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2006 Photo Contest Gallery
Congratulations to 2006 Amateur Photography Contest Honorable Mentions!
Least Tern Male Presents Fish
to Female as Courtship Ritual
Huntington Beach State Park
Hal Beral
Clapper Rail
Back Bay Reserve
Hal Beral
"Fish Tale"
Presidio, Golden Gate
T.V. Chee
Guadalupe Sand Dunes
Chuck Graham
"Surfer"
Huntington Beach Pier
Jim Kresge
Great Egret Mating Display
Morro Bay Rookery
James P. Little
Brown Pelican Mating Plumage
Morro Bay
James P. Little
Sea Otter near Morro Rock
James P. Little
Santa Monica Pier
Tommie Tamanaha
Geese landing
Weston Beach, Point Lobos
Sally Reis Vogt
Barnacle and Bryazoan Encrusted Kelp Snail
Mid-water on kelp frond at La Jolla
Edward A. Woods
Nudibranch
Point Loma
Edward A. Woods
...and now for a special honorable mention...
A Preface by the Photographer
Judith Selby Lang of Forest Knolls writes:
“Seven years ago when my husband Richard Lang and I started cleaning Kehoe Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore carrying bags and bags of plastic garbage away, we had no idea what we would find or what would happen. We picked up certain items in earnest; things that would show by their numbers and their commonness what is happening in the oceans around the world. We have collected over two tons of plastic that we have shaped into a variety of sculptures and installations.
We want people to know about the fun in the finding and we hope that if we show the stuff in an enticing way others might be inspired and start picking the plastic up too. Then, we would all get a clean beach and have interesting things to make art with.
As evidence of the tsunami of plastic effluvia that washes through our eyes and lives, ‘Home Again, Home Again’ is a chair, table and lamp covered with plastic. ‘The Party’s Over’ is a pile of balloon nibs collected over several years. ‘Assorted Stuff’ shows some of the highlights from our collection.”
"The Party's Over"
Plastic collected at Kehoe Beach, Point Reyes (2006)
Judith Selby Lang
"Assorted Stuff"
Plastic collected at Kehoe Beach (2006)
Judith Selby Lang
"Home Again, Home Again"
Point Reyes National Seashore (2005)
Judith Selby Lang
