Nebraskaland Magazine
Best of Show
BEST OF SHOW – Wondrous Woodies
Photo by Roy Swoboda, Meadow Grove
@wild.focus.photography
With more than 3,500 entries submitted through Instagram, the 2022 Nebraskaland Magazine Photo Contest once again drew a record number of stunning images, forcing us to add an additional category, Invertebrates, to our perennial categories of Wildlife, Flora, Scenic and Recreation.
This year’s Best of Show winner, “Wondrous Woodies,” by Roy Swoboda of Meadow Grove, was taken on a slough near the Missouri River as dawn was breaking. “I love photographing in Knox County,” Swoboda said. “There are so many different landscapes and animals to photograph there. This pair slowly paddled toward me as I waited on the shoreline, a sliver of sunshine truly making the image for me.”
We thank everyone who participated and look forward to seeing more of your great photographs in next year’s contest.
Keep shooting.
Jeff Kurrus, Editor
Nebraskaland Magazine
Wildlife
FIRST PLACE – Three of a Kind
Photo by Rick Rasmussen, Doniphan
@rick_s_rasmussen
SECOND PLACE – Whitetail Watch
Photo by Connie Rathbun, Omaha
@rathbun2682
THIRD PLACE – Walking on Sunshine
Photo by Rick Rasmussen, Doniphan
@rick_s_rasmussen
Flora
FIRST PLACE – Celestial Purple Poppy Mallow
Photo by Tyler Moore, Omaha
@drtylermoore
SECOND PLACE – Fairy Lamp
Photo by Lynette Hahne, Lincoln
@dennishloose
THIRD PLACE – Water Droplet on Western Salsify Seed
Photo by Roger Richters, Utica
@rogerrichters
Scenic
FIRST PLACE – Chimney Rock – Spire to the Heavens
Photo by Jeffrey Z. Carney, Ashland
@carneyphotography1
SECOND PLACE – Magical Morning at Branched Oak
Photo by Lynette Hahne, Lincoln
@dennishloose
THIRD PLACE – Out of the Past
Photo by Rick Rasmussen, Doniphan
@rick_s_rasmussen
Invertebrates
FIRST PLACE – Close and Personal with a Paper Wasp
Photo by Sam Williams, Valentine
@pocket.macro
SECOND PLACE – Lasioglossum Cirque du Soleil
Photo by Tyler Moore, Omaha
@drtylermoore
THIRD PLACE – Bee on Coneflower
Photo by Roger Richters, Utica
@rogerrichters
Recreation
FIRST PLACE – Duck Blind Kiss
Photo by Joel Jones, Lincoln
@joel_bo_jones
SECOND PLACE – On the Fly
Photo by Derrill Grabenstein, Lincoln
@de_grabenstein
THIRD PLACE – Sunrise Toss
Photo by Jeff Mullinix, Columbus
@popupblindcompany
