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40th Anniversary Photo Contest
Winning Entries

This year is the 40th anniversary of the Ohio Environmental Council. To commemorate the natural beauty of Ohio, we invited all Ohioans to submit their best photographs for a photography contest.

Category: "What Green Means to Me"

    First Place: Jennie Lambert, "Awakening"
    Runner Up: Sandy Adams, "Tall Trees with Leaves"
    Runner Up: Nina Harfmann, "Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle"



Category: "My Ohio"

    First Place: Michelle Murphy, "Bridge at Lake Isaac"
    Runner Up: William Dickinson, "Cleveland Sunset"
    Runner Up: Jennie Lambert, "Upper Falls - Old Man's Cave"



View all titles, photographers, and awards at the OEC's Flickr page.

Thank you to everyone who submitted photography and to our panel of judges for their time and effort.

Read about contest rules and prizes. Click here.

Questions? Contact Jennifer Doron at PhotoContest@theOEC.org or (614) 487-7506.

  













































  



What Green Means to Me


Excellence Awards

Sandy Adams
Happy Little Girl in Lake

Jennie Lambert
Solar Clothes Dryer

Carrie Williams
Growing
Her First Crop
Ripe

Rachel Reolfi
Butterfly on a Leaf

Benjamin Reynolds
Up the Tree


Merit Awards

Sandy Adams
Green Fields of Daisies

Cheryl Bach
Recycling

Nina Harfmann
Mullein Leaves-Small Spider
Teneral Pondhawk Dragonfly

Jennie Lambert
Green Flowers (Jack in the Pulpit)

Misty Laxton
Clearing at Calamus

Rachel Reolfi
It's Not Easy Being Green

Benjamin Reynolds
Lily Pads
Willowdale Lake Forest


My Ohio


Excellence Awards

Sandy Adams
Amish Man in Carriage
Rita's Road

Cheryl Bach
Colorado Potato Beetle

Bill Franz
Morning Sunflower

Nina Harfmann
East Fork Lake at Dawn
Lake Katharine Preserve

Jennie Lambert
Harvest
Lighthouse

Amy Maher
Red-Winged Blackbird

Rachel Reolfi
Fall Harvest in Ohio

Carrie Williams
A Favorite Place


Merit Awards

Sandy Adams
Canoe on the River

Barbara Berg
Reflections

William Dickinson
Lake Erie Sunset
Spring Trees

Bill Franz
Feeding Time
Pearl Crescent Butterfly

Nina Harfmann, Trumpeter Swans Killdeer Plains Lake

Josh Knights
Salamander Check Up

Misty Laxton
Blooming Blooms
Reflections
Walking with Dad

Rachel Reolfi
Beauty of Winter #1
Beauty of Winter #2

Benjamin Reynolds
Heart in the Forest
Off the Cliff
Shadowy Light

Carrie Williams
Exploring the Shore
Green Reflection