With entries from across the globe, the youth winner in the Macros category of the Audubon Community Nature Center’s 2024 Nature Photography Contest came from Jamestown. “Purple Haze” was taken by Addison Becker of Jamestown.

Youth and adult photographers from across the country and around the world – as far away as Australia and India – submitted entries to Audubon Community Nature Center’s 2024 Nature Photography Contest.

Without knowing the names or hometowns of the photographers, judges reviewed all the contest entries to determine the Adult (ages 19 and older) and Youth (ages 8 to 18) judged winners and honorable mentions in the categories of:

– Macros and Close-up Details: Close-up shots of small things or close-up details of large things.

– Scapes: Landscapes, plantscapes, seascapes, weather, clouds, rainbow, mountains, ponds, or any view the photographer found beautiful.

– Wildlife: Any wild animal was acceptable, including birds, mammals, fish, snails, insects, etc.

Winners in the Adult category are:

– Macros or Close-Up Details – “Pollinated” by Christopher Baker, Madison, Ala.

– Scapes – “Waterfall Below Lena Lake” by Robert Nowak, Bothell, Wash.

– Wildlife – “Owl Babies” by Jamie Johnston, Woodland Park, Colo.

Youth winners are:

– Macros or Close-Up – “Purple Haze” by Addison Becker, Jamestown, N.Y.

– Scapes – “Courchevel” by Avni Puri, Dubai.

– Wildlife – “Coyote Pups Touching Noses” by Leo Dale, Sonoma, Calif.

Judged winners received $200 cash prizes, and their photographs will be on display at the Nature Center.

Receiving Honorable Mention in Adult Macros and Close-Up Details are:

– “Bluestriped Fangblenny” by Breanna Marshall, Gore Bay, Ontario.

– “Feeling Dande” by Michelle Steenburn, Jamestown, N.Y.

– “Lake Ice” by Robert Nowak, Bothell, Wash.

Adult Scapes Honorable Mentions went to:

– “Antarctica: Sea and Sky” by Katrin Waples, New York, N.Y.

– “Sentinels” by Robert Nowak, Bothell, Wash.

– “Sunrise Moonset” by Diane Bonnett, Jamestown, N.Y.

Adult Wildlife Honorable Mentions are:

– “Proud” by Diann C. Johnson, Port St. Lucie, Fla.

– “The Whole Clan” by Jamie Johnston, Woodland Park, Colo.

– “Tiptoeing Through the Tulips” by Lourdes Venard, Oak Harbor, Wash.

Youth Macros and Close-Up Details that received Honorable Mentions are:

– “Black Eyed Susan” by Gabby Congrove, Concord, N.Y.

– “Bloom Where You Are Planted” by Addison Becker, Jamestown, N.Y.

– “Regina the Flamingo” by Charlie Rovegno, Lakewood, N.Y.

Honorable Mentions for Youth Scapes went to:

– “Daisy” by Greyson Carvalho, Brighton, Colo.

– “Upper Falls” by Silas Porebski, Gerry, N.Y.

Youth Wildlife Honorable Mentions are

– “American Red Squirrel” by Alex York, Oshawa, Ontario.

– “As High as the Sky” by Suvir Reddy, Lewis Center, Ohio.

– “The Snail” by Addison Becker, Jamestown, N.Y.

Community Choice winners were those that received the most votes on the contest website. Each also received a $200 cash prize. “Clyde the Cardinal,” entered in Wildlife by Charlie Rovegno of Lakewood, New York, is the Youth Community Choice winner, and “Morning Beauty of Pond,” entered in Scapes by Catherine Faulk of Jamestown, New York, took the honors for Adults.

Money raised from the contest help support the more than 1,400 nature education programs ACNC offers annually throughout both New York’s Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties and Warren County in Pennsylvania.

Details of the competition and images of these and additional entries can be found at GoGoPhotoContest.com/ACNCPhotoContest2024. Background on the judges can be found under “About” on the 2024 Contest Winners page.