{"id":40946,"date":"2013-10-10T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=40946"},"modified":"2013-10-11T10:38:52","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T14:38:52","slug":"three-weeks-and-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2013\/10\/garden-programming\/three-weeks-and-counting\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Weeks and Counting"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40967\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40967\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Gillian-Plummer-Shady-painted-lady.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"40967\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2013\/10\/garden-programming\/three-weeks-and-counting\/attachment\/gillian-plummer-shady-painted-lady\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Gillian-Plummer-Shady-painted-lady.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"559,635\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gillian Plummer \u2014 Shady Painted Lady\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Gillian-Plummer-Shady-painted-lady-264x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Gillian-Plummer-Shady-painted-lady.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40967  \" alt=\"Gillian Plummer \u2014 Shady Painted Lady\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Gillian-Plummer-Shady-painted-lady-264x300.jpg\" width=\"241\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Gillian-Plummer-Shady-painted-lady-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Gillian-Plummer-Shady-painted-lady.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gillian Plummer \u2014 &#8220;Shady Painted Lady&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our &#8220;<a title=\"IGPOTY Nature's Pharmacy\" href=\"http:\/\/igpoty.com\/competition06\/winners_sa_naturepharmacy.asp?parent=winners\" target=\"_blank\">Nature&#8217;s Pharmacy<\/a>&#8221; photo exhibition may have taken its leave from the Ross Gallery just as summer&#8217;s <em>Wild Medicine<\/em> bowed out, but it was only one small aspect of the <a title=\"IGPOTY\" href=\"http:\/\/igpoty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Garden Photographer of the Year<\/a> competition. Meanwhile, the annual, worldwide quest to uncover the best of the best among nature photographers muscles onward, and 2013&#8217;s window for entry is swiftly closing. It only takes one pristine picture to gain recognition in the contest, of course, so don&#8217;t let the schedule pressure you out of the race!<\/p>\n<p>With only three weeks left until the October 31 deadline, the heat is on for the globe&#8217;s up and coming shutterbugs to flaunt their mettle, whether that&#8217;s photographing a rustic onion harvest in an idyllic home garden or braving a cavernous woodland for a shot at a family of pallid mushrooms. With over $20,000 in cash and prizes on the line for participants, this challenge isn&#8217;t one you should brush off lightly. And whatever your nature photography draws you to, chances are good that there&#8217;s an IGPOTY category to accommodate it, including those below.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2022 <a title=\"IGPOTY\" href=\"http:\/\/www.igpoty.com\/competition06\/winners_thebeautyofplants.asp?parent=winners\" target=\"_blank\">The Beauty of Plants<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2022 <a title=\"IGPOTY\" href=\"http:\/\/www.igpoty.com\/competition06\/winners_wildflowerlandscapes.asp?parent=winners\" target=\"_blank\">Wildflower Landscapes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2022 <a title=\"IGPOTY\" href=\"http:\/\/www.igpoty.com\/competition06\/winners_greeningthecity.asp?parent=winners\" target=\"_blank\">Greening the City<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2022 <a title=\"IGPOTY\" href=\"http:\/\/www.igpoty.com\/competition06\/winners_beautifulgardens.asp?parent=winners\" target=\"_blank\">Beautiful Gardens<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2022 <a title=\"IGPOTY\" href=\"http:\/\/www.igpoty.com\/competition06\/winners_wildlifegarden.asp?parent=winners\" target=\"_blank\">Wildlife in the Garden<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2022 <a title=\"IGPOTY\" href=\"http:\/\/www.igpoty.com\/competition06\/winners_treeswoodsforests.asp?parent=winners\" target=\"_blank\">Trees, Woods, Forests<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2022 <a title=\"IGPOTY\" href=\"http:\/\/www.igpoty.com\/competition06\/winners_breathingspaces.asp?parent=winners\" target=\"_blank\">Breathing Spaces<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2022 <a title=\"IGPOTY\" href=\"http:\/\/www.igpoty.com\/competition06\/winners_bountifulearth.asp?parent=winners\" target=\"_blank\">The Bountiful Earth<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Photographers of all ages and skill levels are welcome to submit their work for judging, after which they&#8217;ll be offered critiques and advice from expert judges. Even if you don&#8217;t take a podium spot you&#8217;re still working to better your photography. And as the sole U.S. partner to IGPOTY, the <a title=\"The New York Botanical Garden\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\">NYBG<\/a> can certainly vouch for the quality and significance of this competition. The cash purse up for grabs isn&#8217;t even the end game\u2014each grand prize winner takes home a copy of next year&#8217;s exhibition book and a bounty of recognition for his or her work thanks to the touring exhibition opening next February, displaying the winning photographs in such famed locations as the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh; Sydney Botanic Garden, Australia; and Schlosspark Dennehlohe, Germany. It&#8217;s pretty high up there on the scale of nature photographer celebrity, to say the least.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40970\" style=\"width: 555px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Catriona-Ferris-Beside-the-Pond.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"40970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2013\/10\/garden-programming\/three-weeks-and-counting\/attachment\/catriona-ferris-beside-the-pond\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Catriona-Ferris-Beside-the-Pond.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"799,470\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Catriona Ferris \u2014\u00a0Beside the Pond\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Catriona-Ferris-Beside-the-Pond-300x176.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Catriona-Ferris-Beside-the-Pond.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40970 \" alt=\"Catriona Ferris \u2014 Beside the Pond\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Catriona-Ferris-Beside-the-Pond.jpg\" width=\"555\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Catriona-Ferris-Beside-the-Pond.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Catriona-Ferris-Beside-the-Pond-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catriona Ferris \u2014 &#8220;Beside the Pond&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Again, there are only three weeks left of the 2013 submission window for you to get your work in, so don&#8217;t dawdle! This contest may take place each and every year, but that doesn&#8217;t make a missed opportunity any less unfortunate. Especially when you could be building up a whole new camera kit with your winnings. Check out the <a title=\"IGPOTY\" href=\"http:\/\/igpoty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">official IGPOTY page<\/a> for registration information, prize packages, and photos from past winners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographers! 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