Competition Results, 2024-2025: Nature-2

Below you will find all the information related to this competition. Congratulations to all the winners!

Thank you to the Competition Participants, Judges, and Club Volunteers who made this competition possible.

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Competition Chair:	Christopher Siou & Tom Hsiao

Judge #	Judge Name	Judge Club
Judge-1	Mark Girard	Richmond Hill Camera Club
Judge-2	Jonathan Ward	Toronto Digital Photography Club
Judge-3	Helene Ullock	Ontario Council of Camera Clubs

Below you will find the Best in Show image.

(Note the following abbreviations)

Abbreviation	Meaning
BIS	Best in Show
Top	Top or First Place Image
RU	Runner Up or Second Place Image
HM	Honourable Mention


Top - Zoology	Bonnie Cutten	Northern Gannets Nest Building (BIS)
Botany
RU	Steven Rosenblat	Fall Colours

General
RU	Spencer Estey	Northern Mojave
HM	Laurie Laturell	Web of the Rectangular Spider
HM	Brian Wilson	Birches on Ward's Island
HM	Ricardo Torres-moreno	Toronto Forest in the Fall
HM	Ivan Saltz	Grand Canyon at Golden Hour

Zoology
RU	Pat Gerada	Red-legged Grasshopper
HM	Bill Komar	Baltimore Oriole
HM	Laurie Laturell	Backyard Monarch
HM	Pat Gerada	Thread-waisted Wasp on Flower

Botany
Top - Zoology	Jean Liao	Singing Indigo Bunting

RU	Howard Weinberg	Turkey Tail Polypore Mushrooms
HM	Pat Antliff	Fern Frond Rhyzomes
HM	Tony Mandle	Wasp on Chicory Flower

General
RU	Connie Lee	Laguna Amarga
HM	Jean Liao	Ramah Bay at Torngat National park
HM	Carolyn Ireland	Humpback Whale Playground
HM	Radu Dinu	Sunrise at Carezza Lake

Zoology
RU	Stephen Dunn	Yellow Swallowtail Caterpillar
HM	Monica Dingle	12-spotted skimmer dragonfly
HM	Monica Dingle	Female Red Winged Black Bird
HM	Barb McArthur	Polar bear waiting at a seal hole

Top - Zoology	Ron Pearson	Ailanthus Webworm Moth on Tansy

Botany
RU	Mona Turnbull	Sonecrop, Bruce Peninsula
HM	Catalin Sandu	Dandelion and Common Blue Butterfly
HM	Ron Pearson2	European Columbine

General
RU	Scott Bennett	Torres del Paine
HM	Mona Turnbull	Mount Fitz Roy, Patagonia
HM	Andrew Wodzinski	Fitz Roy in Patagonia
HM	Christopher Siou	Cinque Torri Dawn

Zoology
RU	Doug Morris	Cheetah and Tobi Takedown
HM	Linda Rozen	Red Tailed Hawk with Prey
HM	Lawrence Bernstein	Siberian Ibex, Mongolia
HM	Pat Zuest	female grizzly on guard
HM	Terri Jankelow	Anhingas