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2022 Winning Photos

25th Annual Photo Contest Friends of Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Congratulations to Mr. Jon Guice on receiving the
"Charlie Heck Best of Show" award with the photograph entitled "Speared". 
Congratulations to ALL participants, and thanks for sharing your amazing phtographs!  
   

PDF Gallery/Powerpoint of ALL photos (all entries received)>>  This is a VERY large file, so depending upon your internet connection, ​it could take a while to show on your screen. 
Winning Photographs in each Division are shown here:
  • Amateur>>
  • Professional>>
  • Youth>>
Photograph named
 

Alligator Reflection by Ani Girey 1st Place in 2022 Amateur Wildlife Photo Contest friendsofblackbayou.org
Click on the photo to see ALL the winning photos in the Amateur Division.
Amateur Division 
​(any person who has never charged for or been paid for his/her photographs)
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Amateur Division - Wildlife Category
1st Place: “Alligator Reflection” by Ani Girey
2nd Place: “Hidden Hunter” by Camila Iansen Irion
3rd Place: “She’s Got a Ticket to Ride” by Billy Hornbuckle
Honorable Mention: “Bogart” by Billy Hornbuckle
Honorable Mention: “Alligator Baby with Alligator Mama” by Ani Girey


Amateur Division - Birds Category
1st Place: “Cajun Ballet” by Billy Hornbuckle
2nd Place: “Anhinga” by Janet Knott
3rd Place: “When the Hunter Becomes the Hunted” by Jon Guice
3rd Place: “When the Hunter Becomes the Hunted” Jon Guice


Amateur Division - Scenic Category
1st Place: “Sunset at Black Bayou” by Ani Girey
st Place: “Sunset at Black Bayou” Ani Girey
Honorable Mention: “June Sunset” Janet Knott
Honorable Mention: “Golden Bayou” Janet Knott
Honorable Mention: “October Sky” Janet Knott


Amateur Division - People on Refuge Category
1st Place: “First Visit Fun” Jon Guice

Amateur Division - Micro/Macro Category
1st Place: “Bayou Queen” Camila Iansen Irion
2nd Place: “Looks Like Watermelon” Philip Heartburg


Amateur Division - Plants Category
1st Place: “Summer Flowers” Janet Knott
2nd Place: “Lily of the South” Billy Hornbuckle
Honorable Mention: “Cain” Billy Hornbuckle
Alligator Come a Little Closer by Kathy Dage
Click on the photo to see ALL the winning photos in the Professional Division
Professional Division 
​(any person who has, at any time, charged for or been paid for his/her photographs)
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Professional Division - Wildlife Category
1st Place: “Come a Little Closer” Kathy Dage
Honorable Mention: “Table for Five” Kathy Dage
Honorable Mention: “Green” Srdjan Marjanovic


Professional Division - Birds Category
1st Place: “Green Heron Snacking” Charles Paxton
2nd Place: “Be the Tree” Kathy Dage


Professional Division - Scenic Category
1st Place: “Autumn is a Second Spring” Srdjan Marjanovic

Professional Division - Micro/Macro Category
1st Place: “Lovely Lashes on this Tiny Fungus” Charles Paxton
Honorable Mention: “In a Microcosm” Charles Paxton


Professional Division - Plants Category
1st Place: “Red and Yellow” Srdjan Marjanovic
2nd Place: “Good Day Sunshine” Kathy Dage
Honorable Mention: “Light in the Shadows” Kathy Dage
Move Over by Lexi Harper - winning photograph of Turtles on a Log
Click on the photo to see ALL the winning photos in the Amateur Division
Youth 
​(any person 16 years old or younger)

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Youth Division - Wildlife Category
1st Place: “Move Over” Lexi Harper
2nd Place: “Watching” Evan Harper
Honorable Mention: “The Lookout” Evan Harper
Honorable Mention: “This is My Lunch” Lexi Harper
Honorable Mention: “Waiting” Lexi Harper


Youth Division - Birds Category
1st Place: “Do I Have Something on My Bill?” Lexi Harper
2nd Place: “My Good Side” Evan Harper
Honorable Mention: “Getting My Ducks in a Row” Lexi Harper
Honorable Mention: “King of the Bayou” Lexi Harper


Youth Division - Scenic Category
1st Place: “Adventure Awaits” Lexi Harper
2nd Place: “Wonder What is Hiding Underneath” Evan Harper
Honorable Mention: “Ending” Lexi Harper


Youth Division - Micro/Macro Category
1st Place: “Follow the Path” Lexi Harper
2nd Place: “Stuck on You” Kennedy Powell
3rd Place: “Resting Dragonfly” Taylor Atkins
Honorable Mention: “Creepy” Lexi Harper


Youth Division - Plants Category
1st Place: “Pretty & Pink” Evan Harper
2nd Place: “Dew Drops” Lexi Harper
Honorable Mention: “Wow” Evan Harper
Honorable Mention: “Kissed by the Sun” Evan Harper
Honorable Mention: “Sunshine” Lexi Harper
Honorable Mention: “Mad Hatter” Lexi Harper

Thank you to each and every photographer who took a photo and submitted it to the 2022 Photo Contest.  Your submission is an important part of helping conserve wildlife.  Through the years, photos help show the ebb and flow of life as time changes the refuge.  Whether your photo is listed here as a "winning photo" or not, your photography at a refuge makes you a WINNER!  
Friends of Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge Officers 2021-2022
President: Vernon Wells
President-Elect:  Joydeep Bhattacharjee
Treasurer: Anna Hill
Membership Secretary: Mark Elliott
Archivist: Kimberly Paxton
Recording Secretary:
Kimberly Paxton
Education Director: Clair Calhoun Roane
Nature Shop Director: Ann Smith

At-Large Board Members: Leslie Calhoun, Anirudh Girey, Becky Hamm, Ron Hiltz,  
Suzanne Laird-Dartez, Sheila McCormick, Charles Paxton, Christian True

Erin Cox - USFWS Liasion
Contact the Visitor Center at 318-387-1114 for more information.
Physical Location of the Visitor Center is located at 480 Richland Place, Monroe, Louisiana (no mail)
Mailing Address: Friends of Black Bayou Lake NWR, Post Office Box 9241, Monroe LA 71211-9241
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