2004 Winners. PFBC Photography Contest

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1 2004 Winners Five judges selected first-, second- and third-place winners and one honorable-mention winner in the five categories of the 2004 PA Fish & Boat Commission Photography Contest. Competition was keen with 134 entries. First-, second- and third-place winners received a certificate, the limited-edition 2004 trout stamp patch and the limited-edition 2004 nongame species patches (yellow-phase and black-phase timber rattlesnake). Honorable-mention winners received a certificate and the limited-edition 2004 nongame species patches. Special thanks go to the judges: Commission Boating Safety Program Manager Dan Martin, Educational Media Services Manager Ted R. Walke, Southcentral Aquatic Resources Program Specialist Alice M. Stitt, Bureau of Fishing and Boating Resources Boating & Education staffer Sandy Patrick, and PA&B editor Art Michaels. Special thanks go to Sandy Patrick and staffer Marty Miller for assisting with the contest organization and winner notification. Winning entries may appear in future issues of PA&B and in other Commission publications, exhibits and projects. Winning entries also appear on the Commission s web site, Turn to page 36 to view the 2005 PA Fish & Boat Commission Photography Contest rules and entry form! Karl A. Schreiner Chambersburg Conococheague Creek Franklin County 30 Pennsylvania Angler & Boater March-April

2 Charles T. Evans Jefferson Hills Cucumber Falls on Cucumber Run Ohiopyle State Park Fayette County Honorable Mention: Melinda Remley Franklin East Sandy Creek Venango County Tobin Buddenhagen Debary, FL Delaware River Wayne County Pennsylvania Angler & Boater March-April

3 Family Fishing and/or Boating George Lindow Bridgeville Raymond Lindow Sr. with Raymond Lindow Jr. and a 25-inch northern pike French Creek Venango County 2004 Winners Michael S. Titus Wernersville grandfather and grandson ice fishing Struble Lake Chester County Richard VandeWater, Wexford, father and son fishing at Lower Hereford Manor Lake, Beaver County Honorable Mention: Edward P. Kowalski, Reading, brother and sister fishing at Marsh Creek Lake, Marsh Creek State Park, Chester County 32 Pennsylvania Angler & Boater March-April

4 Seasonal Fishing and/or Boating Edward P. Kowalski Reading ice fishing at Marsh Creek Lake Marsh Creek State Park, Chester County Michael S. Titus, Wernersville, ice fishing Struble Lake, Chester County Honorable Mention: Gerald L. Neal Harrisburg Stony Creek Dauphin County Rita Schaier Allison Park autumn steelhead fishing Walnut Creek, Erie County Pennsylvania Angler & Boater March-April

5 Young Anglers and/or Boaters Edward P. Kowalski Reading fishing and boating Marsh Creek Lake Marsh Creek State Park Chester County 2004 Winners Scott Robertson Reading Lin Robertson, age 6 Antietam Lake Berks County James Coslo Jr. Bellefonte youngsters fishing Sayers Lake, Centre County Honorable Mention: Nicole Faust, Reading, youngster with fish, Hopewell Lake, French Creek State Park, Berks County 34 Pennsylvania Angler & Boater March-April

6 Reptiles, Amphibians, Invertebrates Mary Carolyn Lefever Lititz bullfrog Robert Stiff Shavertown garter snake eating an eastern American toad Honorable Mention: Daniel E. Weeks, Pittsburgh, red-spotted newt Daniel E. Weeks Pittsburgh eastern American toad Pennsylvania Angler & Boater March-April

7 2005 The 2005 Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Photography Contest is intended to foster a greater appreciation for Pennsylvania s fishing and boating, and aquatic resources. Contest winners will receive a certificate, the limited-edition 2005 trout stamp patch and the limited-edition 2005 nongame species patch. Honorable mention winners will receive a certificate and the limited-edition year 2005 nongame species patch. Winning entries and honorable mentions may appear in a contest feature article in a future issue of Pennsylvania Angler & Boater. All entries may also be used elsewhere in the magazine, on the magazine s cover, in Commission publications, on the Commission s web site, and in Commission exhibits and other projects. The contest will run from March 2005 through December RULES The contest is open to amateur photographers (anyone who makes less than half one s annual income from taking and/or selling photographs). Commission employees and volunteers and their immediate family members are not eligible. Entries must be original works taken in Pennsylvania, and they must have been taken by the person entering the contest. Entries must also show adherence to Pennsylvania fishing and boating laws and regulations. In photographs, all boaters and anglers in boats must be wearing properly fitted, buttoned and zipped life jackets. Entrants are responsible for securing photo releases from identifiable subjects. Entrants may submit only mounted 35mm color slides, color prints in sizes 3 1 /2 x5, 4 x6, 5 x7, or 8 x10, or unmounted medium-format and large-format transparencies. All submissions must be in color no black-and-white photos. No mounted, over-matted, framed or glassed prints will be accepted. Retouched or electronically manipulated entries are not allowed. Please do not send negatives or digital files. Each photo must include the entrant s name, address, phone number, location of the photograph, species identification (if applicable), and category, in addition to a fully completed official entry form on this page for each category entered. Multiple submissions are allowed, but participants are limited to a total of two entries per category. The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission shall have the right to digitize and use all submissions for publishing, illustration, World Wide Web display, advertising, trade, exhibits and promotion, and in any other use in any medium for any purpose whatsoever without compensation. Winning entries (1st, 2nd or 3rd place) from previous Commission photography contests are not eligible. Entrants who want their materials returned must include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with the right amount of postage and appropriate packaging to safeguard materials. Submissions that do not include return envelopes and postage will not be returned. 36 Photo Contest Entry Form Complete this form with each entry and mail to: PFBC Photo Contest, PA Fish & Boat Commission, P.O. Box 67000, Harrisburg, PA The deadline for the Commission s receiving entries is December 31, Please Print Clearly Entrant s Name: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: (if available): Date: Signature: Categories 1. Seasonal Fishing and/or Boating (main focus on activity with seasonal backgrounds (snow, ice, fall leaves, etc.) 2. Family Fishing and/or Boating (emphasis on two or more family members) 3. Young Anglers and/or Boaters (main subject anglers or boaters less than 16 years old) 4. Fishing and Boating Resources (primarily waterway scenic emphasis) 5. Reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates (animal closeups or photos with the animals as the primary subject) I received this form from (check one): PA&B magazine the Commission s web site Photo dealer Other (specify) This form may be photocopied. Pennsylvania Angler & Boater March-April