LensMonger » Photography Competitions http://lensmonger.com Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:44:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 It’s a Faaaaaake! http://lensmonger.com/2010/01/its-a-faaaaaake/ http://lensmonger.com/2010/01/its-a-faaaaaake/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:23:50 +0000 derrick http://lensmonger.com/?p=48 Jose Luis Rodriguez has been stripped of the prestigious title of “Wildlife Photographer of the Year” after the subject of his winning photo was found to be a tame Iberian wolf named Ossian. The operative term in Wildlife Photographer of the Year is apparently wild. The Natural History Museum won’t be awarding the prize to anybody else, either because *shrugs* I’m sure they have a reason. And so we learn that even the otherwise staid world of wildlife photography isn’t completely drama free.

(Was Award-Winning Wolf Wild or a Model?)

]]> http://lensmonger.com/2010/01/its-a-faaaaaake/feed/ 0 Very, Very Macro http://lensmonger.com/2010/01/very-very-macro/ http://lensmonger.com/2010/01/very-very-macro/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:32:57 +0000 derrick http://lensmonger.com/?p=17 The Nikon Small World Competition “first began in 1974 as a means to recognize and applaud the efforts of those involved with photography through the light microscope.” That’s great, of course, but mostly: Pretty pictures! Check out the 2009 winners.

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