Congratulations to Howard B. Cheek, Grand Prize Winner of The Nature Conservancy's 3rd Annual Photo Contest.
On this page, you'll find all of our 2008 Winners, Finalists and Honorable Mentions for the Best Nature Photo category. You can view all of the submitted images to this year's competition on our Flickr site. Join our Flickr group and share your nature photos with us!
2008 Grand Prize Winner
Howard B. Cheek
Kempner, Texas, USA.
Female Cardinal just before touching down at the birdbath's edge.
Finalist
2008 Runners Up
Patrick Smith
Pleasant Hill, California, USA.
Pinnacle Rock, Point Lobos State Park, California.
Finalist
David Moynahan
Crawfordville, Florida, USA.
Yellow-crowned night heron in mating plumage and posture.
Finalist
2008 Finalists
Torrey Trust
San Diego, California, USA.
Iceberg, Antarctica.
Finalist
John H. Wood
La Selva Beach, California, USA
High desert grasslands in El Prado, New Mexico.
Finalist
Durand Johnson
Layton, Utah, USA.
The Narrows of Zion National Park, Utah.
Finalist
Elliott Lee Hazen
Beaufort, North Carolina, USA
Wild male leopard on a termite mound in the Sabi Sands Reserve, South Africa.
Finalist
Robert Kuhn
Roswell, Georgia, USA
Burrowing owl couple, Sanibel Island, Florida.
Finalist
Jeanne Frasse
Seoul, South Korea.
From Shrine Ridge, looking west toward Holy Cross Wilderness in the distance, Colorado.
Finalist
Denise M. Silva
Aldie, Virginia, USA.
Sea iguana and rainbow crab, Galapagos Island, Ecuador.
Finalist
David Moynahan
Crawfordville, Florida, USA.
Water lily in cypress swamp, Apalachicola National Forest, Leon County, Florida.
Finalist
Shannon Switzer
Vista, California, USA.
After a vicious storm passed through, the sky lit up and set a surrealistic mood on Denis Island, Seychelles.
Finalist
Suranjan Mukherjee
Stafford, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
Athabasca falls in the afternoon, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Finalist
2008 Honorable Mentions
Sara Bombaci
Durango, Colorado
Honorable Mention
Rick Kearns
Pocatello, Idaho
Honorable Mention
Sriram Lakshminarayan
Flickr User
McGee Creek. Inyo National Forest, California, USA.
Honorable Mention
Alexey Galyzin
Kiev, Ukraine
Plitvice Lake, Croatia.
Honorable Mention
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Flickr User
Kebler Pass, Aspen, Colorado, USA.
Honorable Mention
Allen Maestas
Corrales, USA
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA
Honorable Mention
Kristin Castenschoild
Williamstown, New Jersey, USA.
Bryce Canyon, USA.
Honorable Mention
Jonathan Payne
Columbus, Georgia, USA.
Addo, South Africa.
Honorable Mention
Robert Stone
Schodack Landing, New York, USA.
Mountain Goats, Mount Evans, Colorado, USA.
Honorable Mention
Seung Kye Lee
Nordbyhagen, Norway
Asdoel Gorge, Norway.
Honorable Mention
Shivang Mehta
Delhi, India
Corbett National Park, India.
Honorable Mention
Trey Ratcliff
Flickr User
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
Honorable Mention
Seung Kye Lee
Nordbyhagen, Norway
Verdens Ende (End of the World), Norway.
Honorable Mention
John Chapman
Flickr User
Fledgling Male Costa's Hummingbird.
Honorable Mention
Seung Kye Lee
Nordbyhagen, Norway
Rondane National Park, Norway.
Honorable Mention
Robert L. Gard
Sand Springs, Oklahoma, USA.
Butterfly landing.
Honorable Mention
Trey Ratcliff
Flickr User
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
Honorable Mention
Shannon Switzer
Vista, California, USA.
Mahe Island, Seychelles.
Honorable Mention
William C. Reeves
Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Labyrinth Canyon Lake, Utah, USA.
Honorable Mention
Michael Knapstein
Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton, Wisconsin, USA.
Honorable Mention
Marsha Johnson
Layton, Utah, USA.
Arches National Park, Utah, USA.
Honorable Mention
Patrick Smith
San Francisco, California, USA.
Garrapata State Park, Big Sur, California, USA.
Honorable Mention
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