Young or old, rich or poor, amateur or professional doesn't matter. The only things that do are the love for capturing snapshots of life's moments and the desire to showcase these to like-minded people—and, if possible, win an attractive prize in the process.
  If the above sounds like you, grab your trusty old shooter and dust off the lens because camera giant Nikon will soon be accepting entries for one of the world's most prestigious photo competitions, the 31st Nikon Photo Contest International.
The competition, open to contestants of all nationalities, will accept entries from September 1 to midnight November 30, either by conventional mail or the Internet. Should you plan to do the latter, however, you'd better hurry—only the first 20,000 JPEG images will be accepted, and if past competitions are anything to go by there will be a lot of people competing.
  In the 30th contest alone, organizers received a total of 31,000 images submitted by 10,000 entrants from 117 countries. Since the competition began in 1969, the contest has attracted over 1,220,000 images from some 290,000 photographers. Needless to say, sifting through this staggering amount to pick the winners is not done in a flash.

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