Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Prospect Park nature photo contest/Winners

Wiki Loves NYC Parks!

Wikimedia New York City ran a nature photography contest in Brooklyn's Prospect Park in fall 2021, and we're excited to share the results! For more information about the contest, see the main contest page.

Jury edit

Thank you to our jury, who volunteered their time to evaluate the submissions:

Felicity Frisbie, Creative Director of the Prospect Park Alliance
Tony Jin, New York metro-based Wikimedia Commons photographer
Andreas Vesterlund, Brooklyn-based photographer and artist

Numbers edit

74 different people contributed 476 images to Wikimedia Commons for the contest! You can find a full listing at the Wiki Loves NYC Parks - Prospect Park 2021 category on Commons. Of these, 450 were eligible for prizes and subject to judging.

Winners! edit

Best overall edit

First place overall! edit

Turtles in Prospect Park Lake by Tparkslope

Second place overall! edit

Red-tailed hawk in the snow by Tparkslope

Birds edit

First place bird edit

Female red-bellied woodpecker by Tparkslope

Second place bird edit

Dramatic Shot of Great Blue Heron by ProspectParkEnjoyer

Trees and plants edit

First place tree or plant edit

Evening dog walkers by Lambertphotos

Second place tree or plant edit

Fall morning Prospect Park Long Meadow by Badtartin

Other wildlife edit

Best insect edit

Narcissus bulb fly on leaf by Taty Sena

Best animal other than birds edit

Happy American bullfrog in Prospect Park by Richcook01

Other prizes edit

Best photo taken with a phone camera edit

Snowy creek in the woods by Sgreene24

Creativity prize edit

Grackle takes off by KikoAKT01

Honorable mentions edit

We received a lot of great entries. Here are a few stand-outs from those which didn't win prizes, selected by the organizers.

Sun rays at dawn by Sgreene24
Cormorants in the Prospect Park Lake by Allison C. Meier
Winter in Prospect Park by Patrick J Cashin
Figure in mist and snow with tree by Sgreene24
Female red-winged blackbird by Tparkslope
Two geese sunrise in Prospect Park by Aclinenyc
Misty snow with park benches and trees by Sgreene24
Red-tailed hawk fledgling by Datnoyd
Prospect park lake view by Yoshikomori
Gingko leaves and pagoda in autumn by Sgreene24
Trees on hill at sunset by Sgreene24

Thank you! edit

Congratulations to the winners, and thank you everyone who participated! If you specified an email when you created your account on Commons, you'll receive an email in the next few days to arrange for you to get your prize. If you did not specify an email, you will receive a message with more information on your Commons talk page (you should see a notification when you log in). Reach out to ryan [at] wikimedianyc.org with questions.