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Congratulations, Bob Kamper, on your winning photograph!

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Chapter member Bob Kamper’s photo won in the category for the Edwards Plateau ecoregion in this year’s NPSOT Photo Contest and also tied for Best in Show!   The Society announced contest winners on October 9 during the awards presentation at NPSOT’s Virtual Fall Symposium. Congratulations to Bob!

Describing his photo of Prairie Celestials, Nemastylis geminiflora, Bob says:

“The photo was taken in a protected nature preserve area in Southern Williamson County that is over a cavern which is habitat for an endangered species. Usually the bloom period for the Prairie Celestial ends around April 1st, but this year extended to April 18th. I walked out to look around, and this was one of many blooms open and bejeweled with drops from a light rain.”

Prairie Celestials, Nemastylis geminiflora
Prairie Celestials, Nemastylis geminiflora. Photo by Bob Kamper.

There was a lot of competition.  Click this link to see all 51 entries and 10 ecoregion winners.  Read about the photo contest rules here.

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Also during the October 9 awards presentation:

Pamela Parker Caird won the Best Video Contest. See this October 17 announcement and congrats post for details.

Randy Pensabene, NPSOT-Wilco Past President, was presented the Benny J. Simpson Fellows Award which the Society announced last month.  This award honors recipients for their service to the Society and “embodies grass roots recognition” of an awardee by their fellow NPSOT members.  See this September 9 announcement and congrats post for details.

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Virtual Chapter Meeting on April 9: Nature Photography with Steven Schwartzman

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Join NPSOT-Wilco’s online chapter meeting on Thursday, April 9, 2020, at 7:00 pm for a live virtual presentation by award winning photographer, Steven Schwartzman on Nature Photography.

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Steven grew up on Long Island and moved to Texas in 1976.  In his early years as a photographer, his main interest was in landscape photography, primarily in black and white infrared.  In 1999, he embraced digital photography and began to produce a photographic journey through the Austin area.

Steven’s nature photographs and accompanying articles have appeared multiple times in Texas Highways and in Wildflower, the magazine of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.  Steven hosts his popular nature photography blog Portraits of Wildflowers at portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com.  He has authored several books including, Wildflowers of Central Texas, Wildflowers of Southeast Texas and Wildflowers of North Texas.

To attend the virtual meeting, please register in advance.  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar on the day of the meeting.

Register for NPSOT Wilco Monthly Chapter Meeting: Nature Photography w/Steve Schwartzman on Apr 9, 2020 7:00 PM CDT at the following url:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3378959067058370828

See you there!

NPSOT-Williamson County meetings are free and open to the public.

In this time of public health risk, our in-person meetings and activities are canceled until further notice. We are holding virtual meetings and virtual  field trips like plant walkthroughs.

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