Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?

I don’t envy the judges of the 2012 National Wildlife® Photo Contest. Over the next few weeks, they’ll pour over thousands of beautiful photos to find the crème de la crème in seven categories.

To improve the odds that your photo will be selected as the “fairest of them all”, visit NWF’s Nature and Wildlife Photography Tips Center. Here you’ll find top photographers sharing advice on everything from getting a sharper photo to photographing wildlife through a window.

But first, enjoy these photos donated by past contest participants that use water to create nature’s mirror.

 

Wildlife

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make the kids in your life smile with NWF’s Ranger Rick family of award-winning magazines.

 

Mountains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Help protect America’s wildlife and wild places with NWF’s new paperless membership.

 

Trees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Celebrate loved ones by planting trees in their honor or memory through NWF’s Trees for the 21st Century program.

 

Sky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spend a night under the stars during NWF’s Great American Backyard Campout June 23, 2012.

 

Celebrate Nature Through Photography. Enter your photos in the 2012 National Wildlife Photo Contest today!