The Mission Trails Regional Park (MTRP) Photo Contest results are in! This year, 283 individual entries were submitted and 105 photos were selected through a scoring process to be shown in the MTRP Visitor Center. On Thursday evening, the MTRP Foundation awarded a First, Second, and Third place winner and Honorable Mention in six categories, and the winners are listed below. Voting on the People's Choice award will continue until the exhibition closes on June 16. Thank you to the photographers who submitted their entries and our contest jurors: Julia Dixon-Evans, Mark Foreman, Ramon Galindo, and Rick Wiley. The 2023 Mission Trails Regional Park Photo Contest has been generously supported by grants from the City of San Diego.  See the winners below and see the beautiful images at the MTRP Visitor Center, open daily from 9am-5pm. View all of the qualifying photos on the MTRP website.

Best in Show Title: White Lined-Sphinx - aka Hummingbird Moth Photographer: Ruth Harrison Category: Adults - Animals

Adults - Landscapes First Place Title: Lake Murray Sunrise Photographer: Andrew McCall Second Place Title: Double-Rainbows over North and South Fortuna Photographer: Cece Collins Third Place Title: Sunset on the Trail Photographer: Kaitlyn Nguyen Honorable Mention Title: Hues on the Horizon Photographer: Caleb Hartmann

Adults - People First Place Title: Eye in the Sky Photographer: Peter Pham Second Place Title: Bear Sighting Photographer: Audrey Burton Third Place Title: Splash! Photographer: Erica Marrone Honorable Mention Title: In Awe Photographer: Lizette Wancho

Adults - Plants First Place Title: Padre's Shooting Star - Oak Canyon Photographer: Glenn Perelson Second Place Title: Early Signs of Spring - Dipterostemon capitatus  Photographer: Allison Bray Third Place Title: Surface Tension Photographer: Nicole Van Proyen Honorable Mention Title: Mariposa Lily Photographer: Bill Brothers

Adults - Animals First Place Title: White-lined Sphinx - aka Hummingbird Moth Photographer: Ruth Harrison Second Place Title: Songs of Mission Trails Photographer: Sandeep Dhar Third Place Title: I'm coming to see you! Photographer: Zhenhao Feng Honorable Mention Title: The Gathering Photographer: Decker Nomura

Teens First Place Title: Oak Canyon Falls Booming with Water Photographer: Nolan Rosik Second Place Title: Ode to Solitude Photographer: Lily Santiago Third Place Title: A Tedious Workplace Photographer: Enzo Moscola Honorable Mention Title: Cactus Love Photographer: Daniel Hernandez

Kids 12 and Under First Place Title: Reptile Relaxation Photographer: Leilani Sison Second Place Title: The Gathering Clouds Over the Grasslands Photographer: Mira Sandquist Third Place Title: The Puddle on Oak Grove Loop Photographer: Liliana Aguila Honorable Mention Title: It's a Snail's World After All Photographer: Ellie Pham

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MTRP Visitor and Interpretive Center: One Junipero Serra Trail, San Diego, CA 92119 Kumeyaay Lake Campground: Two Junipero Serra Trail, San Diego, CA 92119   mtrp.org l 619-668-3281 l mtrp@mtrp.org I mtrpstore.org Header images by past photo contest participants Cheryl Old, Bill Brothers, Denise Hazlett, John Barretta, Mark James, Claudia Moscola, Kaitlin Creamer, Armand DeCesare Jr.

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