Winners of the 2009 Ontario Conservation Areas Photo Contest
Conservation Ontario is pleased to announce the winners of the Ontario Conservation Areas Photo Contest. We asked you to show off your favourite conservation areas and you certainly did. With over 600 contestants and more than 1000 eligible photos, judging was a daunting task.
There were so many excellent photos, representing the diversity of what Ontario’s Conservation Areas offer, the 7 judges laboured for hours over their selections.
Many thanks to everyone who entered the contest and who helped show off the best of Ontario’s Conservation Areas.
Now you can watch a short video showcasing some of the 2009 photo contest entries, as well as the honourable mentions and prize winners, or scroll below to see the winning photos, photographer names and locations!
First Place
Photographer: Travis Favretto
Conservation Area: Marks Bay, Sault Ste Marie Region Conservation Authority
Judges Comments: Beautiful composition… the sun being off-centre draws your eye across the whole photograph, great colours and quality of light with the mist, a very strong landscape photograph. I think this shot shows how beautiful and natural conservation areas can be, and I love the colours. This place looks so still and perfect. I would love to go there!
Second Place
Photographer: Chris Mayne
Conservation Area: La Vase Portage Conservation Area, North Bay Mattawa Conservation Authority
Judges Comments: Colours are spectacular and I like the sense of discovery/adventure/mystery from the canoeist perspective. Quintessentially a conservation area - canoe, fall, water. I could relate to it very easily and it represented conservation areas to me. Clear, beautiful composition.
Third Place
Photographer: Derek Dafoe
Conservation Area: H.R. Frink Outdoor Education Centre, Quinte Conservation Authority
Judges Comments: Nice composition, and technically a sound photograph, but I picked it mostly for the subject matter… it’s telling a story.
Honourable Mentions
Photographer: Derek Blake
Conservation Area: Valens Conservation Area, Hamilton Conservation Authority
Photographer: Douglas M. Kohnen
Conservation Area: Bruce's Caves Conservation Area, Grey Sauble Conservation Authority
Photographer: Tim Serneels
Conservation Area: Kelso Conservation Area, Conservation Halton
Photographer: Danny Benson
Conservation Area: Eau Claire Gorge Conservation Area, North Bay Mattawa Conservation Authority
Photographer: Rob Hanson
Conservation Area: Chippawa Creek Conservation Area, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
Photographer: Corrie White
Conservation Area: Rock Glen Conservation Area, Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority
Photographer: Lynn Strey
Conservation Area: Silver Harbour Conservation Area, Lakehead Region Conservation Authority
Photographer: Michaela Fotheringham
Conservation Area: Dundas Valley Conservation Area, Hamilton Conservation Authority
Photographer: Carol Magee
Conservation Area: Herber Down Conservation Area, Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority
Photographer: Douglas Ng
Conservation Area: Bruce's Mill Conservation Area, Toronto Region Conservation Authority
Photographer: Rob Hanson
Conservation Area: Chippawa Creek Conservation Area, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
Photographer: Delfin de Ramos
Conservation Area: Spencer Gorge Conservation Area, Hamilton Conservation Authority
Photographer: Lynn Strey
Conservation Area: MacKenzie Point Conservation Area , Lakehead Region Conservation Authority
Photographer: Brian Redquest
Conservation Area: Vanderwater Conservation Area, Quinte Conservation Authority
Photographer: Dan Fleury
Conservation Area: Sheffield Conservation Area, Quinte Conservation Authority
Photographer: Linda Baker
Conservation Area: Inglis Falls Conservation Area, Grey Sauble Conservation Authority
Photographer: Don Sankey
Conservation Area: Inglis Falls Conservation Area, Grey Sauble Conservation Authority
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