This requires the latest version of Flash Player. About the 2011 Energizer Ultimate Photo Contest
Go on, take your best shot. It could be worth a National Geographic Expeditions trip for two to Alaska, Morocco, or Bhutan! Send us your photos in any of the six categories for your chance to win. Energizer will also show off the winning photo in an ad in the December issue of National Geographic magazine.
It’s no secret that the best photos come from the best equipment. And Energizer® Ultimate Lithium batteries are the world’s longest lasting AA battery in high-tech devices. They last up to 8x longer* in digital cameras, making up to 8x less waste** and making them perfect for capturing the perfect shot.
Energizer has always been committed to offering more performance with more responsibility.
That's why it makes so much sense for Energizer to team up with National Geographic to give one lucky grand-prize winner the chance to experience the world with National
Geographic and truly be inspired to care about the planet.
now that's positivenergy™.
You entered your photos, then you cast your votes—Now it's time to see who won! Check out our Winners Gallery to see which category finalists are the winners, and see whose image took home the Grand Prize!
Official Rules • Privacy Policy • Prize Description**use less batteries, create less waste.
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Jim Richardson
Judging the contest will be award-winning photographer Jim Richardson, whose work has graced the pages of National Geographic and other publications.
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View 2010 Winners
Last year's Grand Prize winner won a trip for two to Tanzania and Zanzibar! View last year's winning photography picks and find out what it takes to take home the prize.
A Message From Energizer® Ultimate Lithium
You never know where or when that great shot will come, so always be ready with the ultimate in battery performance. Energizer® Ultimate Lithium last up to 8x longer in digital cameras*, so you’ll get more shots and use fewer batteries, making up to 8x less waste**. With the ability to withstand extreme conditions, 15 year storage life, and leak resistant construction, they’re perfect for wherever your photography adventures take you.
*versus Energizer® MAX®, results vary by camera.
** use less batteries, create less waste
Categories
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Category 1Animals / Wildlife
Whether it's our family pet in the living room or magnificent wildlife in Africa, the animals and wildlife of our world bring us delight, affection and wonder. Winning pictures in this category will bring back all the personality, devotion, excitement, and shared experience we feel with our fellow beings on this planet.
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Category 2Nature / Weather
The natural world has always made great pictures. And the weather that shapes our environment can be a subject unto itself. Either way, pictures in Nature/Weather will focus on wilderness, landscapes (and seascapes), nature's incredible variety of flowers and plants, and the wonders of geology and geography. Weather, always part of our daily world, brings with it every emotion from awe to tranquility. Strong emotion in these scenes will set winning pictures apart. Note: Animal pictures belong in the Animals/Wildlife category. But a beautiful, grand landscape of Africa with the inevitable zebras in the distance belongs in Nature/Weather.
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Category 3Travel / Cultures
Our travels around the world bring us in contact with the incredible variety of human cultures. These pictures—whether of native dress, festivals, food, celebrations, history or architecture—will celebrate the vast and colorful variety of how people express their human nature and what they value, from one side of the planet to the other. Note: Interesting people and characters you meet while traveling belong in this category. Pictures of your family and their antics, even while traveling on vacation belong in the Family/Community category.
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Category 4Family / Community
Family/Community is about the people we know in our daily lives and the places where we live every day. This could be halfway around the world, but it's more likely in your hometown—or in your kitchen. Family, friends, children, grandparents, neighbors and complete strangers fill lives with humor, love, emotion and meaning. These pictures don't have to be close to home, but they should be close to our hearts.
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Category 5Arts / Music
New for this year, the Arts/Music category will feature pictures that celebrate how music and the arts enrich our lives. Concerts and art galleries would certainly qualify for this category, but so would intimate jazz sessions, pub music in Ireland, and high school marching bands. The arts are everywhere around us, from art fairs to Halloween pumpkin carving, from grand public art and murals to children's fanciful sidewalk chalk drawings. It's all welcome in Arts/Music.
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Category 6Action / Energy
When things move into high gear, when the picture is all about the energy and beauty of things in motion, when you can just feel the electricity of the action, that's Action/Energy. Sports action pictures are a natural for this category, but so are pictures of animals galloping at high speed, and the dogged efforts of the long distance runners. Pictures here will almost always show things happening. Keep it lively.
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Jim and Energizer Batteries
The Galaway Inn was alive with Irish music, packed wall to wall with people and like all Irish pubs, very dark. My Energizer-powered flash units lit up the scene—the musicians kept playing, the energy was fantastic, the action never let up and my camera outlasted us all.
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