2009 Photo Contest Winners

Kim Shannon

This year there were a total of 13 entrants who submitted 61 photos characterizing our beautiful native flora. The specialty category of ferns had a total of 10 submissions. Awards include $50 for first place winners; $25 for second place winners; and $15 for third place winners. Honorable mentions (no prize money) and a special prize of $75 may be awarded for the best photo from a "botanical" point of view at the judges' discretion. The judges for this year were Bruce Hoagland of the Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory, Norman, OK, Amy Buthod of the OU Bebb Herbarium, Norman, OK, and Blair Baker of Bristow, OK, a biologist for Kleinfelder, Inc. The judges did not award any honorable mentions or the best “botanical” photo award. All entries were automatically considered for these special awards. Awards were presented at the Boise City, OK Wildflower Workshop on June 5-6, 2009. Prizes will be mailed to those who could not be present. Many thanks to all our entrants for their lovely photos!

The winners for the 2009 ONPS Photo Contest are:

Category: Close Up

 1st place - Becki Sheets of Blackwell for her Mentzelia photo

 2nd place - Becki Sheets for her daisy fleabane photo

 3rd place - Tom McCreary of Oklahoma City for his basketflower photo

Category: Close Up, first time submission

 1st place - Richard Waters of Broken Arrow for his passionflower photo

 2nd place - Sandy Graue of Tulsa for her milkweed photo

 3rd place - Sandy Graue for her Monarda photo

Category: Habitat

 1st place - Becki Sheets of Blackwell for her Cholla habitat photo

 2nd place - Becki Sheets for her Coreopsis habitat photo

 3rd place - Tom McCreary of Oklahoma City for his 2 yuccas habitat photo

Category: Habitat, first time submission

 1st place - Sandy Graue of Tulsa for her cypress swamp habitat photo

 2nd place - Sandy Graue for her yucca habitat photo

 3rd place - Richard Waters of Broken Arrow for his foxtail grass habitat photo

Category: Ferns

 1st place - Tom McCreary of Oklahoma City for his fern photo

 2nd place - Becki Sheets of Blackwell for her fern frond photo

 3rd place - Tom McCreary for his emerging fern crozier photo

Category: Ferns, first time submission

 1st place - Richard Waters of Broken Arrow for his fern frond photo

The photos below are arranged in the same order as listed above.