Last Sunday, March 21st, we discovered that another image of ours was selected to appear on the Bing homepage. This particular image is of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Munising, Michigan and was taken by Claudia Adams.

We have always felt that we have some of the best images and represent some of the best photographers in the world and the fact that Bing keeps coming back to DanitaDelimont.com for imagery is a testament to that.

Grand Prize Winning Shot © Robert M. Palmer

They also just recently began accepting submissions for the 2010 edition, which promises to be even bigger than last year. Taken from their website:

More than $30,000 in cash prizes!
Our 40th annual photo competition is our biggest ever!

We are now accepting entries to the 2010 National Wildlife Photo Contest. Cash prizes of more than $30,000 plus other gifts will be awarded to the winners in seven categories in three separate divisions. Go to the entry page for more details and the complete rules.

- Two $5,000 Grand Prizes

- Pro, Amateur and Youth divisions

- For your $20 entry fee, you can submit up to 25 images in 7 categories: Birds, Mammals, Other Wildlife, Landscapes/Plants, Connecting People and Nature, Backyard Habitat and Global Warming

- Winning images will be published on our website and a selection will appear in our December 2010 issue

All of you talented nature and wildlife photographers out there should definitely submit! Take a look at the the guidelines and deadlines over at the 2010 Photo Contest Page and happy shooting!

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In other Photo Contest news, we are please to announce that one of our own photographers, Daisy Gilardini, has been selected to the jury of the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards.

Robin Hill

Last year brought many awards and blue ribbons for some of our talented photographers and it looks like 2010 will be no different. Robin Hill is the first this year to report some much deserved recognition for his work with architecture. We’ll let Robin himself give you the full details:

Robin Hill wins Stars of Design Photography award

My new year started off with an unexpected and delightful bang in the form of the 2010 DCOTA Stars of Design Photography award. DCOTA is the preeminent design center serving Design professionals from Florida, across the USA and around the world. This award whilst quite unexpected means a lot to me as it is recognition from peers whom I admire for their dedication to the pursuit of form and function, and who recognize that style never has to be sacrificed for substance.

MiMo at MOCA.

Curator Edwin Stirman invited Teri D’Amico (Co-founder of the MiMo Preservation movement) and me to give a slide lecture on MiMo (MIami MOdern) Architecture at the ever evolving Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami. Attended by 60 or so design enthusiasts, the lecture was given in a casual, extemporaneous dialog format, where Teri and I traded stories about buildings saved and lost, the magic of Morris Lapidus and how preservation can have a positive impact on the urban environment. You can read more on that by clicking here: http://www.mimoboulevard.org/

Shulman + Associates win AIA award with photos by Robin Hill

AIA Miami’s prestigious excellence in Architecture award for 2009 was won by Shulman + Associates for their design of the Rubell Family Art Collection Building in Wynwood, Miami. I recently had the opportunity to photograph Shulman + Associates stunning Rivo Alto House in Miami Beach, and you can take a look by clicking here:

http://www.photoshopshowcase.com/ViewFlashMedia.aspx?AID=157971&AT=3

© Daisy Gilardini

Daisy Gilardini has another ribbon to put in hertrophy case as she was awarded 2nd place in the “Natural Wonders” category at the 2009 Travel Photographer of the Year Awards.

Photographers from almost 70 different countries submitted thousands upon thousands of images. Congratulations for being chosen as one of the best! We are proud of all our award winning photographers and love to see them recognized for the great work they do!

See all the other winning entries: www.tpoty.com

We just recently uploaded over 1,200 new shots from Walter Bibikow. Some excellent pictures from Mauritius, The Seychelles and France.

© Bernie Friel

The good news keeps on rolling in. Bernie Friel, another one of our world class photographers, just won First Place in the 39th Annual National Wildlife Magazine Photo Contest in the Birds Division. His photo not only won first prize, but was chosen to be on the cover of the Best Photos of 2009 issue!

Congrats to go out to Bernie and every one of our photographers that have won awards this year!

© Frans Lanting

We’re honored to offer images from Frans Lanting.  His commitment to documenting our world and its biodiversity is well known.  He has spent many years in the field, photographing the diverse cultures throughout the world, ecosystems, habitats, and the flora and fauna found within.  The depth and breadth he brings to our collection is exceptional and we hope you’ll find some of his images of use to your projects.

We’ve prepared a gallery of selected images from Frans. Please click here to have a look or you can click here to see all of the Frans Lanting images currently in our collection.

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© Daisy Gilardini

Each year the competition – considered to be the OSCARS of nature photography – finds the very best wildlife images taken by the world’s top professional and amateur photographers. This year the contest received more than 43,000 entries from 94 countries. Roughly 100 images were awarded and I’m extremely honored to be part of this small group!

Picture courtesy of Mike Kendrick

The Award Ceremony was held at the Natural History Museum in London in October.

Have a look at the images of the event on my blog : http://blog.daisygilardini.com

To view all the other winning images : www.nhm.ac.uk

Award winning photography from Dee Ann Pederson

For the third year Dee Ann’s wildlife photography has been selected from tens of thousands of entries to be included in the 2009/2010 Smithsonian Exhibit.

All category Winners and a selection of the Highly Honored images are displayed in the annual photo exhibition of large-format prints with captions telling the stories behind the shots.

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© Jon Cornforth

One of our talented photographers, Jon Cornforth, has won “Highly Honored Landscape” in the 2009 Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice International Photography Awards for his photograph “Torres Dramatic Sunrise.” Such a stunning image and we’re proud to represent award winning photographers all over the world. We’ll let Jon fill you in:

I created this image 2 years ago while backpacking in Torres Del Paine National Park in Chile.  Most trekkers who have visited this location have done so while multi-day trekking and usually only spend 1 night before moving on.  However, my only goal during my visit was to photograph the Torres in epic light, so I spent 5 days/4 nights camping in the same location so that I could photograph the spires each day.  My last morning was the most dramatic.

Congratulations Jon!

Be sure to stop by his website for some more stunning photography: http://www.cornforthimages.com/