Outdoors
Adult finalist: Sandhill cranes landing at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Don Caffrey
Adult finalist: On the Arkansas River in south Wichita
Rick McPherson
Adult finalist: “Nectar Lover”
Robert Herrington
Adult finalist: Canada geese returning to roost at sunset, Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Donald Tan
ADULT FIRST PLACE: “Bridge to the Past,” sits east of Concordia, and was photographed by Tim Passmore. He lives, and photographs, near Belleville in north-central Kansas.
Tim Passmore
Adult finalist: “Fall Fishing”
Christine Jackman
ADULT THIRD PLACE: Repeat contest finalist David Birmingham, photographed this “Bedded Fawn” last summer at Milford Reservoir.
David Birmingham
Adult finalist: “Kings”
Jim Jasnoski
Adult finalist: “Crawdad! It’s what’s for lunch”
Dallas Hewett
Adult finalist: Self-portrait, Milky Way
Mark Kreider
ADULT SECOND PLACE: Farmer/rancher Chaston Hoeme, of Scott City, likes to carry a camera when he’s on a horse, tractor, or just in his pickup. He got this silhouette photo of mule deer, called “Prairie Sunset” a few weeks ago.
Chaston Hoeme
Adult finalist: Bald eagle fishing the Mississippi River
Larry Williams
Adult finalist: Silhouette at sunrise
Ellen Garcia
Adult finalist: Eyes on the prize
Chuck Streker
Adult finalist: “Great Catch”
Debra Graber
YOUTH SECOND PLACE: “Lonesome Lake,” was photographed by Derby High School sophomore Sadie Davis at a friend’s farm near Rose Hill.
Sadie Davis
Youth finalist: “Fly on Vacation”
Paul Godmaire
Youth finalist: “Dove Hunt Sunset”
Samantha Johnson
YOUTH THIRD PLACE: Jonah Robson, 15, was looking for bald eagles with his grandfather at Cheney Reservoir when he photographed “Pelicans on a Cheney Night.”
Jonah Robson
YOUTH FIRST PLACE: Gunnar Stone, 11, and his father were near Eureka when he got this photo of a barred owl. The title, “Who Cooks for You,” refers to calls of the species.
Gunnar Stone
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