Ladies and gentlemen, the people have spoken. It’s time to announce the winners of the Peopoll’s Choice Awards for my Top 10 Photos of 2016. The Top 10 photos were selected using reader feedback. Sincere thanks for your participation!
Award-winning photos are presented in order of most-to-least votes. I cast the tie-breaking votes for the last four winners (No. 7-10), chosen from five photos that received the same number of your votes. In other words, I selected one of five photos to omit.
No. 1
15 JUL 2016 | Huntley Meadows Park | Halloween Pennant (female)
No. 2
No. 3
27 SEP 2016 | Mason Neck West Park | Wandering Glider (female)
No. 4
No. 5
15 SEP 2016 | Huntley Meadows Park | Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus)
No. 6
04 AUG 2016 | Riverbend Park | Eastern Ringtail (female)
No. 7
11 JUL 2016 | OBNWR | Halloween Pennant (female)
No. 8
02 JUL 2016 | MRA | Carolina Saddlebags (male)
No. 9
26 JUN 2016 | JMAWR | Swift Setwing (male)
No. 10
26 MAY 2016 | Huntley Meadows Park | Painted Skimmer (teneral male)
Editor’s Note: The following location codes are used in some photo captions, shown above.
- HMP = Huntley Meadows Park
- JMAWR = Jackson Mile Abbott Wetland Refuge (#24 on the map)
- MNWP = Mason Neck West Park
- MRA = Meadowood Recreation Area
- OBNWR = Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- WP/DC = Wickford Park/Dogue Creek
Copyright © 2017 Walter Sanford. All rights reserved.
Tags: Huntley Meadows Park, Jackson Miles Abbott Wetland Refuge, Mason Neck West Park, Meadowood Recreation Area, Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, retrospective, Riverbend Park
January 22, 2017 at 7:28 am |
They are all wonderful images, Walter! Thank you for sharing! 🙂
January 22, 2017 at 6:18 pm |
Thanks, Pete! The voters picked many of my favorites.