Amateur Photography Contest

Winners 2009

Best in Show: "Male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird"-taken by Jerry Koons, Shallotte, NC

Color Rivers/Coasts

First Place: "Lone Tree"-NC Intracoastal Waterway-taken by Ron Jones, Leland, NC

Second Place: "Sunset on Okracoke Island"-taken by Sara Snyder, Sunset Beach, NC

Third Place: "Surreal Sunset"-Ocean Isle Beach-taken by Jack Kazmarski-Leland, NC

Honorable Mention: "Bait Boy"-taken by Brenda C. Birmelin, Oak Island, NC

Digitally Enhanced

First Place: "Greenfield in The Fall"-taken by Ron Jones, Leland, NC

Second Place: "Fishing at Sunrise"-taken by Terrah Hewett, Supply, NC

Third Place: "Follow the Leader"-taken by Russell J. Pendred, Ocean Isle Beach, NC

Honorable Mention: "Three Friends"-taken by Anne L. Pendred, Ocean Isle Beach,NC

Black and White Rivers/Coasts

First Place: "Taken Near Sunset Beach"-taken by David Keener, Shallotte, NC

Second Place: "Live Oak"-taken by Ellen Bieljeski, Ocean Isle Beach, NC

Third Place: "Still Waters"-taken by Chris Burch, Calabash, NC

Honorable Mention: "Another Day Gone By"-taken by Tina Cliff, Southport, NC

Color Wildlife

First Place: "Egret in Cyprus"-taken by Ron Jones, Leland, NC

Second Place: "Sunray Flight"-taken by Terrah Hewett, Supply, NC

Third Place: "Eyes  on the Frito Prize"-taken by David Keener, Shallotte,NC

Honorable Mention: "Pelican"-taken by Chris Burch, Calabash, NC

Black and White Wildlife

First Place: "Swan Song"-taken by Jerry Koons, Shallotte, NC

Second Place: "Egrets"-taken by David Keener, Shallotte, NC

Third Place: "Two Friends, Just Fishing"-taken by Dawn King, Oak Island, NC

Honorable Mention: "Copperhead"-taken by Danny "Tadpole" Hales, Supply, NC

Youth Category

First Place: "Flower & the Bee"-taken by Hannah Pearce, Southport, NC

Second Place: "Sunset at Sunset Beach"-taken by Jordan Wren, Southport, NC