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1st Place wins a Zuma 9 Secure Traveler Backpack by Tamrac plus a year of ViewBug PRO and 200 Reward Points
The Zuma 9 Secure Traveler is the ideal backpack for safely and discreetly carrying camera gear, an iPad, Tamrac™ ZipShot® Tripod and accessories.
Top People's Choice wins a year of ViewBug PRO plus 100 Reward Points
*"Like" the contest and if your photo is selected winner you win an extra $100
**Contents shown in backpack image are not included.
"You may be a bit surprised to hear that it was unintentional at first. I had a long career in post production ranging from Motion Design for television to Visual Effects for film. I even spent 4 years developing and teaching a Bachelor's degree program called, Visual Effects and Motion Graphics for an accredited university.
After 10 long years of 40 - 60 hour work weeks in a client based world with almost no vacation time, I was completely burnt out. At the peak of the housing crisis, completely overwhelmed by debt, my wife and I sold our house and moved to a small town in Central Florida called Melbourne Beach. I spent the next 2 years learning to surf and healing my soul.
The original plan was to quit the digital world forever. For a time, it worked and I hardly touched a computer at all. But once we started traveling, I picked up a DSLR and was able to re-spark my artistic passion and creativity. It seemed like overnight, creating photographs consumed me 100% and seamlessly linked my past working experience with something new and exciting." - Elia
Learn more at www.blamethemonkey.com
Photos: Share your best photos that show hot air balloons.
Limit: 3 entries per participant
Participation: You must own all legal rights to submitted photos
Photo Format: Color, B&W, RAW, Edited and Medium formats are accepted
Copyright: You maintain the rights to all of your submissions
Judging: The contest submissions will be judged based on the creativity, originality and in accordance to the contest theme.
Vote from December 29th to January 4th, 2013.
