{"id":11713,"date":"2011-07-07T13:00:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T17:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=11713"},"modified":"2011-07-12T12:05:16","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T16:05:16","slug":"igpoty-june-contest-and-the-winner-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/07\/photography\/igpoty-june-contest-and-the-winner-is\/","title":{"rendered":"IGPOTY June Contest: And the Winner Is …"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Butterfly<\/a>
Butterfly by Heather Lang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A huge congratulations to Heather Lang for winning our first monthly NYBG-IGPOTY photography contest<\/a>. The panel of NYBG judges felt that Heather’s photo of a butterfly<\/a> (on what looks to be an ornamental sage) was the tops in capturing the June theme of “Picturing Summer.” Heather will receive a NYBG swag bag, which includes two All-Garden Passes, a $25 credit towards the Adult Education<\/a> class of her choice, a catalog for the Library exhibition Historical Views: Tourists at the Alhambra<\/em><\/a>, and the catalog from Hirschfeld’s Broadway Scrapbook<\/em><\/a>. We’re also working on getting copies of the photography book, Better Plant and Garden Photography<\/em><\/a>, written by IGPOTY<\/a> founder Philip Smith, over from the U.K. as well. Congratulations Heather! Please send us an email with your contact information through this form<\/a> (select website from the pull-down menu).<\/p>\n

Coming in a close second is this photograph by Patricia Gonzalez <\/a>which, humoursly (and literally) captures the theme with a pair of shutterbugs snapping away in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden.<\/p>\n

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\"In<\/a>
In the Rose Garden by Patricia Gonzalez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In third place is this iconic NYBG image of a lotus taken in the Conservatory courtyard pool by Elizabeth Mueller<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Lotus<\/a>
Lotus by Elizabeth Mueller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We had 35 photographs entered into this first contest<\/a>, and the quality was really high. It was difficult settling upon a winner, so congratulations to Heather, Patricia, and Elizabeth!<\/p>\n

For the July contest we have picked the theme “American Beauty.”<\/a> Stumped? Don’t be! Be creative! Pictures needn’t be patriotic, or all red, white, and blue. Perhaps you snapped a shot of Benjamin Franklin’s choice to be our national bird–the turkey–walking around the grounds, or maybe you took a plant portrait of a rose with an all-American name. If you’re afraid we might miss the point of your photo, please include an explanation in the description area. For the July contest, please use the tag nybgigpoty2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And let’s simplify matters a bit this month, too. Why doesn’t everyone just limit themselves to five photos. Don’t worry about entering one per week. Feel free to plop them all into the group, en masse. And as always, please let me know if you have any questions.<\/p>\n

Congrats again to the winners!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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