Friday, January 6, 2012

2011 Photo Contest Entries - Close-ups

2011 Photo Contest Entries - Close-ups
* designates those photos taken in a park or nature reserve

1 Pure Joy
3 Robin's Nest
4 Young Deer
7 Milkweed*
12 Blackberry Blossoms*
13 Blue-eyed Grass*
14 Wild Hydrangea*
16 Cocoa at Paws on the Run*
22 The Monarch Meadow*
27 Bullfrog in Pond
29 Broken Butterfly
33 Bee Balm*
34 Dragonfly*
35 Praying Mantis*
41 Feeding Time
42 Nesting in the Rain
43 Leaving the Nest
44 Song Sparrow on Cattail*
45 Eastern Bluebird on Mullein Stalk*
46 Purple Martin with Dragonfly*
48 Simple* (Queen Anne's Lace?)
61 Gnome Village*
62 Pileated Woodpecker
63 Wake Robin*
64 Turtlehead
66 Should I Be Concerned?
68 Chickadee*
69 Jewelweed*
70 Praying Mantis*
71 Fall Scene in Duff Park*
72 Oaks Leaves and Acorn*
74 Monarch Butterfly on Liatris
75 Sunlit Swallowtail Butterfly
76 Swallowtail Butterfly on Coneflower
96 Yellow Warbler*
98 Dewdrops on Leaves*
106 Very Berry Sunlight*
111 Make Way for Spring (Skunk Cabbage Pushing up Old Leaf)*
112 Weathered the Early Storm (Snow on Berries)*
113 Norway Spruce Cone
123 Colorful Fungus*
125 Blue-eyed Mary Flower*
126 Fiddlehead Fern*
127 Mayapple Flower*
132 Walter*
133 Trout Lily*
134 Skunk Cabbage*
135 One Dandelion*
139 Needs a Shave*
141 Spider
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2011 Photo Contest Entry 001


2011 Photo 001

Subject: Juliana

Photo file name :Pure Joy

Date of photo, if known :10/2009

Category: Close up
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2011 Photo Contest Entry 003

Photo 003

Subject: Photo taken at my house in Murrysville
Taken Early July 2011
2011 07 Robin's Nest.JPG
Close Up
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2011 Photo Contest Entry 004


Photo 004
Subject: Photo taken at my house in Murrysville
Taken November 30, 2010
2011 11 November 30 Deer.JPG
Close Up
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2011 Photo Contest Entry 007

Photo 007

Subject: Milkweed
Park or Reserve: PV Park
Photo file name): Milkweed
Date of photo: 3.20.2011
Category : Close-ups
Any comments? (optional): Last Spring we went hiking and I saw some
milkweed left over from the previous year. I attempted to photograph
the simplistic beauty of the pod, when the wind began blowing
fiercely. I was frustrated and frantic as I tried to capture the
remaining seeds. When I got home, I realized the wind and my camera
captured a common, insignificant part of nature and created something
beautiful.
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2011 Photo Contest Entry 012

Photo 012

Subject: Blackberry Blossoms
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Duff Park
Photo file name : blackberryblossoms.jpg
Date of photo, if known : May 22, 2011
Category : Close-ups
Any comments? :
The Botanical Society of Westmoreland County took a field trip to Duff Park in Murrysville, PA. This photo was taken on that trip.

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 013

Photo 013

Subject: Blue-eyed Grass
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Duff Park
Photo file name : blueeyedgrass.jpg
Date of photo, if known : May 22, 2011
Category : Close-ups
Any comments? :
The Botanical Society of Westmoreland County took a field trip to Duff Park in Murrysville, PA. This photo was taken on that trip.

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 014


Photo 014

Subject: Wild Hydrangea
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Duff Park
Photo file name : wildhydrangea.jpg
Date of photo, if known : May 22, 2011
Category : Close-ups
Any comments? :
The Botanical Society of Westmoreland County took a field trip to Duff Park in Murrysville, PA. This photo was taken on that trip.

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 016

Photo 016


Subject: Photo Contest Entry
Park or Reserve, : Paws on the Run near the Murrysville Community Park
Photo file name : Cocoa at Paws on the Run
Date of photo, if known : September 24th, 2011
Category : Close-ups photographer
Any comments? Cocoa is all smiles about the great time she had at Paws on the Run Dog Park!

