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Maybe it’s a little tacky of me to toot my own horn but I figured\u00a0that some of my readers might be interested in this and wouldn’t find out any other way. Yesterday Nature Photographers Network announced the 2011 winners of their annual\u00a0Editor’s Pick Awards and one of my images won first place in the Avian category.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ll provide several links below\u00a0for those who may be interested in seeing my winning photograph and those of the other winners.\u00a0\u00a0For those who are unfamiliar with Nature Photographers Network (NPN) it is primarily a nature photography critique site\u00a0which will explain the critiques below the photos.\u00a0 My\u00a0image.\u00a0 Be sure to click the “view larger photo” option to see the photo in much better detail.\u00a0 The front page\u00a0of the NPN\u00a0Online Magazine, which includes a slide show\u00a0presentation of the First Place winning images in each of the 9 different categories.\u00a0 Be sure to check them out (hold your cursor over the image to temporarily stop the slide show) as there are some wonderful nature photographs in the presentation. The\u00a0first, second and third place\u00a0winning images\u00a0in each of the nine categories, including the critiques given on each photograph. Ron<\/p>\n
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