2024 Photo Contest Winners - Professional Division

Professional Division Winning Photographs from the Friends of Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge 
2024 Annual Photo Contest:
​​ PROFESSIONAL Division: Animals Category
1st Place - "Mother and Cub" by photographer Charles Paxton
2nd Place - "Predator Approaching" by photographer Jon K. Guice
3rd Place - "Swamp Lizard" by photographer Monica Boudreaux
Honorable Mention - [none listed]
Honorable Mention -[none listed]
Professional Division:  Birds Category
1st Place - "Wise Old Owl" by photographer Monica Boudreaux
2nd Place - "Summer Tanager Song" by photographer Charles Paxton
3rd Place - [none listed]
Honorable Mention - "Can You See Me Now" by photographer Kathy Dage
Honorable Mention - "Coming in for a Landing" by photographer Monica Boudreaux
Professional Division:  Landscape Category
1st Place - "Grey Rat Snake and Louisiana Black Bear Claw-Marks" by photographer Charles Paxton
2nd Place - "A Path Less Traveled" by photographer Aaron Godair
3rd Place - "Through the Trees" by photographer Jon K. Guice"
Honorable Mention - "Bayou in Infrared" by Aaron Godair
Honorable Mention - [no other listed]
Professional Division: Micro/Macro Category
1st Place - "Ailanthus Webworm Moth on Boneset" by photographer Charles Paxton
2nd Place - [none listed]
3rd Place - [none listed]
Honorable Mention - "Fogged Lens" by photographer Aaron Godair
Honorable Mention - "Fork-tailed Bush Katydid by photographer Charles Paxton
Professional Division: People on the Refuge Category
1st Place - "Solitude" by photographer Jon K. Guice
2nd Place - "Shark on the Bayou" by photographer Aaron Godair
3rd Place - [none listed]
Honorable Mention - [none listed]
Honorable Mention - [none listed]
Professional Division: Plants Category
1st Place - "Ragwort Sunshine" by photographer Monica Boudreaux
2nd Place - "Lotsa Lotus" by photographer Kathy Dage
3rd Place - "Texture HPS @ 1600" by photographer Aaron Godair
Honorable Mention - "Ironweed in Bloom" by photographer Monica Boudreaux
Honorable Mention [no other listed]
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