For the Love of the North Photo Contest

We received over 950 entries for our annual photo contest. This year’s first and second place winners were chosen by professional photographers James Smedley, David Johnson and Rick Novitsky. With so many incredible photos to sort through, it took them many rounds of voting to determine the winners. Third place winners were voted on by our readers. A big thank you to everyone who participated in the contest. The 2022 photo contest will begin later this year.

Alison Carr (photo above). A water droplet refraction image of a cosmos flower with droplets set up on the seed of a goats beard flower.

Karen Ramsdale. A tiny ice sculpture on Lake Superior, barely an inch tall.

Grace Burns. A flower with water droplets, taken at the Rose Garden in Duluth.

Jean Brislance. The last of the mountain ash berries; bohemian waxwing in Grand Marais.

Holden Smith. A great gray owl from last winter in Lake County.

Lisa Townsend. It was my third trip to northern MN searching for a great grey owl and I finally spotted one in Two Harbors.

Larry Paulson. Just after sunrise on Artist’s Point, Grand Marais.

Britt Trovall. The Hjordis sailing in a calm moment on a stormy day out on Lake Superior.

Nancy Reilly. “Silky Dreams” —a beautiful spring run-off at Kakabeka Falls as a storm brews.

Ted Armstrong. Our granddaughter watching a polyphemus moth caterpillar with great interest.

Renee Kinworthy. Little Henry as a puppy.

Lindsay Charlton. Enjoying time outside under a rainbow.