Picturing Nature Photo Contest

  • Calling all shutterbugs!

    Picturing Nature Photo Contest
    September–December 2010

     

    John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925) Dolce Far Niente, circa 1907 Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of A. Augustus Healy

    Theme 4: The Great Outdoors: People at Play

    December 6-20

     Focus on impressive landscapes and submit your best efforts to an online digital photography contest inspired by Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism. Check each month for the theme will determined by a signature landscape from the exhibition. Use the painting and theme for inspiration and submit your best landscape shot.
     

     

    Prizes
    For each theme (month), a winner receives a McNay membership, a free one-year subscription to Texas Highways , free admission for six adults to Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism, and display of winning photograph on flat screens in the AT&T Lobby and on the McNay Web site. Entries are judged on relevance to theme, compositional interest, and technical quality.

     

    René Paul Barilleaux, Chief Curator/Curator of Art after 1945, selects the winning photograph for each theme.

     

    Click HERE to submit your photo on Flickr

     

     

    Submitting a Photo

     

    1.     Join Flickr for free.

    2.     Upload your photos (see help on Flickr.com).

    3.     Join PictureNature Group.

    4.     Add photo to the Group Pool (see help on Flickr.com).

    5.     Tag your photos (see help on Flickr.com).

    6.     Add the McNay Art Museum as a friend to receive contest results.

    For information about the Picturing Nature Photo Contest, call 210.805.1768 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

    Thanks to our sponsor Texas Highways The Travel Magazine of Texas

     

     

     
  • Picturing Nature Photo Contest Rules

     

    Each contestant must meet the criteria below.

     

    ·         Submit only one entry per theme (month).

    ·         Submit photo in JPEG format only and at a minimum of 600 x 800 pixels.

    ·         Tag photo on Flickr with the appropriate theme, e.g., “theme 1” (Be sure to use quotation marks so  you do not get two separate tags.)

    ·         Include title of your photo.

    ·         Submit entry by 5:00 pm CST on last date listed for the month’s theme.

    ·         Submit original work of art of the entrant.

    ·         Include no offensive or inappropriate imagery.

     

    For information about the Picturing Nature Photo Contest, call 210.805.1768 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

     

    Thanks to our sponsor Texas Highways The Travel Magazine of Texas

     
  • Picturing Nature Contest Winners

    Theme 1 Winner

    Gathering Storm over Geyser Basin,  by Blair Baker from San Antonio, TX.

    Theme 2 Winner

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Berber women washing laundry in a river near Marakech, Morocco , by Yair Gazitt from San Antonio, TX.

    Theme 3 Winner

    Thanks to our sponsor Texas Highways The Travel Magazine of Texas

     

 

 

 
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