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2009 GayOutdoors Photography Contest



by Mike Boisvert

Thanks to all the contestants who entered our contest. There certainly were some beautiful photos for all of us to enjoy in our third annual  photography contest. 

The voting was close for the top three entrants however our overall winner was always in the lead.  
 
The final rankings can now be viewed below. The first photo is number 17 [even though it doesn't appear] and the other photos below it countdown to number one. 

Our overall winner is the Backcountry Boys, known as Mark and Justin who will receive $50.

Congratulations!

17 PDQuesnell
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Thanksgiving; View from Whitewater; Guys Mills; Mexican Bird of Paradise
16 GO Richard C
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15 HikerBiker
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14 Daniel3359
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Denali National Park Road; Seward, Alaska; Riley Creek (Alaska); Eilson Visitor Center in Denali NP; Aerial View of Glacier in Denali NP
13 Hogo62
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Mount Burdell Cows; Redwood Mountain Sequoia Grove; Hite Cove Trail; Lyons Creek Lake; Phoenix Lake
12 Walkabout Nature
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11 Ronald19963
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Heron In Flight; One Leg Heron; Untitled; Blue Heron; Blackwater
10 Central Coastal SC
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Silver Lake Eastern Sierras, CA; Devils Postile; Conviet Lake Stream, CA; Makena Maui, HI; Eastern Sierras
9 angeles.crest
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Daylong Rainbow, Angeles Crest; Echo Basin, CO; Tehachapi Smoke Signals; Vetten Fire Lookout Alpenglow; Tehachapi Frost
8 Homotreksexual
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Kananaskis; Creek; Larch Trees in October; Paddler; Burstall Pass
7 MitchPC
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Monument Valley, AZ; Winston Arch, UT; Little Wild Horse Slot Canyon, UT; Grand Tetons; Mormon Temple Flower Garden
6 Within (Reason)
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Burning Man; Birds of East Africa; Taos Mountain Hike; Ghost Ranch; Autumn Midwest
5 Cascade Cub
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Breaks; Linicular Cloud; Alpine Glow; Firesky; Giant Tree
4 Arboral
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Lake O'Hara Alpenglow: Canada's answer to Machu Picchu; Mt. Athabasca and Mt. Andromeda from Wilcox Pass; Kings of the World! ~ Yukness Ledges; Mt. Victoria from Lake Louise; Mt. Biddle and Lake MacArthur
3 Mark Prokasch
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2 Rick Baxley
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1 Backcountry Boys
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Whispy Fog; Sunset on Ibex Dunes; Pinnacle Mountain; Nooksack Falls; Mt. Shuksan, Picture Lake

Previous Lists
  • 2017 GayOutdoors Photo Contest
  • 2016 GayOutdoors Photo Contest
  • 2015 GayOutdoors Photography Contest
  • 2014 GayOutdoors Photography Contest
  • 2013 GayOutdoors Photography Contest
  • 2012 GayOutdoors Photography Contest
  • 2011 GayOutdoors Photography Contest
  • 2010 GayOutdoors Photography Contest
  • 2008 Photography Contest
  • 2007 GayOutdoors Photography Contest
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