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GBI Media Contest June 2024 Submissions

GBI Media Contest June 2024 Submissions

Artists frequently seek to capture nature in their work. And sometimes, nature does a pretty good job of creating its own art. Or so it seems, especially when we challenge our field personnel to find “Abstracts Shaped by Nature,” which was the theme of June’s media contest. Take for example our winner, Rosemary Austin, whose image of “Low Tide in Homer, Alaska” tops this page.

Keep scrolling to see more great submissions, presenting varying degrees of nature-made abstraction.

Elizabeth Buttram, Basin & Range Forestry, Wildlife Crew Lead, Springville, CA. “My crew was able to locate two California spotted owl young. They were in a F1 feather class, meaning they’re pretty young little fluffies!”
Amandine Barre, Research Associate, Camas NWR. “Silvery Blue”
Stephanie Wilker, Ecological Monitoring, Field Technician, BLM Carson City District Office. “This Great Basin collared lizard appears to be freshly painted, letting her spots and stripes dry in the sun.”
Philip DeHudy, Cultural Resource Services, Lead Museum Technician, Death Valley National Park. “Tucki Mountain and Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes under the full moon and a dust storm.”
Katie Russell, Research Associate, Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge. “Love the color contrast and focus of this photo of the ladybug on a scotch thistle.”
Lily Rice, Research Associate, Seed Collection Crew Technician. “Seeing the Mountain for the Trees.”
Katie Quinlivan, Research Associate, Native Seed Program, Reno FW office. “Close up of a Fritillary butterfly wing. Whether they serve to deter predators or to blend into an environment, the patterns depicted on insects are a fantastic display of the abstract in nature.”
Alex Schmidt, Research Associate, Seeds of Success, West Desert DUT0202. “In the West Desert, Empty or Viable, Heat has color.”
Shelby Blair, Research Associate, Lakeview, OR. “To some it was just wind to others it was pure destruction.”

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