OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHER'S WIN THIS!

Light Tent
Billed as its lightest two-person tent ever, the Mountain Hardwear Helion 2 weighs less than 3½ pounds. The all-mesh canopy reduces the overall weight and provides excellent ventilation. The tall entryway and tapered foot design maximize your living comfort. The company’s patented Evolution Tension Arch reinforces the tent’s structure if the weather should turn nasty.
Estimated Street Price: $395.
Contact: Mountain Hardwear, (800) 953-8375, www.mountainhardwear.com.


Photo Deposit
Store your images on the Fantom Drives G-Force Quad Interface GF1000Q from MicroNet. The 1 TB external hard drive features four connectivity options: USB 2.0, FireWire 400 and 800, and eSATA with a maximum transfer speed of 300 MBps. The compact, fan-free, heat-dissipating aluminum design allows for portability and near silent operation. Also included is NTI Shadow software for continuous, real-time backup.
Estimated Street Price: $369.
Contact: MicroNet, (800) 980-3463, www.micronet.com.



Easy Enhancement
Control the light, color and tonality of your nature photographs more precisely and easily with Viveza, the latest plug-in from Nik Software for Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. Powered by the ease and control of U-Point technology for direct on-image editing, adjustments are made in a matter of minutes with top-notch results. Using Color Control Points placed directly on colors or objects in an image, you can quickly correct brightness, contrast, saturation and more.
Estimated Street Price: $250.
Contact: Nik Software, (888) 284-4085, www.niksoftware.com.


In The Bag
Venture out on your next photo trip carrying the Tamrac Adventure 10 photo/laptop backpack. Two large, foam-padded main compartments with adjustable dividers have room for a pro D-SLR with most 70-200mm ƒ/2.8 lenses attached, additional lenses, a flash and accessories. A separate rear compartment holds laptops up to 17 inches. Mesh pockets are included on the sides for a water bottle, snacks or small accessories.
List Price: $229.
Contact: Tamrac, (800) 662-0717, www.tamrac.com.



Smart Flash
Keep your flash up to speed with your camera using the Metz Mecablitz 48 AF-1, a wireless flash with USB interface. Simply hook it up to your PC and download the latest firmware updates. Compatible with most TTL digital remote systems, the 48 AF-1 also operates as a TTL slave unit controlled by the camera’s built-in commander mode, a manufacturer’s flash or from a Metz 58 AF-1. It’s currently available for most camera manufacturers.
Estimated Street Price: $200 to $220 (depending on model).
Contact: Bogen Imaging, (201) 818-9500, www.bogenimaging.us.

Rest Up
Sleep well in the Kelty Light Year Down 20°. The lightweight, three-season sleeping bag has a hip-length zipper and zippered foot vent. It’s an ideal choice for minimalists who don’t want to carry any more weight than is necessary. The 650-fill-power down bag features a sculpted hood and a light compression sack. Down material features the best warmth-to-weight ratio of any insulation available.
List Price: $180.
Contact: Kelty, (800) 423-2320, www.kelty.com.

Back It Out
Get to your gear from the rear of the Lowepro Flipside 200 backpack, which features a unique back-compartment entry point for safer, easier access while shooting. With the waist strap securely fastened, simply slip off the shoulder straps, swivel the bag around to your front and unzip. The Flipside 200 holds a D-SLR with an 80-200mm (or smaller) lens attached, plus one to three additional lenses, a tripod and accessories.
Estimated Street Price: $60.
Contact: Lowepro, (800) 800-LOWE, www.lowepro.com.

Light And Sturdy
Great for traveling and hiking, the compact Giottos RT 8000 Series tripods weigh 1.2 pounds and measure less than 12 inches long when folded. They have a unique three-way head so you can easily pan and tilt with one handle. For quick setup, all you have to do is extend the legs, then twist the top section to lock them in place.
Estimated Street Price: $38.
Contact: HP Marketing Corp., (800) 735-4373, www.hpmarketingcorp.com.

ELIGIBILITY

• Open Only to Legal Residents OF THE fifty (50) UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 18 years of age or older.
• Void Where Prohibited.
• Officers, directors, employees and agents of Werner Publishing Corporation ("Sponsor"), and its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and website providers/web masters (collectively, the "Released Parties"), and their immediate families (parent, child, spouse or sibling) and those living in their same households are not eligible to enter or win.
• By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges and/or Sponsor, which are binding and final on matters relating to this sweepstakes.
• Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.
  
  TO ENTER
  
• Between 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on 4/15/08 and 11:59 p.m. ET on 5/31/08 (the "Entry Period"), visit www.outdoorphotographer.com and complete and submit the official entry form.
• When you submit your entry form, please be sure to indicate which prize drawing you are entering. If you like to be entered into all prize drawings, select "Enter me for all of the prize items" and you will be automatically entered into the each prize drawing.
• All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on 5/31/08 to be eligible. Sponsor's computer is the Official clock for the promotion.
• Entries generated by script, macro or other automated or mechanical means are void.
  All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.
  
  PRIZE DRAWINGS
  
• One (1) potential winner will be selected for each prize described below in a random drawing on or about 6/5/08 from all eligible entries received for the applicable drawing.
• Entries from one prize drawing will not be included in other prize drawings.
• Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received for the applicable drawing.
• Potential winners will be notified by e-mail within 14 days of drawing.
• Potential winners are subject to verification of eligibility and the terms of these rules.
• Potential winners may be required to complete, sign and return an affidavit of eligibility, a liability release and where lawful a publicity release within ten (10) days of issuance.
• If such documents are not returned within the specified time period, any prize/prize notification is returned as undeliverable, or a winner is not in compliance with these rules, prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected.
  
  PRIZES
  
• See prize details above.
• Total ARV of all prizes: $1,721.
• All prize details not specified herein are at the sole discretion of Sponsor.
• Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer prizes or redeem prizes for cash, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value.
• Winners are responsible for all federal, state and local taxes, if any, and all other costs and expenses not specified herein as being awarded that are associated with the acceptance and use of prizes.
• Prizes are awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied.
  If a winner cannot accept prize as stated, prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected.
• Sponsors reserve the right to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value, in their sole discretion.
  
  GENERAL CONDITIONS
  
• The Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected, undelivered, garbled, illegible or postage-due mail, entries or email; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, website, or other connections, or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed or misdirected transmissions, or computer hardware or software or other technical malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network; or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information or the failure to capture any such information.
• The Released Parties are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the sweepstakes.
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• Should any portion of the sweepstakes be, in Sponsor's sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the sweepstakes and select the winners from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor.
• In the event of a dispute regarding entries received from multiple users having the same email account, the authorized subscriber of the email account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these rules. Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the email address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses.
• Entrants, by participating, agree that the Released Parties will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by entrants against, any claims, actions or/or liability, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including death, to persons, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize.
• Each winner, by acceptance of prize, except where legally prohibited, grants permission for Sponsor and its designees to use his/her name, address (city and state), photograph, voice and/or other likeness and prize information for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without further compensation, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, and on the Internet and world wide web, in perpetuity, without notice or review or approval.
  
  WINNERS LIST
  
• For the names of the winners (available after 6/5/08), send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Outdoor Photographer's WIN THIS! Sweepstakes, 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, for receipt no later than 6/20/08.
  
  SPONSOR
  
• Werner Publishing Corporation, 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1200, Los Angeles, CA 90025.