We're very pleased to announce the winner of our Great Outdoors Photo Contest!
Our Grand Prize winner, Eric Heistand, of Valle Crucis, North Carolina
won a five-night stay for two at Mandarin Oriental Riviera Maya Hotel in Mexico, including breakfast daily, one dinner for two at Ambar restaurant, and two aromatherapy massage treatments.
In an effort to preserve the natural beauty of his area, Heistand took a group of college students on a mission trip to Trash Can Falls just outside of Boone, North Carolina. The popular swimming hole had become overrun with trash and debris. Heistand and the group collected over 20 large bags of waste.
This winning photograph depicts the group's celebration after restoring the falls. It ". . . strikes a beautiful balance of spontaneity and redemption," said Heistand.
Heistand has been photographing since college. "Not owning professional equipment for all of those years forced me to learn good composition techniques and to look for natural drama to fill my frames," he said. He uses a Nikon D80, Tamron 18-200mm lens.
After considering images taken by a wealth of talented amateur photographers, the judges chose these five winners in Traveler's second-annual Great Outdoors Photo Contest.
Think you're up for a photo challenge? You can still submit entries to our World in Focus Photo Contest through August 24.
Our Grand Prize winner, Eric Heistand, of Valle Crucis, North Carolina
won a five-night stay for two at Mandarin Oriental Riviera Maya Hotel in Mexico, including breakfast daily, one dinner for two at Ambar restaurant, and two aromatherapy massage treatments.
In an effort to preserve the natural beauty of his area, Heistand took a group of college students on a mission trip to Trash Can Falls just outside of Boone, North Carolina. The popular swimming hole had become overrun with trash and debris. Heistand and the group collected over 20 large bags of waste.
This winning photograph depicts the group's celebration after restoring the falls. It ". . . strikes a beautiful balance of spontaneity and redemption," said Heistand.
Heistand has been photographing since college. "Not owning professional equipment for all of those years forced me to learn good composition techniques and to look for natural drama to fill my frames," he said. He uses a Nikon D80, Tamron 18-200mm lens.
After considering images taken by a wealth of talented amateur photographers, the judges chose these five winners in Traveler's second-annual Great Outdoors Photo Contest.
Think you're up for a photo challenge? You can still submit entries to our World in Focus Photo Contest through August 24.
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Well didn't win but there are a few others I submitted my photos to
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Nice way of volunteer work able you to have fun after work. This is interesting photo also the story.
Nice photo this is a fantastic photo trick nicely done.
Congratulations Eric! It's awesome to see a High Country photographer win this!
Congrats Eric!! Nice as well as great effort!
That first picture of the girl jumping is awesome. The color is very artistically done. Great work!