Winning wildlife images on display at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences
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January 19 , 2007
RALEIGH -- Thirty-one award winning pictures from the second annual Wildlife in North Carolina Photo Competition will be on display through March 31, 2007, at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh. Sponsored by the Museum and Wildlife in North Carolina magazine, the competition is a stateside version of the international Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition, produced by BBC Wildlife magazine and the Natural History Museum of London.
Nate Bachelor, a Morehead City native currently working on his PhD in zoology through NC State University, dominated the 2006 competition, winning five awards including the grand prize for his shot of a storm petrel skipping across the Gulf Stream waters off Hatteras. Other category winners include Gene Furr of Raleigh (Reptiles & Amphibians), Lane Richardson of Chapel Hill (Peaks, Valleys & Plains), Paul Wagner of Cary (Animal Behavior) and Margaret Malone of Apex (Youth Photographer 12 & Under).
In the second year the competition has been held, 1008 photographers entered a total of 5133 photographs, including more than 140 young photographers in the two youth categories. Open to amateur and professional photographers alike, the competition is intended to encourage high-quality nature photography and to identify talented wildlife photographers working in North Carolina. Only photographs taken in North Carolina during the past five years were eligible. The 31-image exhibit, currently on display outside the Museum’s Naturalist Center on the fourth floor, will travel across the state in 2007.
Judges for the competition were selected for their experience in producing or choosing superior photography. Vickie Cumbee is art director and Melissa McGaw a photographer for Wildlife in North Carolina magazine. Mike Dunn provides numerous photographs for the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, where he is coordinator of teacher education. Marine biologist and professional wildlife photographer Todd Pusser is a 2005 category winner in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Jon Hansen is photo editor for the Features department at The News & Observer of Raleigh.
Corporate contributors were Great Outdoor Provision Co. and J.W. Photo Labs of Raleigh. Winning photographs can also be viewed at www.ncwildlife.org or in the January 2007 issue of Wildlife in North Carolina magazine.
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, in downtown Raleigh, documents and interprets the natural history of the state of North Carolina through exhibits, research, collections, publications, and educational programming. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9 am to 5 pm, and Sun., noon to 5 pm. Admission is free. Visit the Museum on the Web at naturalsciences.org. The Museum is an agency of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, William G. Ross Jr., Secretary.
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