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Best of Nature
The Ordover Gallery at the San Diego Natural History Museum would like to thank everyone who submitted their work to the jurying process for the Best of Nature Photography Show. Two hundred photographers submitted a thousand images. Judging was very difficult as there were so many extraordinary entries, yet only space to hang 72 photographs.
We would like to congratulate the following photographers whose work has been juried into the Best of Nature Photography Show 2012. (Listed by last name, then first name, then image title.)
The prize-winning images were chosen by Abe Ordover when the show was hung. The winners were announced at the opening reception on Saturday, January 21, in the fourth floor gallery at the Museum and noted in the list below. The show will be on view January 9, 2012–May 13, 2012.
| Last Name | First Name | Images Selected |
|---|---|---|
| Abulafia | Lewis | Leopard & Impala, Rhino Family |
| Baer | Monica | Snuggle Time, Mr. Murray |
| Barr | Daniel | Milky Way Rising |
| Barton | Carrie | Good Light in the Badlands |
| Boches | Joel | #2 Two Frogs on a Log |
| Brock | Beverly | Two Are Better than One |
| Browne | Meredith | Anhinga and Turtle |
| Chin | Kathy | Building a Future |
| Corte | Ernesto | Bison |
| Dolde | Doug | Crazy About Aspens |
| Dozier | Doug | Bumblebee Taking Flight |
| Drawbridge | Mark | The Crossing |
| Eilenberg | Steve | Green Shag and Friend |
| Elmore | Vern | Handsome Prince, American Coot: Newborn |
| Fallows | Chris | Piscine Gladiator, Light Upon the Chosen Ones, Showered in Gold (Honerable Mention) |
| Ford | John | Death Valley Dune |
| Fritsch | Charles | Feed Me |
| Furber | Julie | Almost Winter |
| Gilchrist | Jason | Contentment |
| Hightree | Glenn | Yosemite Valley View |
| Hjelle | Linda | Acorn Woodpeckers |
| Iannuzzi | Guy | Mosquito in Amber |
| Jiang | Hao | Rocks in the Mist |
| Johnson | John Connolly | Silver Strand |
| Kolden | Kitty | Poetry in Motion |
| Langerman | Steven | Huddled Mushrooms |
| Lawson | William | Potholes in Surf (Honorable Mention) |
| Lusby | Ed | Great Blue Heron Landing, Backlit Hoodoo |
| Marciariello | James | The Transformation |
| Minshell | Doug | Surfacing Cayman Green Sea Turtle |
| Mitchum | Jeff | Three Brothers, The Man |
| Mercieca | Anthony | Eastern Screech Owl & Young (Honorable Mention) |
| Montrose | Louis | Karst Landscape #1 (First Place) |
| O’Riley | Christine | Reflection of an Egret (2nd Place), Fishing Bald Eagle, Great Grey Owl (Honorable Mention) |
| Otsubo | Lee | Mobius Arch at Night |
| Parks | Bob | Antlion: Parallel Dimension |
| Radjainia | Mazdak | Too Big to Fail |
| Roudebush | Janice | Wickflow Falls (Honorable Mention) |
| Royal | Monica | The Frost, Dahlia |
| Shane | Mike | Cat-tivated |
| Short | Rex | Sands of Time |
| Short | Virginia | Red Lechwe Leaping, Sandhills in Flight |
| Slaybough | Ryan | Echo Canyon |
| Smith | Leif | Dancing Waves |
| Sokol | Phil | Lionfish |
| Stuart | Eva | Glitter; Chimp Mother To Be, Hanna, a Nursing Elephant |
| Suckichi | Irene | The Power of Ten |
| Tartar | Marie | Bubble Coral Shrimp, Peek-a-boo |
| Vogt | Sally Reis | Dripping Dogwood |
| Walpole | Cynthia | Green-Crowned Brilliant, Purple-Throated Mountain Gem (Grand Prize) |
| Whitbeck | Priscilla | Bee in Flight |
| White | Brian | Bristlecone under the Milky Way |
| Zaslove | Mara | Rivulets |
| Zelasko | Sandy | Bighorn Battle, Up a Tree (3rd Place), Dusty, Fox Walking |
| Zuercher | Gary | Dappled Light |