Accepted Images

1st Place. The sound is deafening as thousands of snow geese take flight at first light

2nd Place

3rd Place

People's Choice Award

Watching Lions at Sunrise on a Safari in Tanzania

Trinity College Library.

Driving around in Yellowstone National Park, this bull Elk was spotted from a distance. He was dug into the snow, trying to break off the slender dry shoots for a meal. This explains the harsh reality of severe winter in the park.

Abandon Highway At Sunset

A digital composition from elements in Rome, an Etruscan Church, and model.

Detail of a side stream, "The Box", North Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon.

Near Denali National Park, Alaska

Wolf close-up in West Yellowstone, MT

Carnival lights long exposure worked through various photo-editing programs to create this graphic design

Walking around the block with my grandson when we found this HUGE leaf, larger than his 4 year old body was tall, hanging over onto the sidewalk. Of course it was an invitation to go behind the leaf and peek out. Those precious eyes that stare out into the world with wonder and curiosity day in and day out forever captured! Thank you iPhone!! I thought the black and white version gave it more mystery. I also like the color version with the green leaf and blue eyes but it was instantly recognizable as a plant. Thanks for Going Manual again Nick, and making me think more often of cropping tighter and going black and white!

Infant Snow Monkey Sitting on the Edge of the hot springs, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

A Ring-tailed Lemur family interacting, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar

Verreaux's Dancing Sifaka, the original ballet dancer! Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar

The blizzard didn’t bother the sandhill cranes in Bosque del Apache

One foggy morning, while driving for a spot to photograph, I found these trees attractive. When I walked closer, I was pleasantly surprised to see the footprints of an unknown animal around the tree and going towards the creek adding to my composition.

Preserved office inside walls of mine

Image was taken at the Italian Street Festival in San Rafael. The image was converted to B/W to emphasize the light and focus in on the painter and her art.

Macro of water droplet

Portrait

Floral Arrangement

Patriarch Grove, Inyo National Forest . We were lucky to get there and away before snow closed roads. May 7, 2015

Joshua Tree National Park, May 5, 2015. Forest fire smoke to the northwest contributed to this special sunset

Old Time Farmer