{"id":15086,"date":"2020-12-28T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=15086"},"modified":"2023-10-05T13:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T17:22:38","slug":"take-6-2020-photo-contest-winners-under-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-6-2020-photo-contest-winners-under-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 6: 2020 Photo Contest Winners, Under 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the passing of each year, we all grow a little older (though perhaps a bit more grateful than usual to be leaving this particular year behind). But the entrants to the Under 18 bracket of our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors<\/a> photo contest stay “forever young,” so how is it that their submissions keep getting better every year? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were blown away once again by this year’s slate of young photographers and their creative compositions. Here are the winners from each of the six categories: Birds, Mammals, Other Wildlife, Plants & Fungi, Landscapes, and People in Nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See these, the 18 and Over winners, and some terrific honorable mentions on the\u00a0photo contest\u00a0homepage, as well as the winners from past years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Common
Common Tern, Winner: Birds, under 18 \u00a9 Kieran Barlow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Fireflies
Fireflies and Star Trails, Winner: Landscapes, under 18 \u00a9 Will Draxler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Eastern
Eastern Cottontail, Winner: Mammals, 18 and over \u00a9 Christy Bomer-Norton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Grasshopper,
Grasshopper, Winner: Other Wildlife, Under 18 \u00a9 Deyan Kassev<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Winner:
Winner: People in Nature, Under 18 \u00a9 Siya Gunda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Pickleweed,
Pickleweed, Winner: Plants & Fungi, Under 18 \u00a9 Alexander Knight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the passing of each year, we all grow a little older (though perhaps a bit more grateful than usual to be leaving this particular year behind). But the entrants to the Under 18 bracket of our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest stay “forever young,” so how is it that their submissions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":15076,"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":[143,158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-contest-2","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/12\/LandscapesUnder6425Will_Draxler32659.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-3Vk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12198,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-2018-photo-contest-winners-under-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":15086,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: 2018 Photo Contest Winners (Under 18)","author":"Ryan D.","date":"December 31, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"There are a lot of talented young people taking beautiful nature photographs and we were lucky enough to have many of them submit their work to the 2018 Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest. 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