillis (but I'm known primarily as Key Alan.) I am a writer, photographer, and recording artist from Rochester, New York USA. This photo was taken with my Canon EOS Rebel xsi and is of a dying tulip plant which was gracing my kitchen windowsill. So often I see the idea of "new life" in flower photography- I decided to do the opposite. Thanks again for this honor!

Thanks for all the votes! My name is David Fok. I made this photo during a shoot in the studio, we were working with powder when I put some in her hair. I thought it would be interesting if she flung her hair with the powder. This photo is taken with a D800 and a 50mm lens with studio lights. You can view more of my work at www.facebook.com/davidfokphotography. Thanks!