Photographs for Wilderness

Goal: $4,000

Raised to date: $1,229.00

31% raised of $4,000:

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Share your past adventures in Alberta's wilderness through the art of photography! Your photograph will be featured on the website, you will be entered for a chance to win one of four categories, and most importantly, raise money for conservation.

Just you, your camera, and your talent! Note we can only accept photos in JPG format.

Enter a photo contest for $40!

All photos will be featured on the Adventures for Wilderness Website. You may enter in the following categories:

Landscape
Wildlife
People in nature

Prizes:

The grand prize winner will be featured as the cover on AWA’s quarterly news magazine, the Wild Lands Advocate, along with a feature inside the newsletter. Runners up will also be featured inside the newsletter.

Winners in each category, along with a special AWA Staff Pick prize, will also be featured at an upcoming AWA live event (date and details to be announced).

Plus more prizes as they are announced — stay tuned to this page for details!

THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED

Thanks to everyone who submitted! Stay tuned: winners to be announced soon…

Rules:

Photograph must have been taken in Alberta
Photograph must be original
You can enter as many photos in as many categories as you like, but you must pay $40 per entry. This is a fundraiser, after all!

Category: Landscape

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: Red Rock Canyon The foothills are wonderful places, where you can see many ecosystems in the same image. Poor weather and intermittent cloud are gold for landscapes; variegated lighting lends depth, and rain brings out the saturation.

Photo © Kevin Mihalcheon

: Mount Assiniboine from Lake Magog

Photo © Heather Hadden

: Hiking to the top of Sulfur Mountain in Banff National Park, March 2020

Photo © Erika Hyde

: Foothills skyscape west of Fort McLeod

Photo © Theo Wagner

: Aspens in the Sky

Photo © Valerie Unger

: Beautiful glacier lilies at edge of Frozen Lake (off Elk Pass trail). These plants were an important food source for some indigenous groups as well as for grizzlies. From a July 2019 hike. I sure miss the Tower Climb.

Photo © David Smith

: Horse Lake Reflections

Photo © Kris Unger

Category: Wildlife

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: A young Lynx peering out at me near Hinton, AB. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this Lynx cross the road in front of me. After scrambling to get my camera from under camping gear, I thought it would be long gone. Luckily this was a curious cat!

Photo © Daniel Camilleri

: Urban Wildlife- Even the big city can harbor wild creatures you wouldn’t usually expect. This Great Horned Owl would normally be nighttime hunter in the forest, but one decided to perch upon a neighbors fence for a nap during a winters day.

Photo © Kerri Meier

: This juvenile rattlesnake reacted to a group of photographers hiking through Dinosaur Provincial Park in fall of 2018. Luckily the group saw the snake, as its rattle was too small to make noise.

Photo © Andrea Johancsik

: Grizzly Bear relaxing with a full tummy near Sullivan Creek, just west of Longview, Alberta

Submitted by: Robin Arthurs

: Best Foot Forward Near Highway 40 in Kananaskis, I scrambled about 30m above grade and shot this image from across the road, so I could give these beautiful residents the space they deserve. As guests in their home, we must respect their space.

Photo © Kevin Mihalcheon

Category: People in Nature

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: Hikers taking a break to enjoy a glorious Alberta sunrise, taken from the top of Prairie Mountain in October 2019

Photo © Sean Nichols

: Lindsey Wallis — famous rock sitter; Dune Point, lower Red Deer River; home to most northerly populations of Ord’s Kangaroo Rats, Plains Hognose Snakes, springs, extensive riparian forests and expansive vistas

Photo © Cliff Wallis

: This old Jack Pine is on a sand ridge near Lost Lake, a once lovely wetland that has all but dried up, along with similar ones throughout the Sandhills. The tree has has a few rungs attached by Marcel Fournier, an indigenous elder from the Beaver First Nation to the north.

Photo © Robin Malherb, ℅ Hungry Bend Sandhills Wilderness Society