CCCC Photo Contest

CCCC’s annual Photo Contest is a fun contest for both amateur and professional photographers and is geared toward photos of Yampa Valley and Rocky Mountain Sandhill Cranes. The contest runs from Sept – August every year; entries are due in mid-August. Get your camera ready!

2023 CCCC Photo Contest ­– Results

This year’s Photo Contest consisted of 4 categories and was open to both amateur and professional photographers.

The Categories were:

1. Yampa Valley Greater Sandhill Cranes (Routt & Moffat Counties) – Amateur

1. Yampa Valley Greater Sandhill Cranes (Routt & Moffat Counties)– Professional
2. Rocky Mountain Greater Sandhill Cranes- Locations outside the Yampa Valley (open to both Amateur and Professional photographers)
3. Altered Reality Images of Rocky Mountain Greater Sandhill Cranes – locations both within and outside the Yampa Valley (open to both Amateur and Professional photographers)

Winners were announced at the 12^th annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival on September 2, 2023. Winners received either a gift certificate to PhotoGraphicsArt in Steamboat Springs, CO or cash prizes.

Check out this video of all the entries to this year’s Photo Contest! Thank you to everyone who participated in our 2023 Photo Contest!

Check out the winning entries in a video here:

 

Winners

Category 1: Yampa Valley Cranes – Amateur

1^st Place – Linda Sussman
“Grace in Motion”

2^nd Place – Tresa Moulton
“Look at all this Snow! Where Will we Nest?”

Honorable Mention – Jim Payne
“I am the River Bottom Bird”

 Honorable Mention – Lee Sussman
“The Crane Plane”

 

Category 2: Yampa Valley Cranes – Professional

1^st Place – Kathy Simpson
“Feathers in the Wind”

2^nd Place – Randy Weinstein
“Cranes Go Crazy for Colorado Grass”

Honorable Mention – Annette Zuber
“Almost Complete”

Honorable Mention – Sally Thurston
“Taking Turns on their Precious Eggs”

 

Category 3: Rocky Mountain Cranes – Amateur & Professional

1^st Place – Pablo Hadzeriga
“So Now Watch THIS!”

 

Category 4: Altered Reality – Amateur & Professional

1^st Place – Annette Zuber
“Wandering and Wondering”

 

 

We hope you will participate in next year’s CCCC Photo Contest!