{"id":9763,"date":"2017-09-18T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=9763"},"modified":"2017-09-14T21:25:50","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T01:25:50","slug":"take-5-under-18-photo-contest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-under-18-photo-contest-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Youth Photographers"},"content":{"rendered":"

While we are amazed by many of the submissions to our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors<\/a> photo contest, we are always particularly impressed with the photographers in the Under 18 age category.<\/p>\n

These youth photographers demonstrate, year after year, that they have an eye for composition and a thirst to master the full range of photographic techniques. Sometimes a “fresh perspective” leads to dazzling creativity…and it’s hard to argue with the results! Here are five entries to past\u00a0photo contests from some very talented young photographers.<\/p>\n

Are you or someone you know a budding photographer? Enter our photo contest<\/a> today for a chance to win some great prizes and be featured in Mass Audubon’s Explore<\/em> member newsletter!<\/p>\n

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Photo by Joel Eckerson, 2015 Photo Contest Winner in “Birds – Under 18”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Photo by Nick Sarfaty Jackson, 2013 Photo Contest Winner in “Landscapes – Under 18”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Photo by Davey Walters, 2015 Photo Contest Winner in “Mammals – Under 18”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Photo by Brett Melican, 2015 Photo Contest Winner in “Other Wildlife – Under 18”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Photo by Jackson Kealey, 2013 Photo Contest Winner in “People – Under 18”<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 to master the full range […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":9780,"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-9763","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\/2017\/09\/OTHER_UNDER_3344Brett_Melican12225_fi.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-2xt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2042,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/calling-all-photographers\/","url_meta":{"origin":9763,"position":0},"title":"Calling All Photographers!","author":"Hillary T.","date":"April 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The 2013 Picture This: Your Great Outdoors Photo Contest is officially underway! 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