Windows Central Photo Contest: Nature!

[Jez Corden]

Welcome to our latest Windows Central Photo Contest. This week's competition focuses on nature! We want to see your best nature snaps for a chance to win an 64 GB SanDisk Micro SDXC memory card, perfect for the upcoming Lumia 950 and 950 XL!

The pictures must be taken on a Windows Phone, and follow the nature theme. It can be pictures of autumnal trees, seaside vacation snaps, your favourite local nature trail, or from the top of a mountain! Be as creative as possible and you could win!

Here are the rules for this week's contest:

- You must use a Windows Phone to take your picture.
- You have to tell us what device you used to take the picture, and any photo editing software or apps you might have used. Altering your pictures is fine, be creative!
- Please add a paragraph describing your photograph, we want to know how your picture came to be! If you have an Instagram feed or any other photography portfolio profile, feel free to link those for the community as well.
- You must have used a valid email address to register here at Windows Central so that we can contact the winner.
- We'll only accept ONE entry per person.
- You must upload your picture to the contest forum thread.

Prize



One lucky winner will earn a SanDisk 64GB Ultra microSDXC, fully compatible with the upcoming Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL and indeed any tablet or phone that supports SDXC memory cards.

"Perfect for today's high-performance smartphone and tablet users, SanDisk Ultra cards deliver faster transfer speeds of up to 30MB/s for faster multi-tasking and app response times. Plus, get twice the speed for shooting photos and Full HD video with a Class 10 rating (class 6 for lower capacities)."

Features:
• Highest Full HD video recording performance available with class 6 and class 10 rating
• 2x the speed of typical microSD cards for advanced photo capture
• Faster app performance with transfer speeds up to 30MB/s
• UHS-I enabled and ready for the next generation of mobile devices
• Water-proof, temperature proof, X-ray proof, shock proof

Thanks for all of your amazing entries. We're now picking the winner, so stay tuned to the main site! I'll update this post with the winning entry too.

Update: The winners were announced over here: http://www.windowscentral.com/announcing-winners-our-windows-central-photo-contest-nature- Congrats!

**May the best lens win!**

 

[RumoredNow]

OMG... I just shot this about a week ago with my BLU Win HD LTE. Camera360 Sight. Full auto. No post shot edit.

My mother-in-law's yard reflected in her gazing orb. I was out and about snapping pics to practice with the camera on BLU. I took quite a few shots, but believe this one came out best. And best of all it is unretouched so it shows the camera module on BLU can take nice pics.

 

[Derausgewanderte]

Lake Louise on November 10. Was at a conference in Canada. Sessions in the morning and free time for hiking in the afternoon. Beautiful area and very lucky with weather. Lumia 640XL - Zero editing, no special effects.

 

[erzhik]

Shot this with my 1520 on my honeymoon in Maui few months ago. No editing, took it while I was resting on a hammock, it was an absolutely perfect weather. Using it as my desktop wallpaper now.

 

[Sunandan Mahant]

I shot this on Lumia 930! Used 6Tag's filter Lo-Fi. It was clicked while I was on trek to Khir Ganga, Parvati Valley. Though it is autumn but the greenery was all around us. There were few places where trees' yellow, red and green leaves gave beautiful view of the valley. At the end of the trek we took bath in hot spring, the temperature around fell below zero degrees Celsius.

 

[ombreman]

Nokia Lumia 730. No edit at all. Karst lake Krim, picture was taken, when i was waiting there for one girl...

 

[Tomasz Seta]

I took that photo last spring with my Lumia 1020. I was just trying to make a macro shot of this dandelion and then this little guy came up. No edits.

 

[Daniel Gilbert M]

I wish there was a technology to reproduce what our naked eyes could see and save what our brains render.

So here is a little piece of nature frozen in time by my 640XL.
Took the photo while taking a coffee break on a long drive.

Lumia Panorama
Lumia Creative Studio

 

[cjloyola]

Alone.
@Mt. Balagbag, Rizal, Philippines

Lumia 720
Lumia Camera

 

[Brett397]

I took this picture on a river near Pittsburgh Pa. I was driving around the area while it was raining and I saw the fog just under the tree line and thought that it would be a great photo.

The image was taken on a Lumia 925 and there was no editing done.

 

[GGZCS]

Nokia Lumia 830
FHOTOROOM
L'Isle-Adam, FRANCE

 

[Wpbass]

Had taken this picture while taking my dog for a walk on November 3rd. It was 60 degrees Fahrenheit in Wisconsin! We usually start seeing snow around this time of year! :winktongue:

Taken with my Lumia 1520 and Lumia Camera (Rich Capture)

 

[Albert Galang]

I took this photo using my Microsoft Lumia 535. This photo was taken at San Fernando City, Philippines. I edited it using Lumia Creative Studio.

 

[Iacopo Pace]

Took during a lovely day spent on Angel Island, SF in September.
I used my Lumia 930 with Rich Capture.

 

[Giwan]

So about a year ago I was heping my grandmother in her garden,
when all of a sudden this beautiful damselfly strikes down on the stem of an anemone right in front of me.
It was a little fresh outside, which is why it sat there for a little while, sunbathing.
I looked at it for a few moments, after which I realized that I could maybe try to make a close-up of it.
I was just in time grabbing my Phone to snag this picture:



Notice the pterostigmata (the little orange colored segments of the wings),
these segments are a little heavier then other parts of the wing which improves wing beat
and helps increase gliding speeds.


I used a lumia 1520 to take the picture.
I might have used lumia creative studio, but honestly can't remember.
I did use the photo's app in w10 to change the lighting just a little bit.
Hope you like it.

Regards,
Giwan.

 

[Jazmac]

These are off to a good start. Nice work guys.

 

[arjan wolthuis]

an early morning in the Netherlands and when i was cyclying to school i felt like taking this picuture with my 520, a little editing done with lumia creative studio

 

[shahzad165]

Photo taken with HTC one M8 windows
I was in my room at 4th floor when i open the window in evening i saw this its amazing beautiful sun �� setting in Punjab, Pakistan

 

[Temistocles]

Device: Lumia 830
As far as I remember, no editing.

Was in the beach in a very hot summer day, when I stumbled upon this little guy. Taking a photo of him was a little bit tricky, as he was evasive, thinking we would hurt him, but the shot was quite nice at the end. The bright sun helped a lot with the quality!

 

[Laura Knotek]

I was outside and just happened to notice the interesting cloud pattern above these trees. I took this with a Nokia Lumia 900. It is unedited.