Gallery: Community Photo Contest entries, winners

by | Nov 4, 2025

First place, Best in Show, Best Landscape: “Fodderstack Road at Dawn” by Joan Townsend, Huntly, Va.

 

Second place, Best in Show: “It’s All About the Light” by Berni Olson, Woodville, Va.

 

Third place, Best in Show, Best Animal Photo: “Top Gun” by Maureen Moran, Washington, Va.

 

Animal Photo honorable mention: “From My Front Porch” by Ava Krogmann, Castleton, Va.

 

Animal Photo honorable mention: “Curious Kit” by Brian Moulton, Woodville, Va.

 

Best Portrait: “Friendship” by Leila Nowroozi, Flint Hill, Va.

 

Portrait honorable mention: “Willie” by Ruthie Windsor-Mann, Washington, Va.

 

Portrait honorable mention: “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” by Josh White, Castleton, Va.

 

Best Budding Photographer, People’s Choice: “Grain of Wheat” by Allison Baldwin, Amissville, Va.

 

Budding Photographer honorable mention: “Fog Over the Mountain” by Madison Stephens, Amissville, Va.

 

Budding Photographer honorable mention: “Serene Field” by Sara Baldwin, Sperryville, Va.

 

Landscape honorable mention: “Nature’s Beauty” by Lesley Jenkins, Sperryville, Va.

 

Landscape honorable mention: “After the Storm” by Kevin Day, Flint Hill, Va.

 

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