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Last update:
07/02/2022 12:25 PM -0400
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Presenting the Winners of
Orange Audubon Society's 2011
Kit & Sidney Chertok Nature Photography Contest
Co-sponsored by Colonial Photo & Hobby
All photographs are © copyrighted by the individual photographers and may not be duplicated.
Orange Audubon Society's 2011 (23rd Annual)
Chertok Nature Photography Contest
Featured an OPEN competition with two categories: Advanced and Amateur
And a Youth competition.
All winning images are presented below.
Category: Advanced
Theme: Nature's Patterns
First Place: One Good Tern Deserves Another
Locale where photographed: Fort De Soto
Photographer: Mike Godwin, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
Second Place: Cormorant Profile
Locale where photographed: Everglades National Park
Photographer: Marina Scarr, Tampa
Member Sarasota Audubon Society
Third Place: Barred Owl Close Crop
Locale where photographed: Orlando
Photographer: Bill Wilbanks, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Regal Jumping Spider
Locale where photographed: Seminole State Forest
Photographer: Mary Keim, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Gator Tail and Baby
Locale where photographed: Wakodahatchee, Boynton Beach
Photographer: Ruth Pannunzio, West Palm Beach
Member Everglades and Orange Audubon Societies
Honorable Mention: Moon Setting Over Sand Dunes
Locale where photographed: Fort De Soto County Park
Photographer: Larry Lynch, St. Petersburg
Honorable Mention: Green with Envy
Locale where photographed: Big Cypress Nature Preserve
Photographer: Chris E. Heisey, Mechanicsburg, PA
Honorable Mention: Elliott’s Aster
Locale where photographed: Bronson State Forest
Photographer: Mary Keim, Orlando
Member Orange Audubon Society
Category: Amateur
Theme: Nature's Patterns
First Place: Bridal Veil – Great Egret
Locale where photographed: Gatorland
Photographer: Jack Rogers, Oviedo
Member Orange Audubon Society
Second Place: Shaken, Not Stirred – American Bittern
Locale where photographed: Merritt Island
Photographer: Joyce Stefancic, Clermont
Member Orange Audubon Society
Third Place: Great Egret in Flight
Locale where photographed: Lake Apopka Restoration Area
Photographer: Paul R. Murray, Casselberry
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: The Highs and Lows of It – Cypress Trees
Locale where photographed: Otter Lake, Panacea
Photographer: Gini Henry, Christmas
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Together – Great Egrets
Locale where photographed: Gatorland
Photographer: James Kochanowski, Zellwood
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Blanket of Color – Red Maple Leaves
Locale where photographed: Orlando
Photographer: Nancy L. Moore, Orlando
Honorable Mention: Royal Terns
Locale where photographed: Longboat Key
Photographer: Ethel Portnoy, Altamonte Springs
Member Orange Audubon Society
Category: Youth
Theme: Natural Florida
First Place: Snowy Egret
Locale where photographed: Fort De Soto
Photographer: Megan Authement, St. Petersburg
Member Orange Audubon Society
Second Place: Gopher Tortoise
Locale where photographed: Buck Lake Wildlife Management Area
Photographer: Shaw Frederick, Merritt Island
Member Orange Audubon Society
Third Place: Bright and Blooming – Black-eyed Susan
Locale where photographed: Orlando
Photographer: Alicia Devine, Orlando
Honorable Mention: Contrasting Nature – Monarch Butterfly and Blanket Flower
Locale where photographed: Orlando
Photographer: Alicia Devine, Orlando
Honorable Mention: Squirrel in Oak Tree
Locale where photographed: Sanford
Photographer: Sheyenne Lake, Sanford
Honorable Mention: White Pelican Over Lagoon
Locale where photographed: Sebastian
Photographer: Shaw Frederick, Merritt Island
Member Orange Audubon Society
Honorable Mention: Cypress Tree Branches
Locale where photographed: Winter Park
Photographer: Savannah Smith, Orlando
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