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 022

Photo 022

Hi, I am entering the attached photo into the photo contest for 2011.
Photo was taken at Pleasant Valley Park.
The photo is called 'The Monarch Meadow'.
The photo was taken on Sunday, September 25, 2011.
This would be considered to be in the close-ups category.
This photo was taken while my son, husband and I were taking a hike at Pleasant Valley Park in Murrysville, PA.
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2011 Photo Contest Entry 027

Photo 027
Subject: Bullfrog in Pond
Park or Reserve: Pond near King's Nature Reserve
Photo file name: Bullfrog_Saxton.jpg
Date of photo: Summer 2011
Category: Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 029

Photo 029
Subject: Broken Butterfly
Park or Reserve: House porch near King's Nature Reserve
Photo file name: Broken_Butterfly.jpg
Date of photo: Summer 2011
Category: Close-ups
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2011 Photo Contest Entry 033

Photo 033

Wildflowers – Bee Balm
Wetlands at Murrysville Community Park
Bee Balm Beauty
July 9, 2011
Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 034

Photo 034

Insects
Wetlands at Murrysville Community Park
Dragonfly
July 9, 2011
Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 035

Photo 035

Insects
Wetlands at Murrysville Community Park
Praying Mantis
July 9, 2011
Close-ups
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2011 Photo Contest Entry 041

Photo 041

Subject: Feeding time
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : IMG_2140
Date of photo, if known : August 2011
Category : Close-up or Action
Any comments? : Not sure if these photos belong in close-up or action
category. Please change if necessary.

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 042

Photo 042

Subject: Nesting in the rain
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : IMG_2166
Date of photo, if known : August 2011
Category : Close-up or Action

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 043

Photo 043

Subject: Leaving the nest
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : IMG_2170
Date of photo, if known : August 2011
Category : Close-ups or Action

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 044

Photo 044

Subject: Song Sparrow on Cattail
Park or Reserve: Murrysville Community Park Wetland
Photo file name: song sparrow on cattail_MCP_03202011
Date of photo: 03/20/2011
Category: Close-ups
Any comments?: Song Sparrows are frequently found near scrubby shores
of ponds and stream banks.

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 045

Photo 045

Subject: Eastern Bluebird on Mullein Stalk
Park or Reserve: Murrysville Community Park
Photo file name: bluebird on mullein flower stalk_MCP_03202011
Date of photo: 03/20/2011
Category: Close-ups
Any comments?: A newly established bluebird trail with ten boxes has
increased the population of bluebirds at Murrysville Community Park.
This male Bluebird briefly posed on the mullein seed head while
defending a nearby territory.

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 046

Photo 046

Subject: Purple Martin with Dragonfly
Park or Reserve: Murrysville Community Park Wetland
Photo file name: purple martin with dragonfly for chicks_MCP_07152011
Date of photo: 07/15/2011
Category: Close-ups
Any comments?: A female Purple Martin brings it's favorite food, the
dragonfly, to the nesting box to feed growing chicks.

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 048

Photo 048

Subject:
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Townsend Park
Photo file name : Simple
Date of photo, if known : October 2011
Category : Close-ups
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2011 Photo Contest Entry 061

Photo 061

Subject:
Park or Reserve, if applicable: weistetown park
Photo file name :gnome village
Date of photo, if known :6/10/2010
Category : close-up

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 062

Photo 062

Subject: Pileated Woodpecker
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : P1010903C46
Date of photo, if known : May 11, 2011
Category : Close-ups
Any comments? : Very near to - but not in - Duff Park where this bird resides.

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 063


Photo 063

Subject: Wake Robin
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Duff Park along Fernwood Trail
Photo file name : P10160606C46
Date of photo, if known : April 20, 2010
Category : Close-ups
Any comments? : This is an rare specimen of the Wake Robin which is
normally bright red.

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 064



Photo 064


Subject: Turtlehead
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Along a Road bordering Duff Park
Photo file name : P1030321C46
Date of photo, if known : August 27, 2011
Category : Close-ups
Any comments? : I have also photos from the same plant taken in Duff
Park, but this is a less damaged specimen.

