buckskin hawk
Oklahoma Birder
It really depends on the goals of the contest. Certainly we want to promote excellence in the current contest. ( I really enjoy looking at the photos and voting but wouldn't even consider entering.)
If we wanted to promote learning more about wildlife photography, we might want to consider more than one contest--say--youth, novice, intermediate, advanced and professional contests. If we want to promote even more growth you might have --say --- youth digiscoping, youth DSLR, youth point and shoot, then novice digiscoping, novice DSLR etc.
More contests means more participation, more work from the staff and more growth. I admit I feel real intimidated by the level of competition currently. I would like to see more contests with an emphasis on teaching wildlife photography skills.
If we wanted to promote learning more about wildlife photography, we might want to consider more than one contest--say--youth, novice, intermediate, advanced and professional contests. If we want to promote even more growth you might have --say --- youth digiscoping, youth DSLR, youth point and shoot, then novice digiscoping, novice DSLR etc.
More contests means more participation, more work from the staff and more growth. I admit I feel real intimidated by the level of competition currently. I would like to see more contests with an emphasis on teaching wildlife photography skills.