admin on March 15th, 2010

Here is a selection of British Columbia postcards available for purchase at Zazzle.com:
Vancouver Souvenir Postcards Totem Pole Landmarks by artist_kim_hunter
Tulip Creek Falls, Castlegar BC by Link_letter
Fountain at the Butchart Gardens by robhuntley

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admin on March 19th, 2009

Nebraska Tourism defines geopicting as an activity that combines photography with GPS coordinates. With this in mind, they have launched a Geopicting Photo Contest to see and share photography from Nebraska’s scenic byways and then, having the GPS coordinates, you can travel there yourself.
To enter the contest you need a hand-held GPS, a mode of [...]

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admin on March 18th, 2009

The Azalea Festival is an annual event in Muskogee, Oklahoma. There’s more than 30,000 blooming azaleas which create a spectacular display, not to mention food, carriage rides and plenty of other activities.   Photographers take note.
You can take a driving tour or walking trail to see it all.
Apr 1 - 30, 2009
Honor Heights Park
Muskogee, OK
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Birders and photographers may be interested to know of Lake Roberts, one of the finest bird-watching spots in the world with hundreds of resident and migrating bird species. The state of New Mexico claims encounters with 18 different species of hummingbirds. July 25-26, 2009 is a good a time as any to try to spot [...]

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The March Issue of the New Mexico Tourism’s newsletter reports on an upcoming exhibition: New Mexico Artists View Neighborhood Life .
Paintings, drawings and photographs presenting multiple views of neighborhood life by New Mexico artists will be on display in Santa Fe at the Governor’s Gallery in the New Mexico State Capitol April 3 to June [...]

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admin on March 18th, 2009

Virginia tourism has published a list on its website of places to visit with the prospect of seeing wildlife. They’re not all wilderness areas on the list. Petting zoos, public aquaria and Alpaca farms to name a few are intermingled with wildlife management areas and nature trails.
The list of 95 Places to Find Wildlife should [...]

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rhuntley on March 12th, 2009

Travel photographers participating at Flickr can add their photos to the group pools for each of the Canadian provinces and territories. These groups were founded by yours truly with the objective of enabling travel photographers on Flickr to showcase their travel images while attracting viewers to their flickr photostream. The intent is to give visibility [...]

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admin on March 5th, 2009

The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s tourism website offers a monthly prize of a free GPS system to winning entries in their photo contest. You can enter up to 3 images at a time as often as you like. Selected winners will feature on ExploreGeorgia.org

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8th Annual Nature Photography Weekend Competition
April 17-19, 2009

The organizers of the Shoot the Hills Photography Competition invite you to participate in one of the region’s largest photo competitions of the year from April 17-19, 2009! The Hocking Hills State Park will host the 7th annual “Shoot the Hills” Photography Competition Weekend, where more than $7,000 [...]

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As a part of the Carson Valley’s 7th Annual Eagles and Agriculture Event
February 27 – March 1, 2009.
The Carson Valley agricultural and ranching community, along with the Carson Valley Visitors Authority, the Audubon Society, the Great Basin Bird Observatory and the conservation community have announced that the unique birds of prey viewing and agricultural education [...]

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