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 066


Photo 066
Subject: Should I be concerned?
Photo File Name: DSC_0205
Date of Photo: 08/06/2010
Category: Close-ups
Comments: at driveway

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 068

Photo 068

Subject: Chickadee
Park or Reserve: Pleasant Valley Park
Photo file name: Chickadee
Date of photo: 1-3-2011
Category: Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 069

Photo #069

Subject: Flower
Park or Reserve: Pedora Park
Photo file name: Jewelweed
Date of photo: 8-26-2011
Category: Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 070

Photo 070

Subject: Praying Mantis
Park or Reserve: Pedora Park
Photo file name: Praying Mantis
Date of photo: 8-26-2011
Category: Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 071

Photo 071

Subject:
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Duff Park
Photo file name : Image_1563.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 2010
Category : Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 072

Photo 072

Subject:
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Duff Park
Photo file name : IMG_2869.JPG
Date of photo, if known : 2010
Category : Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 074

Photo 074

Subject: Monarch Butterfly on Liatris
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name: Monarch on Liatris
Date of photo, if known : Summer 2011
Category : Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 075

Photo 075

Subject:Sunlit Swallowtail Butterfly
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : Sunlit Swallowtail
Date of photo, if known : Summer 2011
Category: Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 076

Photo 076

Subject: Swallowtail Butterfly on Coneflower
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : Swallowtail on Coneflower
Date of photo, if known :Summer 2011
Category : Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 096

Photo 096

Subject:
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Murrysville Community Park
Photo file name : Warbler, Yellow, crpd., resized
Date of photo, if known : 5-2-09
Category : Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 098

Photo 098

Subject: Dewdrops on Leaves
Park or Reserve: Murrysville Community Park
Photo file name: Dew Drops on the Milkweed (DSCN0077_.JPG)
Date of photo: June 16, 2011
Category: Close-ups
Comment: This shows early morning dew in the wetlands.

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 106

Photo 106

Red Berries and Sunlight
Murrysville Community Park
Very Berry Sunlight
September 23, 2010
Close-up
Sunlight reflecting on the berries

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 111


Photo 111

Subject: Skunk Cabbage pushing up old leaf
Park: Duff Park
Photo file name: Make way for spring
Date of photo: April 25, 2011
Category : Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 112

Photo 112

Subject: Snow on berries
Park: Pleasant Valley Park
Photo file name: Weathered the early storm
Date of photo: October 29, 2011
Category: Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 113

Photo 113

Subject: Norway Spruce Cone
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Clarence Skena's yard
Photo file name: cone
Date of photo, if known : Fall, 2010
Category:Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 123


Photo 123

Subject: Colorful Fungus
Park or Reserve: Townsend Park
Photo file name
Date of photo: November 2011
Category: close ups
Any comments? : This fungus was initially dark brown with a white lace
like border.

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 125

Photo 125

Subject: Blue-eyed Mary flower
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Duff
Photo file name : Blue-eyed Mary.jpg
Date of photo, if known: 5-9-10
Category : Close-ups
Any comments? : Photo taken on Violet trail

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 126

Photo 126

Subject: Fiddlehead fern
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Duff
Photo file name : Fiddlehead fern.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 5-1-10
Category : Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 127

Photo 127

Subject: Mayapple flower
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Duff
Photo file name : Mayapple.jpg
Date of photo, if known :5-5-10
Category : Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 132

Photo 132

Subject: "Walter"
Park or Reserve: Walter Nature Reserve
Photo file name: jdm_walter.jpg
Date of photo: 4/23/2011
Category: Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 133

Photo 133

Subject: Trout Lily
Park or Reserve: MCP (Wetlands)
Photo file name: jdm_troutlily.jpg
Date of photo: 4/23/2011
Category: Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 134

Photo 134

Subject: Skunk Cabbage
Park or Reserve: Potter Nature Reserve
Photo file name: jdm_skunkcabbage.jpg
Date of photo: 4/23/2011
Category: Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 135

Photo 135

Subject: One Dandelion
Park or Reserve: Duff Park
Photo File Name: Dandy Dandelion
Date of photo: Spring 2009
Category: Close-ups
Comments: Dandelions are delightful for children, and they are
dreadful for adults.

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 139


Photo 139

Subject: Needs a Shave
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Pleasant Valley Park
Photo file name : IMG_6491.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 12/30/11
Category : Close-ups

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2011 Photo Contest Entry 141

Photo 141

Subject: Spider
Park or reserve, if applicable: n/a
Photo file name: Thpider.jpeg
Date of photo, if known: July 1, 2011
Category: Close-ups
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