The 33rd Nikon Photo Contest International is an international photo contest designed to provide an opportunity for photographers of all skill levels around the world to communicate and contribute to photographic culture. In recent years, the contest has been held every other year. The Nikon Photo Contest International has an impressive history of almost 40 years. It has steadily gained popularity with photographers from around the world with more than 320,000 photographers submitting over 1,310,000 photos.
Entries for the 33rd contest will be invited into two categories, free subject and "Energy”. Entry period is from Wednesday, September 1st to Tuesday, November 30th, 2010.
The winning prizes are impressive:
Grand Prize: Nikon D3S digital-SLR camera AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.4G ED AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED.
Category winners: Nikon D300S digital-SLR camera, SB-900 Speedlight, AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II, AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR.
Plus many other prizes.
Entries from the 2008-2009 contest can be seen here, winning entries here and last year's grand prize winner below.
Cave Of Hope by Maung Maung Gyi, Myanmar.