I finally got the News

DsrtVWDsrtVW Registered Users Posts: 1,991 Major grins
edited April 26, 2011 in The Dgrin Challenges
I had posted a while back about the photo contest that I entered. I place Best Overall Runner Up (2nd Place) in Ducks Unlimited Magazine Photo contest. My picture will published in the May/June Edition of Ducks Unlimited.
Thank you all for you help and support I have had on this Forum.

Here is the link for the online version of the magazine which was just posted.
http://www.ducks.org/du-magazine/picture-perfect/page2

Here is the picture I entered.
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  • torrbraetorrbrae Registered Users Posts: 203 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    Congratulations on the win clap.gif. Love the picture - especially the golden colour and the reflections.
    Have checked the magazine and personally much prefer your photo to the winning photo - especially as you have real ducks not decoys.
  • ic4uic4u Registered Users Posts: 1,455 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    Congrats again Chris, that is awesomeclap.gif
    Beautiful shot!
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  • CHANDLERJACHANDLERJA Registered Users Posts: 400 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    Very nice shot! Congratulations! Well deserved!

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  • StueveShotsStueveShots Registered Users Posts: 544 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    Wow! Congratulations! It is a beautiful photograph.
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  • cromwellcromwell Registered Users Posts: 61 Big grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    Congrats, Chris. I also like it better than the overall winner.
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  • lkbartlkbart Registered Users Posts: 1,912 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    15524779-Ti.gifThe detail & color tones in your photo are superb! It must have been the story behind the other shot that won it.
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  • rbustraenrbustraen Registered Users Posts: 127 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    Very nice and great job on the DU Magazine, being an avid DU supporter in Northern Ontario!
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    It is a beautiful shot. Well deserved and congratulations.
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  • konomaniackonomaniac Registered Users Posts: 335 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    torrbrae wrote: »
    Congratulations on the win clap.gif. Love the picture - especially the golden colour and the reflections.
    Have checked the magazine and personally much prefer your photo to the winning photo - especially as you have real ducks not decoys.

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    Great job!!
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    Kudos!
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  • kdotaylorkdotaylor Registered Users Posts: 1,280 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    Congratulations to you! It really is a gorgeous shot.
    Kate
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  • dniednie Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,351 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    clap.gif Congratulations!! That is a beautiful photo.

    I agree, yours was the better photograph by far.
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  • SeascapeSSeascapeS Registered Users Posts: 814 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    Congrats! What an honor! Beautiful shot!
    SandiZ
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  • JR303JR303 Registered Users Posts: 135 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    As I've (almost) given up nature photography, I've seen a lot of duck shots, but this is one of the best. Excellent shot, and if there was ever a visual definition of golden hour, this is it.
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  • tinamarie52tinamarie52 Registered Users Posts: 954 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    Chris...well-deserved. Awesome shot!

    Chris
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  • indiegirlindiegirl Registered Users Posts: 930 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    Beautiful! Congrats.
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  • MDalbyMDalby Registered Users Posts: 697 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2011
    I also prefer your shot to the winner. A photo of decoys wins over the real thing?

    Nice photo!
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  • DsrtVWDsrtVW Registered Users Posts: 1,991 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2011
    Thank you all for the kind words. AS we all know photo contests can be head scratchers headscratch.gif at times.
    I am just thankful to have made it into a magazine that I have enjoyed since I was a kid.
    When I started looking for shots I looked back through my collection and saw this one. Shot in 2008 I had not paid it much attention when I originally gone through the shots. Shot in a photography blind at Colusa National Wildlife refuge.
    But as I said having gone through the DGRIN Challenges school I had a different eye when going back and weeding through shots in the archives. I noticed it big time the color and poses of the birds. Did some post on it and I liked it. I am glad the judges did too. Cant wait til next year to try my luck again.
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  • johnlogukjohnloguk Registered Users Posts: 137 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2011
    Huge congrats and well deserved, that light is exceptional
  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited April 21, 2011
    awesome work! Congrates!
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  • sherstonesherstone Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,356 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2011
    thats just Ducky!


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    Sean
  • DsrtVWDsrtVW Registered Users Posts: 1,991 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2011
    sherstone wrote: »
    thats just Ducky!


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    Thanks Sean , Love the rabbit ears.

    Received my copy of the DU magazine :Dwings.gifMy wife is scheming on how she is going to get extra issues
    Chris K. NANPA Member
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  • WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2011
    Congrats, Chris! wings.gif How exciting!
  • travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited April 26, 2011
    Congratulations Chris clap.gifclapclap.gif

    Such a nice image - I agree that your is better than the first winner!
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