{"id":1323,"date":"2012-11-27T09:17:09","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T13:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/blogs\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2012-11-27T09:17:09","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T13:17:09","slug":"and-the-winners-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/and-the-winners-are\/","title":{"rendered":"And the Winners Are&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1327\" style=\"width: 413px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/slideshows.massaudubon.org\/photos\/swfpopup.mg?AlbumID=26389939&amp;AlbumKey=G5BKPj\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1327\" class=\" wp-image-1327\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/11\/GrandPrizeKenLee_Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/11\/GrandPrizeKenLee_Small.jpg 448w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/11\/GrandPrizeKenLee_Small-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View a slideshow of all the winners.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This past April, we embarked on our third statewide photo contest. Once again, we asked for your images that\u00a0highlight people in nature and the beauty of Massachusetts wildlife and landscapes.<\/p>\n<p>We continue to be amazed by the quality and diversity of the photos that get entered each year. This, of course, makes our judging process all the more difficult.\u00a0That being said, after much deliberation, we narrowed down the field and are extremely pleased to announce the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/picturethis\/\" target=\"_blank\">winners of this year\u2019s contest<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, the winning photos will travel around the state and be exhibited at our different wildlife sanctuaries. The schedule should be on our <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/picturethis\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><\/strong> by the end of December.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the winners, and a huge thank you to everyone who entered.\u00a0And please, keep taking pictures of your experiences outdoors. After all, the 2013 contest is just around the corner!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Photo\u00a0\u00a9 Ken Lee, Grand Prize winner<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past April, we embarked on our third statewide photo contest. Once again, we asked for your images that\u00a0highlight people in nature and the beauty of Massachusetts wildlife and landscapes. We continue to be amazed by the quality and diversity of the photos that get entered each year. This, of course, makes our judging process [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-1323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-get-involved","tag-photo-contest"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-ll","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":1323,"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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But the entrants to the Under 18 bracket of our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest stay \"forever young,\" so how\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photo Contest&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photo Contest","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/category\/photo-contest-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fireflies and Star Trails, Winner: Landscapes, under 18 \u00a9 Will Draxler","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/12\/LandscapesUnder6425Will_Draxler32659.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/12\/LandscapesUnder6425Will_Draxler32659.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/12\/LandscapesUnder6425Will_Draxler32659.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/12\/LandscapesUnder6425Will_Draxler32659.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9763,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-under-18-photo-contest-winners\/","url_meta":{"origin":1323,"position":3},"title":"Take 5: Youth Photographers","author":"Ryan D.","date":"September 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"While we are amazed by many of the submissions to our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest, we are always particularly impressed with the photographers in the Under 18 age category. These youth photographers demonstrate, year after year, that they have an eye for composition and a thirst\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photo Contest&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photo Contest","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/category\/photo-contest-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Photo by Brett Melican, 2015 Photo Contest Winner in \"Other Wildlife - Under 18\"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/09\/OTHER_UNDER_3344Brett_Melican12225_fi.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/09\/OTHER_UNDER_3344Brett_Melican12225_fi.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/09\/OTHER_UNDER_3344Brett_Melican12225_fi.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12456,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-mirror-mirror\/","url_meta":{"origin":1323,"position":4},"title":"Take 5: Mirror, Mirror","author":"Ryan D.","date":"March 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"We all need time to pause for moments of reflection. Why not \"take five\" and reflect on these five photos of wildlife and their mirror images? They might just have you seeing double... These photos were all submitted to our annual\u00a0Picture This: Your Great Outdoors\u00a0photo contest. 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