{"id":12253,"date":"2019-01-29T10:06:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T15:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=12253"},"modified":"2019-01-29T10:05:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T15:05:10","slug":"take-5-2018-photo-contest-honorable-mentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-2018-photo-contest-honorable-mentions\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: 2018 Photo Contest Honorable Mentions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This year, more than 4,000 images were submitted in the Mass Audubon Picture This: Your Great Outdoors<\/a><\/em> photo contest\u2014another record year! It wasn’t easy to determine the winners with so many incredible entries, but thankfully we always allow for a handful of Honorable Mentions outside of the main categories so we can highlight some of our favorites that just barely missed the cut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are five Honorable Mentions that we loved from the 2018 photo contest. See all of the winners and runners-up<\/a> on our website and get some tips for capturing a winning photo<\/a> for next year’s contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Indigo
Indigo Bunting \u00a9 Amy Powers-Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Lighthouse
Lighthouse \u00a9 Jason Taylor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Orange
Orange Bluet Damselfly \u00a9 Sherri Vanden Akker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Red
Red Eft \u00a9 Anna Mitchell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\u00a9
\u00a9 Melissa Knowles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year, more than 4,000 images were submitted in the Mass Audubon Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest\u2014another record year! It wasn’t easy to determine the winners with so many incredible entries, but thankfully we always allow for a handful of Honorable Mentions outside of the main categories so we can highlight some of our favorites that just barely missed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":12277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[83,84],"class_list":["post-12253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-take-5","tag-photo-contest","tag-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/01\/2795Amy_PowersSmith22956_750.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-3bD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11678,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-photo-contest-winners-last-chance-to-enter\/","url_meta":{"origin":12253,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Past Photo Contest Winners","author":"Ryan D.","date":"September 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"FINAL CALL: September 30 is the last day to submit your nature and wildlife photography to the 2018 Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest. 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