2019 Photo Contest Winners

Full size images of all the winning entries listed below can be seen in our photo gallery.

Animals

• 1st Place (tie) - "Evening Stroll"
  50 Acre Park Evergreen Park, IL
  Branch S-287 Laura Gibson-Kelly, Evergreen Park, IL
• 1st Place Place (tie) - "Bunny Raiding the Bird Feeder"
  Branch S-156 Diane Beem, Hubbard, OH
• 2nd Place (tie) - "Morning Dove with Baby Dove"
  Branch S-090 Marcel Szal, Inverness FL
• 2nd Place (tie) - "What's for Dinner Mom?"
  Branch S-233 Yvonne Vodzak, Pittsburgh, PA
• 3rd Place (tie) - "Peek"
  Foothills Highwood Mountains, Montana
  Branch W-001 Kenneth Siskoff, Great Falls, MT
• 3rd Place (tie) - "Birdwatchers"
  Great Grandson, Noah & Henry (cat)
  Branch S-202 Margaret Dintino, Campbell, OH
• 3rd Place (tie) - "How to Catch a Mouse"
  Granddaughter Olivia with Blackie & Stripes
  Branch S-627 Geraldine Wemhoff, Creston, NE
• Honorable Mention (tie) - "Partners in Crime"
  Oreo, Australian Sheep dog & Lollipop, crested Gecko
  Branch S-177 Lena Knapp, Palmyra, PA
• Honorable Mention (tie) - "Bat Dog"
  Sam in his 2018 Halloween costume
  Branch S-107 Marie Casciato, Clairton, PA

Architecture

• 1st Place - "Buoy Bliss"
  Thurston's Lobster Pound, Maine
  Branch S-524 Patty Freaney, Avon, OH
• 2nd Place (tie) - "Vancouver in the Morning"
  Vancouver, British Columbia
  Branch SZJH Celeste Tellier, Wakefield, RI
• 2nd Place (tie) - "Beautiful Skyline"
  Chicago, IL
  Branch Z-423 Natasha Kirchens, Lake Forest, IL
• 3rd Place - "Bridge to Nature"
  Appalachian Trail
  Branch S-035 Elaine Walters, Branchburg, NJ
• Honorable Mention - "Barn Billboard"
  Trumbull County, OH
  Branch S-557 Geraldine Valko, Orwell, OH

Flowers / Leaves / Trees

• 1st Place (tie) - "Reflection in God's Creation"
  Palestine Gardens - Lucedale, MS
  Branch W-013 Audrey Chromy, North Bend, NE
• 1st Place (tie) - "Queen's Wreath"
  Botanical Gardens, Naples, FL
  Branch S-141 Rose Marie Krulac, Solon, OH
• 2nd Place (tie) - "Daybreak"
  Muir Woods National Park, Muir Woods, CA
  Branch S-007 Judy Taylor, Bellbrook, OH
• 2nd Place (tie) - "Get Back to Your Roots"
  Michigan's Upper Peninsula
  Branch S-180 Noah Clements, Belmont, MI
• 3rd Place (tie) - "Nuts About Fall!"
  Buckeye Tree
  Branch S-161 Anastacia Viau, Baltimore, OH
• 3rd Place (tie) - "Meghan's Light"
  Telegraph Hill / East Chop Martha's Vineyard
  Branch Z-499 Kiera Ciolkos, Hadley, MA
• Honorable Mention - "The Old Homestead"
  Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT
  Branch W-001 Luke Siskoff, Lake Shakopee, MN
• Honorable Mention - "Pretty Pinchers"
  Berlin Center, OH
  Branch S-169 Kathleen Bach, Youngstown, OH

Lakes / Mountains / Waterfalls

• 1st Place (tie) - "An Emerald Jewel"
  Plitvkel Lakes, Croatia
  Branch S-410 Cindy Spinelli, Gettysburg, PA
• 1st Place (tie) - "Mt. Hood 2018"
  Oregon
  Branch S-452 Lynda Kujawa, St John, IN
• 1st Place (tie) - "Colter Bay Lake"
  Northern Grand Tentons National Park, Wyoming
  Branch S-180 Grace Clements, Belmont, MI
• 2nd Place - "Bryce Canyon Hoodoos"
  Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
  Branch S-522 Mark Summers, Hinckley, OH
• 2nd Place - "A Day in Coconino National Forest"
  Sedona, AZ
  Branch S-140 Maria Klementovic, Palmerton, PA
• 2nd Place - "Monument Valley Mitten"
  Monument Valley, AZ
  Branch W-093 Cora Adam, Edina, MN
• 3rd Place (tie) -"Morning Mist over Lake Moraine"
  Banff, Canada
  Branch W-018 Dennis Koubsky, Omaha, NE
• 3rd Place (tie) - "Mountains in Breckenridge, CO"
  Branch Z-488 Melissa Billger, Grand Rapids, MI
• Honorable Mention (tie) - "Anna Ruby Falls"
  Helen, GA
  Branch S-088 Marian Parker, Lakeland, FL
• Honorable Mention (tie) - "Half Dome"
  Yosemite National Park, CA
  Branch S-452 Irene Kusbel, Schererville, IN

Miscellaneous Nature

• 1st Place - "A Long Way Home"
  Traveling across the country on a train
  Branch S-066 David Holst, Henderson, NV
• 2nd Place - "Safe Harbor"
  Camden, Maine
  Branch S-035 Christina Diehl, Califon, NJ
• 3rd Place (tie) - "Musser Lane"
  Bellefonte, PA Branch Z-450 Victoria Parsons, Bellefonte, PA
• 3rd Place (tie) - "Flit"
  Henderson, NV
  Branch S-066 Diane Holst, Henderson, NV
• Honorable Mention - "The Ripple"
  Avon Lake, OH
  Branch Z-087 Serena Zinsmeister, Avon Lake, OH

Skies / Sunsets / Tropical

• 1st Place - "BRRR - It's Cold Outside!"
  Montana / South Dakota State lines
  Branch SZJO - Ronda Cordell, Camp Crook, SD
• 2nd Place (tie) - "Mackinac / Round Island Lighthouse"
  Channel of Lake Huron
  Branch S-590 Judith Figura, Pittsburgh, PA
• 2nd Place (tie) - "Paradise Found"
  Trunk Bay, St John, U.S. Virgin Islands
  Branch S-524 Mary Pike, Avon, OH
• 3rd Place (tie) - "The Moon"
  7/21/19 Taken with a Telescope & Camera
  Branch S-161 Kurt Lesnansky, Youngstown, OH
• 3rd Place (tie) - "Only God Can Make Skies Like This"
  Upper Hutt City, New Zealand
  Branch S-001 Joseph Moorman, Upper Hutt New Zealand
• Honorable Mention - "Double Rainbow"
  Pittsburgh, PA
  Branch S-424 Dorothy Dubina, Pittsburgh, PA

Overall Best Photo

• "In Honor of Bravery"
  Normandy, Omaha Beach - A French artist created this sculpture for the 60th Anniversary of D-Day
  Branch S-218 Claudia Thomas, Ft Wayne, IN

See all the winning entries.