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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.

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

Ken Olsen of Palatine for “Tastes Like Chicken”
Color Birds

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”