The 2012 Jamestown Audubon Nature Photography Contest received entries from around the world. The winning photo in the Adult Wildlife category is “Leaping for Prey” taken by Gerald Wilders of Toms River, New Jersey.
JAMESTOWN (Jamestown Audubon) – With entries from around the world, Jamestown Audubon has announced the winners of its 2012 Nature Photography Contest.
The categories for submissions of photographs were Wildlife, Plants/Trees/Fungi, and Landscapes. With Adult and Youth (18 and under or still in high school) Divisions in each category, there were a total of six winners. Hundreds of ntries were submitted digitally and came from as far away as China and Romania.
Winners are:
- Adult Wildlife: Gerald Wilders (Toms River, NJ), “Leaping for Prey”
- Adult Plants: Ricardo Gilson (Meadville, PA), “Wild Oats”
- Adult Landscape: Patty Raydo (Fairview, PA), “Big Sur at Sunset”
- Youth Wildlife: Brandon Abranovic (Scottsdale, AZ), “Sneaking Through”
- Youth Plants: Mayla Mahoney (Enosburg Falls, VT), “Water World”
- Youth Landscape: Hope Harrington (Lompoc, CA), “Mountain Reflection”
Adult winners received $100 plus $50 in photo finishing. Youth winners received $50 and $25 in photo finishing.
Prints of the winning photographs will be on display for viewing by visitors to the Saturday, August 25 Monarch Butterfly Festival at the Audubon Center and Sanctuary.
Images of all the winners as well as the honorable mentions and finalists can be seen at www.jasphotocontest.com.
Funding for the contest was made possible by a grant from the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation. The contest was sponsored by Main Street Photo of Bowling Green, Ohio (www.bgmainstreetphoto.com).
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