Loon Surfacing
Awarded 2nd place (out of 12000 entries) in the 2012 HBW World Bird photo contest.
Selected by NationalGeographic.com as one of the top photos for the month of January 2011.
Awarded 1st place in the 2012 Loon appreciation week photo contest sponsored by the Loon Watch program at Northland college and the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute.
Awarded 1st place in the 2011 Wisconsin Lakes Partnership photo contest and received the "Popular Vote" at the Wisconsin lakes convention in Green Bay.
Canon EOS 50D, f/5 @ 200 mm, 1/500, ISO 200