State Forest Photo Contest
Current Winners

The winning photographs below are for the Winter, 2011 entry period which ran January- March, 2012.

Submit photos for the Spring entry period (beginning April 1, 2012) by June 20, 2012.
Visit the State Forest Photo Contest page for details.

Winter 2011 Winner

Barbara Bowen has a keen respect for nature. She spends a tremendous amount of time outdoors not just enjoying it, but giving back to it.

“On October 1st, I set out to hike the 13 mile Citrus B loop of the Florida trail in the Withlacoochee State Forest.” Barbara told us. “The wildflowers were at peak here in the Sandhills and made for some interesting photographs. I stopped to photograph a swallowtailed butterfly on a nearby flower, when I noticed this colorful lynx spider sitting quietly on a wild buckwheat flower hoping I would not notice him. He was quite cooperative as he let me take several photos before moving off the flower.” Barbara used a Canon EOS 50D with a18-200 mm lens to capture this particular photograph.

These photographs received top photograph honors

for their respective categories...

Nature

Recreation

Artistic