OUTDOOR PHOTO CONTEST 2020 WINNERS
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OUTDOOR PHOTO CONTEST 2020 WINNERS
Here are the winners of this year’s OUTDOOR Photo Contest. Thanks to everyone who entered photos, and the judges for making such considered decisions. After careful consideration we hereby award the following:
Mike McDonnell, Boney Biker - Recreation
Mike McDonnell, California Quail - The Sheila Braden Memorial Award
Kevin Ayers, Malibu Creek Waterfall - Waterfalls, Creeks and Ponds
Steven Friedman, Chumash under Stars - Human History and Heritage
Kelly Colwell, Thousand Oaks - Landscapes
Peter Scifres, Man in front of Boney Mountain and Milky Way - Moonlight and Stars
John Lazo, Point Mugu Rocks - Coastline
Maria Sokor, Eschscholzia californica - Flora
Caleb Peterson, Calabasas Peak Trailhead - Sunsets
Sherry Ferber, Liberty Canyon spider web - Canyons and Valleys
Jessica Dyer, Coyote in Corral Canyon after the Woolsey fire - Fauna
Bryan Oldaker, View from Boney Peak - Geological formations
Jeanne Eby, Dew Covered Lupine Wood Canyon Trail - Monochrome
Michael Stadnick, Humboldt lily on the Newton Canyon Trail - HONORABLE MENTION (Flora)
Meg Hofner, Soft focus poppy - HONORABLE MENTION (Flora)
Jason Klassi, Owl be watching you above Santa Monica Bay - HONORABLE MENTION (Fauna)
Justin Yee, WINNER OF THE PORTFOLIO AWARD (Flora)
Congratulations must also go to the What’s In Your Backyard Category winners - included in the contest because for some time this year we all had to stay safe at home.
Sabine Vosskuehler for the image of a bobcat on her backyard wall - what a great capture!
Sundaram Perumal for the perfectly placed Spoonful of clouds. The judges all loved this perfect line up!
Honey Mack wins the OUTDOORS 2020 Young Photographer Award.
Check out our social media pages to get a glimpse of all these spectacular images that will now form the OUTDOORS Calendar 2021.
https://www.facebook.com/santamonicamountainsfund/
Twitter and Instagram @samofund
Honey, Sundaram and Sabine’s photos will not be in the calendar. But you’ll see them on social media.
Winners (and those that pre-ordered) will be mailed a copy of the calendar.
With the visitor center still being closed, the exhibition of photos is unlikely to take place.
Thank you all for your support and we hope the contest helped remind you of the beauty and diversity of the Santa Monica Mountains as well as your own backyard, particularly during this difficult time.
