NATURE'S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY 2007

Grand Prize Winner
Burchell’s Zebras
Equus quagga burchellii
Makgadikgadi Pans, Kalahari Desert, Botswana
Richard du Toit, Johannesburg, South Africa

Wildlife Winner
Bull Bison
Bison bison
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Steve Hinch, Yellowstone, Wyoming, USA

Landscape Winner
Fly Geyser
Fly Ranch, Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA
Rodney Lough, Happy Valley, Oregon, USA

Art in Nature Winner
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulata
Sterne Park, Littleton, Colorado, USA
Russ Burden, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA

Animal Antics Winner
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Steve Hinch, Yellowstone, Wyoming, USA

Birds Winner
Snowy Egrets
Egretta thula
Sanibel Island, Florida, USA
Fabiola del Alcazar, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Oceans Winner
Dwarf Minke Whale
Balaenoptera sp.
Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Jürgen Freund, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

People in Nature Winner
Photographer and Goliath Grouper
Epinephelus itajara
Jupiter, Florida, USA
Michael Patrick O’Neill, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

Plant Life Winner
Lapland Forest
Stora Sjöfallet National Park, Sweden
Verena and Georg Popp, Vienna, Austria

Zoos and Aquariums Winner
Kodiak Bear
Ursus arctos middendorffi
Buffalo Zoo, Buffalo, New York, USA
Terry Ross Cervi, Kenmore, NewYork, USA

Endangered Species Winner
Mountain Gorilla
Gorilla beringei beringei
Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
Rita Summers, Parker, Colorado, USA

Environmental Issues Winner
Florida Manatee
Trichechus manatus latirostrus
Crystal River, Florida, USA
John Johnson, Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA

Youth Winner
Sea Lion and Pup
Zalophus californianus wollebacki
Española Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Eddie Schermerhorn, age 15, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Camera Club Winner
Mile High Wildlife Photography Club
Denver, Colorado, USA
Oxpecker and Cape Buffalo
Buphagus erythrorhynchus and Syncerus caffer
Hluhluwe Game Reserve, South Africa
James O. Hager, Denver, Colorado, USA

Backyard Habitat Winner
Orange-crowned Warbler
Vermivora celata
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Robert Goodell, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Creative Digital Winner
Green Iguana
Iguana iguana
Saint Cloud, Florida, USA
Michael D. Kern, Palo Alto, California, USA