Winners : 9th Annual Focus on Nature Photo Contest

GRAND PRIZE WINNER. 'Unwelcome Nursery Visitor' by ELAINE KRUER 1

FIRST PLACE, ANIMALS. 'Birds on Wires' by DRAGANA CONNAUGHTON 2

SECOND PLACE, ANIMALS. 'Swallows' by SUZANNE KING

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THIRD PLACE, ANIMALS. 'Four Snowy Egrets by PAULA RUCKET.

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HONORABLE MENTION, ANIMALS. 'Key Deer' by MIRKA BOLTON

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HONORABLE MENTION, ANIMALS. 'Slithering Love' by NEAL KINSMAN

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HONORABLE MENTION, ANIMALS. 'Cat fight' by REBECCA SABAC

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HONORABLE MENTION, ANIMALS. 'Lunch Time at the Osprey Diner‘ by DAVID BATES

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HONORABLE MENTION, ANIMALS. 'Catching Dinner' by TIMOTHY PEREIRA

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HONORABLE MENTION, ANIMALS. 'Open Wide' by MARGE BARHAM

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HONORABLE MENTION, ANIMALS. 'Three Days Old' by CRAIG HOUDESHELL

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FIRST PLACE, CLOSE-UPS. 'Spider-Hunting Wasp' by ELAINE KRUER

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SECOND PLACE, CLOSE-UPS. 'Just Hanging Around' by DAWN KUSS

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THIRD PLACE, CLOSE-UPS. 'My, What a Big Mouth You Have! by JO ANN RICCHIUTI

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HONORABLE MENTION, CLOSE-UPS. 'Waiting for Fast Food' by ELAINE KRUER

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HONORABLE MENTION, CLOSE-UPS. 'Orchid Lover' by ELAINE KRUER

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HONORABLE MENTION, CLOSE-UPS. 'Emergence' by ALLISON SPALL

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HONORABLE MENTION, CLOSE-UPS. 'Sometimes You Eat the Snake' by SHANE ANDREASEN

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HONORABLE MENTION, CLOSE-UPS. 'Oak Moth Caterpillar' by KENNETH CRAIG

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HONORABLE MENTION, CLOSE-UPS. 'I've Got My Eye on You' by MARY E. CANINI

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FIRST PLACE, LANDSCAPES AND SCENICS. 'Waterspout Over Lake Worth' by IRIS FAHRER

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SECOND PLACE, LANDSCAPES AND SCENICS. 'Double Rainbow over Wakodahatchee Wetlands' by KING BROWN

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THIRD PLACE, LANDSCAPES AND SCENICS. 'Moonrise at Grassy Waters' by MARK THORP DUXBURY

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HONORABLE MENTION, LANDSCAPES AND SCENICS. 'Laurel Oak Forest at Sunrise' by ANN MATHEWS

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HONORABLE MENTION, LANDSCAPES AND SCENICS. ‘Late Afternoon Pines' by MARK THORP DUXBURY

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FIRST PLACE, OCEANS. 'Tarpon and Jacks in the Lake Worth Inlet' by PAUL DABILL

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SECOND PLACE, OCEANS. 'Green Turtle at Singer Island' by PAUL DABILL

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THIRD PLACE, OCEANS. 'It's Friday!!' by MEG ROBINSON

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HONORABLE MENTION, OCEANS. 'Ocean Blooms' by JON EVAN GLASER

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HONORABLE MENTION, OCEANS. 'Nudibranch' by TIM KRUTZ

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HONORABLE MENTION, OCEANS. 'School of Rays' by BRYAN CLARK

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FIRST PLACE, PLANTS. 'Water Lilly 4' by SUSAN TAYLOR

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PLANTS, SECOND PLACE. 'End of the Day' by JILLIAN PERRONE

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THIRD PLACE, PLANTS. 'Lotus Flower' by SUSAN SORKO

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HONORABLE MENTION, PLANTS. 'Spatterdock in Wetlands‘ by THELMA MYERSON

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HONORABLE MENTION, PLANTS. 'After the Rain' by SUSAN TAYLOR

8/16/2014 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.C All photos were taken from Clik/Hear. THE END 36