2022 Nebraskaland Magazine Photo Contest

March 17, 2023 NEBRASKAland Magazine

Best of Show

BEST OF SHOW – Wondrous Woodies
Photo by Roy Swoboda, Meadow Grove
@wild.focus.photography

With more than 3,500 entries submitted through Instagram, the 2022 Nebraskaland Magazine Photo Contest once again drew a record number of stunning images, forcing us to add an additional category, Invertebrates, to our perennial categories of Wildlife, Flora, Scenic and Recreation.

This year’s Best of Show winner, “Wondrous Woodies,” by Roy Swoboda of Meadow Grove, was taken on a slough near the Missouri River as dawn was breaking. “I love photographing in Knox County,” Swoboda said. “There are so many different landscapes and animals to photograph there. This pair slowly paddled toward me as I waited on the shoreline, a sliver of sunshine truly making the image for me.”

We thank everyone who participated and look forward to seeing more of your great photographs in next year’s contest.

Keep shooting.

Jeff Kurrus, Editor
Nebraskaland Magazine

Wildlife

FIRST PLACE – Three of a Kind
Photo by Rick Rasmussen, Doniphan
@rick_s_rasmussen

SECOND PLACE – Whitetail Watch
Photo by Connie Rathbun, Omaha
@rathbun2682

THIRD PLACE – Walking on Sunshine
Photo by Rick Rasmussen, Doniphan
@rick_s_rasmussen

Flora

FIRST PLACE – Celestial Purple Poppy Mallow
Photo by Tyler Moore, Omaha
@drtylermoore

SECOND PLACE – Fairy Lamp
Photo by Lynette Hahne, Lincoln
@dennishloose

THIRD PLACE – Water Droplet on Western Salsify Seed
Photo by Roger Richters, Utica
@rogerrichters

Scenic

FIRST PLACE – Chimney Rock – Spire to the Heavens
Photo by Jeffrey Z. Carney, Ashland
@carneyphotography1

SECOND PLACE – Magical Morning at Branched Oak
Photo by Lynette Hahne, Lincoln
@dennishloose

THIRD PLACE – Out of the Past
Photo by Rick Rasmussen, Doniphan
@rick_s_rasmussen

Invertebrates

FIRST PLACE – Close and Personal with a Paper Wasp
Photo by Sam Williams, Valentine
@pocket.macro

SECOND PLACE – Lasioglossum Cirque du Soleil
Photo by Tyler Moore, Omaha
@drtylermoore

THIRD PLACE – Bee on Coneflower
Photo by Roger Richters, Utica
@rogerrichters

Recreation

FIRST PLACE – Duck Blind Kiss
Photo by Joel Jones, Lincoln
@joel_bo_jones

SECOND PLACE – On the Fly
Photo by Derrill Grabenstein, Lincoln
@de_grabenstein

THIRD PLACE – Sunrise Toss
Photo by Jeff Mullinix, Columbus
@popupblindcompany

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