Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice: Photographer in the Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah, Natural History Photography Blog

Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice: Photographer in the Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah

Filed under: Tear Sheets, Utah, Zion on 12/2/2011

Photographer in the Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah

I was fortunate to have three of my photographs receive Highly Honored recognition in this years Windland Smith Rice photography competition sponsored by Nature’s Best Photography. 21,000 images were entered in the competition, 500 made it to the final round of judging and 131 were winners or highly honored and appeared in the most recent issue of Nature’s Best Photography magazine. I am crossing my fingers that one of mine will also be featured as part of the competition’s six-month exhibition next year at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C.. Here is the first of the three, taken in a bend of the Virgin River Narrows in Zion National Park. This is an utterly fantastic hike with spectacular photography possibilities at every turn, and a place to which I am anxious to return in 2012. My buddy Garry McCarthy serves as an “anchor” to lend some perspective to the scene and create a little tension from the corner of the composition across to the beautiful cottonwoods in the Narrows.

Photographer in the Virgin River Narrows, with flowing water, autumn cottonwood trees and towering red sandstone cliffs, Zion National Park, Utah
Photographer in the Virgin River Narrows, with flowing water, autumn cottonwood trees and towering red sandstone cliffs.
Image ID: 26106  
Location: Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah, USA
 

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8 Comments »

  1. Congratulations Phil, that is a great shot & composition. I have seen the exhibition at the Smithsonian in the past & that would be really special. Mick

    Comment by Mick McMurray — 12/3/2011 @ 9:08 am

  2. Thanks Mick, a repeat trip is in the works, let’s talk…

    Comment by Phil — 12/3/2011 @ 10:06 am

  3. Congratulations Phil! I love this photo

    Comment by Tony — 12/3/2011 @ 5:42 pm

  4. Thanks Tony!

    Comment by Phil — 12/3/2011 @ 6:25 pm

  5. Congratulations, nice honors! Best of luck with the next phase, the Smithsonian show. This image is a beauty, the composition, colors and the story it tells. Nice work, Phil, always a pleasure to visit your blog.

    Comment by John Bald — 12/4/2011 @ 5:33 pm

  6. Thank you John. By the way, your downeast Maine images are great, we used to spend some summer vacations on Deer Isle but I did not do any photography there, would love to return.

    Comment by Phil — 12/4/2011 @ 6:33 pm

  7. This is fantastic, and well-deserved, news, Phil! Congratulations on a fine image, and on the honors…

    Comment by Greg Russell — 12/5/2011 @ 12:43 pm

  8. Thanks Greg!

    Comment by Phil — 12/7/2011 @ 7:53 am



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