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2020-2021 Photo Contest
The winning photos are on display in the visitors center.  Awards will be presented on February 27th at our Breaking up Winter celebration.

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Both Bests-of-Show – People’s Choice AND Judges’ Award

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Ken Olsen of Palatine for “Tastes Like Chicken”

Color Birds

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1st       Ken Olsen of Palatine for “Tastes Like Chicken”

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2nd       Sari Nienaber of Lexington, Kentucky for “Snow Day”

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3rd       Paul McFadden of Crystal Lake for “An Eye for Pink”

Black and White Animal

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1st       Stacey Greenhill of Wheeling

for “Double Vision”

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2nd       Michael Schmitt of Grayslake

for “Great Egret”

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3rd       Michael Schmitt of Grayslake

for “McHenry Dam Eagle”

Black and White Plant and Landscape

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1st      Michael Schmitt of Grayslake

for “Dew Drops”

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2nd       Anthony Roma of Gurnee

for “Inside the Overhang”

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3rd       Anthony Roma of Gurnee

for “Bond Falls”

Color Landscape

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1st       Deanna Moran of Lake Barrington for “Touched by a Rainbow”

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2nd       John Berwanger Winnetka of

for “Autumn Reflections”

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3rd       Paul McFadden of Crystal Lake

for “Sun Smoke”

Color Vertibrates

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1st        Paul McFadden of Crystal Lake

for “Like a Vacuum Cleaner”

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2nd       Stacey Greenhill of Wheeling

for “Peek-a-Boo”

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3rd       Stacey Greenhill of Wheeling

for “Unhappy Model”

Color Plant

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1st       Sari Nienaber of Lexington, Kentucky for “Blue-eyed Mary”

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2nd        Deanna Moran of Lake Barrington for “Pink Lady’s Slipper”

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3rd       Bob Remedi of Gurnee for “Trillium”

Macro

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1st        Michael Schmitt of Grayslake

for “Common Lomatium”

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2nd        Anonymous photographer

for “Lilliputian Autumn”

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3rd       John Berwanger of Winnetka for “Berry Refractor”

Fungus

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1st    James Hojnacki of Hoffman Estates for “Jack-o-Lantern”   

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2nd      Deanna Moran of Lake Barrington for “Be Still and Rest”

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3rd       Stacey Greenhill of Wheeling

for “Small World”

Beyond the Midwest

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1st    Michael Schmitt of Grayslake

for “Florida Great Egret”   

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2nd      James Hojnacki of Hoffman Estates for “Yellowstone Sunrise”

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3rd       Anthony Roma of Gurnee

for “Death Valley Wild Horses”

Color Invertebrates

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1st   Michael Schmitt of Grayslake

for “American Rubyspot”  

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2nd      James Hojnacki of Hoffman Estates for “Yellowstone Sunrise”

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3rd       Anthony Roma of Gurnee

for “Death Valley Wild Horses”

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