2024 Photo Contest Results
Results are in from the 2024 Annual Photo Contest of Friends of Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge, and the winning photos have been selected! Congratulations to each and every photographer who entered the contest, and Congratulations to each and every photographer who participated! Seeing the moments in time captured by your camera is a delight! Thank you for sharing your amazing photographs.
2024 Best of Show: Charlie Heck Memorial Best of Show
“Target in Sight" by photographer Kathy Dage
2024 Best of Show Winning Photo "Target in Sight" by Kathy Dage
Ribbon-Winning photographs, with the titles chosen by the photographer, are shown below, in the divisions specified by the 2024 Photo Contest Rules. Enjoy exploring nature as you view the Ribbon-Winning Photographs in each Division.
Amateur Division
Amateur Division
(any person who has never charged for or been paid for his/her photographs)
Click the photo to see all the Amateur Division Winners
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Professional Division
Professional Division
(any person who has, at any time, charged for or been paid for his/her photographs)
Click this photo to see all the Professional Division Winners
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Youth Division Youth Division
(any person 16 years old or younger)
Click this photo to see all the Youth Division Winners
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To be considered in the contest, each and every photo had to be taken at "North Louisiana Refuges Complex" which includes:
- Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge,
- D’Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge,
- Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge,
- Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge, and
- Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge.
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION INCORRECT. Our volunteers have made all efforts to attribute each photo properly, and get all the names and titles correct. BUT we are humans, and if we missed something or made an error, we want to know. Please email any corrections to [email protected] and let us know what needs correction. It will be helpful to have the words "PHOTO CREDIT CORRECTION" in all caps in the subject line of your email. THANKS for helping us get it right!
FoBB board member Leslie Calhoun was chair of the contest this year, with assistance from Kimberly Paxton and Ann Bloxom Smith. Judges were three professional photographers who evaluated the entries in youth, professional, and amateur divisions.
All the first-place photos will be printed and displayed in the Refuge Visitor Center at the Fall Celebration, on Saturday, October 19, 2024 from 10 am-1 pm. The ribboned photos will also be displayed as a slide show in the Visitor Center.
FoBB board member Leslie Calhoun was chair of the contest this year, with assistance from Kimberly Paxton and Ann Bloxom Smith. Judges were three professional photographers who evaluated the entries in youth, professional, and amateur divisions.
All the first-place photos will be printed and displayed in the Refuge Visitor Center at the Fall Celebration, on Saturday, October 19, 2024 from 10 am-1 pm. The ribboned photos will also be displayed as a slide show in the Visitor Center.
Thank you to each and every photographer who took a photo and submitted it to the 2024 Photo Contest. Your submission is an important part of helping conserve wildlife. Through the years, photos can 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! Congratulations to All!
