MCC PHOTOS OF THE YEAR 2017-2018
CATEGORIES: PICTORIAL, NATURE AND PRINT

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Pictorial of the Year - 2017-2018
(April 21, 2017)

Pictorial Image of the year:

1. © 2018 - Solitude, by Lorraine Deslauriers (Pictorial, First Place)
2. © 2018 - Moonrise, by Lorraine Deslauriers (Pictorial, Second Place)
3. © 2018 - Lavender Fields - Valensole France, by Steve Lash (Pictorial, Third Place)

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Creative Image of the year:

1. © 2018 - Star Gazer, by Kathy McDevitt (Creative, First Place)
2. © 2018 - There is a Bird in a Bottle, by Phillip Shapiro (Creative, second Place)
3. © 2018 - Spring, by Tom Freiman (Creative, Third Place)

Street image of the year:

1. © 2018 - School Boy in Cuba, by Ann Pearson (Street, First Place)
2. © 2018 - Going Home, by Carole Duhaime (Street, Second Place)
3. © 2018 - What are you Doing, by Amir El Etr (Street, Third Place)

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Print of the Year - 2017-2018
(April 30, 2018)

COLOUR WINNERS

1. © 2018 - Butter Color Double Tulip Flower, by Claude Bélanger (Colour - First Place Winner)
2. © 2018 - Indian Sea, by Lorraine Deslauriers (Colour - Second Place Winner)
3. © 2018 - Cherry, by Carole Duhaime (Colour - Third Place WInner)

MONOCHROME WINNERS

1. © 2018 - Cats in a Barn, by Ilana Block (Monochrome - First Place Winner)
2. © 2018 - Peggy's Cove, by Cindy Morantz (Monochrome - Second Place Winner)
3. © 2018 - Solitude, by Lorraine Deslauriers (Monochrome - Third Place Winner)

CREATIVE WINNERS

1. © 2018 - Souls Flying Off To Their Home, by Claude Bélanger (Creative - First Place Winner)
2. © 2018 - Overflow, by Phillip H. Shapiro (Creative - Second Place Winner)
3. © 2018 - Fun on the Water, by Phillip H. Shapiro (Creative - Third Place Winner)

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Nature of the Year - 2017-2018
(​April 30, 2018)

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Winner: Nature Image of the Year

© 2018 - Pussy Willow Catkins, by Claude Bélanger ​

© 2018 - Pussy Willow Catkins, by Claude Bélanger (Nature Overall Photo of the Year and Botany Photo of the Year)

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 Winners - Sub-categories:

General Winners:

1. © 2018 - "Duck feather Drowning in River”, by Christian Janicki (First Place - General)
2. © 2018 - “The Barren Camel Thorn Trees and Orange Dunes of the Dead Clay Pan of Deadvlei, Namibia”, by David Suliteanu (Second Place, General)
3. © 2018 - “Moonrise in the last Quarter”, by Michael Folinsbee (Third Place, General)

Botany Winners:

1. © 2018 - “Pussy willow Catkins”, by Claude Bélanger (First Place, Botany)
2. © 2018 - “Milkweed Pod and Seeds”, by Mireille Rondeau (Second Place, Botany)
3. © 2018 - "Dead Common Juniper tree in Dead Horse Point Arid Steppes”, by David Rouchet (Third Place, Botany)

Ornithology Winners:

1. © 2018 - “Mama Tern Feeding Newborn Chick”, by Ilana Block (First Place, Ornithology)
2. © 2018 - “Newborn Tern", by Ilana Block (Second Place, Ornithology)
3. © 2018 - “Black-Winged Stilt Drinking”, by Ilana Block (Third Place, Ornithology)

Zoology Winners:
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1. © 2018 - “Snow Leopard”, by Gail Mager (First Place, Zoology)
2. © 2018 - “Bull Elk in the Forest”, by Ilana Block (Second Place, Zoology)
3. © 2018 - “African Elephant Family at Play”, by Sylvia Rourke (Third Place, Zoology)