Competition Winners March 2008

Judge: Bill Atchison

[© Uwe Schmalenbach]
Digital: Nature
First Place
Polar Bear With Cubs In Churchill (Ursus Maritimus)
Uwe Schmalenbach
[© Uwe Schmalenbach ]
Digital: Nature
Second Place
Gentoo Penguin With Chicks (Pygoscelis Papua)
Uwe Schmalenbach
[© Joseph Grapa]
Digital: Nature
Third Place
Swallow Struggling To Get Material For Nest (Tachycineta Bicolor)
Joseph Grapa
[©  Don Schremp]
Prints: Nature
First Place
Robin Eating Holly Berry (Turdus migratorius)
Don Schremp
[© Harvey Gold]
Prints: Nature
Second Place
Sea Otter Food Shopping (Enhydra lutris)
Harvey Gold
[© Doris Vutz]
Prints: Nature
Third Place
Mating Butterflies (Heliconius Sara)
Doris Vutz
[© Peggy Patterson]
Slides: Nature
First Place
Grazing Cape Bufalo (Syncerus caffer) with Redbilled Oxpeckers (Buphagus erythrorhynchus)
Peggy Patterson
[© Peggy Patterson]  
Slides: Nature
Second Place
Common Mycena mushrooms growning on Redwood log (mycena galericulata)
Peggy Patterson
[© Fan Winer]
Slides: Nature
Third Place
Barn Owl and Prey (Tyto alba)
Fan Winer
[© Bernie Weinzimmer]
Digital: Color A
First Place
Mormon Barn with Full Moon at Sunrise
Bernie Weinzimmer
[© Marty Weisberg]  
Digital: Color A
Second Place
To Pidgeon Point Lighthouse
Marty Weisberg
[© Helen Williams]
Digital: Color A
Third Place
Smokey Mountains
Helen Williams
[© Susan Hillyard]
Digital: Color B
First Place
A Day At The Beach
Susan Hillyard
[© Alan Feinberg]
Digital: Color B
Second Place
Beach Roadster
Alan Feinberg
[© Gene Faucher]
Digital: Color B
Third Place
Skateborders On Los Gatos Street Gene Faucher
[© John Bujak]
Prints: Color A
First Place
Devil's Tower and Tree
John Bujak
[© Don Schremp]  
Prints: Color A
Second Place
Natural Bouquet
Don Schremp
[© John Bujak]
Prints: Color A
Third Place
Watchman & Tree Zion NP
John Bujak
[© Bob Quiring]  
Prints: Color B
First Place
Chanterelle Waxy Cap
Bob Quiring
[© Harvey Gold]
Prints: Color B
Second Place
Entrance To City Hall (San Jose)
Harvey Gold
[© Ari Strod]
Prints: Color B
Third Place
I Am Here Too!
Ari Strod
[© Airdrie Kincaid]  
Slides: Color
First Place
Water Falling in Creek
Airdrie Kincaid
[© Peggy Patterson]
Slides: Color
Second Place
Cactus in Bloom
Peggy Patterson
[© John Bujak]  
Slides: Color
Third Place
California Coast, Trinidad State Beach
John Bujak
Images of the first, second, and third place winners of the March Nature and Color digital, slide, and print competitions are shown above.March honorable mention winners are listed below.

Digital: Nature
HM White Rhino With Cleaners (Ceratotherium Simum) Uwe Schmalenbach
HM Tegu Trying to Remove Mosquito From Nose (Tupinambis teguixin) Richard Ingles
Prints: Nature
HM Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin Pod Cavorting(Stenella longirostris) Bernie Weinzimmer
HM Critically Endangered Cayman Island Blue Iguana (Stenella longirostris) Bernie Weinzimmer
HM Costa Rica Lizard (Genus Iguana) Ari Strod

Slides: Nature
HM Sally Lightfoot crab approaching water over barnacles (Grapsus grapsus) Airdrie Kincaid
HM Vulture Guards Deer Carcass (Coragyps atratus) Betty Toepfer

Prints: Color A
HM Alone After Dark Don Schremp

Prints: Color B
HM Cathedral Peaks, Redrock Crossing Mel Rabedeau
HM Daisy Mark Emanuel

Slides: Color
HM John Bujak Yosemite Snow on El Capitan