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LMNA Photo Contest 2022

,Our thanks to all who submitted their fine images to our 2022 LMNA Photo Contest. As last year, there were five categories with a sub-division of professional and amateur class in each category. Rendezvous members could vote for their favorites on our Facebook page.

There were 27 entries altogether, 17 amateur and 10 professional. It was another fantastic offering for the Master Naturalists' image bank. Thank you!
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Wildlife Category
Professional
Winner Bette J. Kauffman
Runner-up Charles Paxton
Amateur
Winner Katherine Gividen
​Runner-up David Hoover
Unflappable
(12/15/21 Livingston Parish)
A thoroughly unimpressed Great Horned Owl by Katherine Gividen.
Amateur
For 2022 Photo Contest Wildlife, Bette J. Kauffman, professional, Red-Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus).
A Smooth Softshell turtle (Apalone mutica) surging ashore after its release into the Ouachita River, by volunteers with Professor John Carr of ULM. C.Paxton, Professional.
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Nature in Close-up Category
Professional
Winner Bette J. Kauffman
Runner-up Charles Paxton
Amateur
Winner Angelle Arata
​​​Runner-up 
David Hoover
Runner-up Troy Sampere


Bette J. Kauffman, professional, Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans)
Prickles. Troy Sampere, Amateur
David Hoover
Squirrel!!! 8-25-2021
Amateur
Two map turtles face to face in the tender clasp of the herpetologist who hatched them in his ULM incubators, Professor John Carr. The Mississippi Map turtle on the left with crescent behind the eye and Ouachita Map turtle on the right with an oblique marking. C.Paxton photo. Professional class.
Habitat Category
Professional
Winner Bette J. Kauffman
Runner-up Charles Paxton
Amateur
Winner Katherine Gividen
​​Runner-up Troy Sampere

​Runner-up David Hoover
Runner-up Angelle Arata

Habitat, Bette J. Kauffman, professional, title: Boudoir for a Beast
Adaptation
(04/17/21 Jefferson Parish)
The beauty of nature vs the drabness of man's progress.
Amateur
Tickfaw Tree Line 11/14/21. "The individual is to make what is beautiful"--Oscar Wilde. Amateur class.
Troy Sampere, The naked canopy. 2022. Bogochitto State Park. Amateur
David Hoover. 2022. Wishing for a fish. Amateur.
The water margin at Black Bayou National Wildlife Refuge offers visitors wonderful access to a swamp from its new boardwalk. C.Paxton. Professional class.
Artistic Category
Professional
Winner Bette J. Kauffman
Runner-up Charles Paxton
Amateur
Winner Katherine Gividen
​​Runner-up Troy Sampere

​Runner-up David Hoover

Naturalist Category
Professional
Winner Bette J. Kauffman
Runner-up Charles Paxton
Amateur
Winner Katherine Gividen
​Runner-up David Hoover
​​Runner-up 
Kimmie Paxton
​​Runner-up Troy Sampere


Dance of the Butterfly. Bette J. Kauffman, professional.
Industry. Panned shot of a young coyote running.
(01/24/22 East Baton Rouge Parish)
diligence in an employment or pursuit
steady or habitual effort.
Amateur
Dec 2021 Erosion and drainage. Fountain Bleu State Park. Amateu
Life Abounds by David Hoover. Amateur.
Fungi on a log with methane bubbles rising behind. A tranquil scene from Restoration Park, West Monroe. C.Paxton, Professional class.
 Bette J. Kauffman, professional, title: Bat Tree, caption: Jess Wright, Northeast Chapter, checks out a hollow tupelo tree for roosting bats.
Patience
(06/13/21 Cameron Parish)
Waiting for that perfect photograph of a Clapper Rail.
Amateur
A young naturalist releasing a Smooth Softshell (Apalone mutica) at Lazarre Park in Monroe, LA. K.Paxton, Amateur.
On With The Day, Troy Sampere. Amateur.
Kimmie Paxton enjoying the wonderful Russell Sage WMA. C.Paxton. Professional Class.
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