Audubon South Carolina Announces
Winners in
2012 Nature
Photography Contest
Audubon SouthCarolina is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Audubon South Carolina
Nature Photography Contest, co-sponsored by the Carolinas’ Nature Photographers
Association.
The contest invited photographers to capture the beauty of the natural
world at one of South Carolina’s two Audubon Sanctuaries: Francis BeidlerForest (Harleyville) and Silver Bluff(Jackson), as well as any other
natural habitat in South Carolina. Over 40 entries were submitted by
participants from across South Carolina.
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| Contest Winners - Nancyjean Nettles |
“BEST in SHOW Award” was won
by Raymond Colin Murray of
Charleston, SC, for “Taking Flight,” featuring
a Barred Owl flying directly toward the photographer.
First
Place, Wildlife: Catherine Miller (Charleston, SC) for “Parenting Pause”
First Place, Plant/Landscape: Mary
Presson Roberts (Tega Cay, SC) for “Leaf Reflection”
Second Place, Wildlife: Raymond
Colin Murray (Charleston, SC) for “Skimming the Shore”
Second
Place, Plant/Landscape: Sherry Schumann
(Monck’s Corner, SC) for “Autumn Walk”
Third place, Wildlife: Sparkle
Clark (Columbia, SC) for “Food for the Nestlings”
Wildlife:
Marian Davis (Columbia, SC) for “Sphinx Moth Caterpillar”
Third place, Plant/Landscape: Joanne Wuori (Columbia, SC) for “Spring Morning”
Plant/Landscape:
Mary Presson Roberts (Tega Cay, SC) for “Forest of
Green”
A generous anonymous donor provided cash
awards totaling more than $1,000 for the winners.
The winning photographs will be on display for
several weeks at the Summerville
Visitor Center
at
402 N. Main Street.
