PLACES & NATURE CATEGORY
1st Place
DANILO FARIA
Land of Inflatables
Honeybee Canyon - Within our group of friends, we have an ongoing joke that we carry inflatable saguaros with us in photo-shoots because we seem to find them in almost every composition in Southern Arizona. Yesterday was another one of these days, where we have plenty of inflatable placed perfectly with rainbows and unicorns, I mean lightning bolts…
DANILO FARIA
Land of Inflatables
Honeybee Canyon - Within our group of friends, we have an ongoing joke that we carry inflatable saguaros with us in photo-shoots because we seem to find them in almost every composition in Southern Arizona. Yesterday was another one of these days, where we have plenty of inflatable placed perfectly with rainbows and unicorns, I mean lightning bolts…
2nd Place
Dianne Slotten
The Wild, Wild West
Honeybee Canyon overlooking Big Wash and the Catalinas
This image harkens back to old westerns I watched as a child as I fantasized of being a cowgirl. Wide open spaces and rugged mountains framed by a stand of giant Saguaros capture the romance of the West which drew me to this area. I am awed that these places still exist...and right in my own back yard, in the heart of Oro Valley!!
Dianne Slotten
The Wild, Wild West
Honeybee Canyon overlooking Big Wash and the Catalinas
This image harkens back to old westerns I watched as a child as I fantasized of being a cowgirl. Wide open spaces and rugged mountains framed by a stand of giant Saguaros capture the romance of the West which drew me to this area. I am awed that these places still exist...and right in my own back yard, in the heart of Oro Valley!!
3rd Place
JOHN AMATO
Calliandra eriophylla
JOHN AMATO
Calliandra eriophylla
HONORABLE MENTION
DANILO FARIA
Hope
Under the rainbow during a storm chase over Honeybee Canyon.
DANILO FARIA
Hope
Under the rainbow during a storm chase over Honeybee Canyon.
HONORABLE MENTION
STEVE PRULL
Rainbow over Table Mountain
The summer monsoons resulted in a rich green carpet on the slopes of the mountain. By early September the end of the monsoon season seemed to be punctuated by a beautiful rainbow over the sunlit hills.
STEVE PRULL
Rainbow over Table Mountain
The summer monsoons resulted in a rich green carpet on the slopes of the mountain. By early September the end of the monsoon season seemed to be punctuated by a beautiful rainbow over the sunlit hills.
HONORABLE MENTION
MELANIE FRANZ
Saguaro Macro
Close up macro shot of a saguaro's spines in my neighborhood.
MELANIE FRANZ
Saguaro Macro
Close up macro shot of a saguaro's spines in my neighborhood.
HONORABLE MENTION
JAMES CAPO
Sonoran Night
Time exposure captures the motion of the stars moving in their circuit in the Sonoran night sky.
JAMES CAPO
Sonoran Night
Time exposure captures the motion of the stars moving in their circuit in the Sonoran night sky.
HONORABLE MENTION
SARAH KURKER
Contrast
My neighborhood, Circle in nature
SARAH KURKER
Contrast
My neighborhood, Circle in nature
ANIMALS & WILDLIFE CATEGORY
1st Place
MELISSA HARNISH
Purple Feather Splendor
Estates at High Mesa
The beautiful colors of this Costas Hummingbird in the bright sunlight is fanatstic!!!
MELISSA HARNISH
Purple Feather Splendor
Estates at High Mesa
The beautiful colors of this Costas Hummingbird in the bright sunlight is fanatstic!!!
2nd Place
DIANNE SLOTTEN
It's In His Nature
In my driveway in Hohokam Mesa, Oro Valley, AZ
With the safety of his nest nowhere in sight this plucky little explorer ventured on a solo expedition in our neighborhood. Sporting a brave mohawk and a confident expression he must have felt safe in his adventures on the clean streets of Oro Valley.
DIANNE SLOTTEN
It's In His Nature
In my driveway in Hohokam Mesa, Oro Valley, AZ
With the safety of his nest nowhere in sight this plucky little explorer ventured on a solo expedition in our neighborhood. Sporting a brave mohawk and a confident expression he must have felt safe in his adventures on the clean streets of Oro Valley.
3rd Place
JOHN AMATO
Crematogaster ants tending to Tachardiella fulgens lac insects on Coursetia glandulosa
Coronado National Forest, Oro Valley - Insects farming insects
JOHN AMATO
Crematogaster ants tending to Tachardiella fulgens lac insects on Coursetia glandulosa
Coronado National Forest, Oro Valley - Insects farming insects
HONORABLE MENTION
CHARLIE ALOLKOY
Have at Thee
288 E Southern Pines Dr, Oro Valley (my back yard) - I love sitting in my back yard watching the Costa's hummingbirds
CHARLIE ALOLKOY
Have at Thee
288 E Southern Pines Dr, Oro Valley (my back yard) - I love sitting in my back yard watching the Costa's hummingbirds
HONORABLE MENTION
KEVIN CORR
Get a Grip on it
My backyard in Oro Valley, near La Canada and Tangerine Rd - This bright red-headed hummingbird only showed a red head when it was turned a certain way in the light. It really caught my attention.
KEVIN CORR
Get a Grip on it
My backyard in Oro Valley, near La Canada and Tangerine Rd - This bright red-headed hummingbird only showed a red head when it was turned a certain way in the light. It really caught my attention.
HONORABLE MENTION
MELANIE FRANZ
Oleaceae 2
Canada Hills neighborhood - Image from my backyard of a hummingbird resting on an olive branch.
MELANIE FRANZ
Oleaceae 2
Canada Hills neighborhood - Image from my backyard of a hummingbird resting on an olive branch.
HONORABLE MENTION
JAN MAYER
Colorado River Toad
Catalina State Park - Luckily that day we visited the park, there was a living exhibit of desert reptiles. These toads are a summer phenomenon that are both auditory and bold in that they only appears as the summer rains do. Not to mention their incredible appearance
JAN MAYER
Colorado River Toad
Catalina State Park - Luckily that day we visited the park, there was a living exhibit of desert reptiles. These toads are a summer phenomenon that are both auditory and bold in that they only appears as the summer rains do. Not to mention their incredible appearance
HONORABLE MENTION
BILL SEMRAD
Busy bee in our front yard
The flower blossoms in our front yard were beautiful and I was trying to photograph hummingbirds but they
were not showing up so took a photo of this busy bee instead.
BILL SEMRAD
Busy bee in our front yard
The flower blossoms in our front yard were beautiful and I was trying to photograph hummingbirds but they
were not showing up so took a photo of this busy bee instead.
PEOPLE
1st Place
PAUL RICHARDSON
Capturing a masterpiece
Linda Vista Trail
PAUL RICHARDSON
Capturing a masterpiece
Linda Vista Trail
2nd Place
PAUL LIVINGSTON
Great Granddaddy
Honey Bee Canyon Park
PAUL LIVINGSTON
Great Granddaddy
Honey Bee Canyon Park
3rd Place
RHONDA ROYSE
A girl and her horse
Calle Concordia near La Canada
RHONDA ROYSE
A girl and her horse
Calle Concordia near La Canada
HONORABLE MENTION
DIANNE SLOTTEN
Walk a Mile in My Shoes
Honeybee Ridge looking over Big Wash towards the Catalina Mountains
DIANNE SLOTTEN
Walk a Mile in My Shoes
Honeybee Ridge looking over Big Wash towards the Catalina Mountains
HONORABLE MENTION
JANISE WITT
Phoenix Rising
Catalina State Park
JANISE WITT
Phoenix Rising
Catalina State Park
