Friends of Pinery Park 2009 Photo Contest Gallery

The photo contest is now over. Thank you to everyone for all the wonderful entries.
The photographs selected to receive prizes are featured in the Winners' Gallery.

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Each category is now set up as a separate slideshow
Scanned copies of the entries received by regular mail have been added to the gallery in a separate slideshow

Winter Memories, Park Landscapes, Park Flora and Fauna, Park and People ,Scanned Entries

Scanned Entries
Summer Beauty	Lazy Summer Days	Nature's Beauty
Good Morning Sunshine	Shadow of the dragonfly
Sunset - Dunes 1 Beach - June 31/09	'Early Morning' Old Ausable Channel
Winter Memories
Winter Wonderland	Snowshoeing on the Heritage trail	Cousins on the hill!
Park Landscapes
Rushing to the shore	Beach entrance	Rocks in sand
Sunset	Photo edited Pinery dunes	Polarized dunes
Silhouette trees	Sunrays - July 2009	Pine Sunset
	Night Flight	August Sunset
Cloudy morning in Nipissing Trail lookout	Old Ausable Channel	Old Ausable Channel in the cloudy morning
Old Ausable Channel a birch stretching itself to the river	Calm early summer sunset
	A lovely October day	... even in death a tree has beauty!!
...(looking up to trees)	Old Ausable Channel, Taken at water level.	Old Ausable Channel
Pinery in driftwood	Pinery in driftwood and rocks	Sand close-up
	Enchanted Forest	Heritage Trail, late October
Sunset at Burley	Sand Dunes	Sand dune tree
Sunset on Dunes beach 9/5/09	Another lovely sunset on Dunes beach	View from Riverside campground Sept 2009
Late October - Heritage Trail	A perfect day at the beach
A driftwood tepee	Sandpiper tracks on a bright crisp morning.	Beach, Pinery Provincial Park
Driftwood tepee on beach	A calm lake	Idyllic paddle on the river
Sunset at the Pinery	The Pinery Sky	Dunes
Over the dunes, to Lake Huron	Driftwood sculpture on the beach, after sunset	Fallen tree during a morning hike
Campsite Canopy	Rocky Burley Beach	Rocks on the beach in the morning
A colourful beach entrance	One of the Pinery's awesome sunsets	Another Pinery sunset
Driftwood in front of a post-sunset glow	Tree silhouetted against the post-sunset glow	Riverside Area 3
Sunset over Lake Huron	Sunset in Burley July 2009	By the Lookout trail (roadside)...
Beach entrance #3	Lake Huron at sunset #1	Lake Huron at sunset #2
Lake Huron at sunset #3	Lake Huron at sunset #4	Writing in the sand
Kayaking	Our morning, noon and nightly walk to the beach from our campsite at Dunes.	Driftwood along the beach
P-E-A-C-E	Feather	Wave on beach
Park Flora and Fauna
Wood in symbiotic blossom	Deer grazing at side of the road - July 2009	Deer walking out into the road - July 2009
Birds on the dog beach - July 2009	Dragonfly at the park	Nature's beauty
One little flower in the great big park		Chilling out with the boys
Just chilling	Snack time	Beautiful blacked-eye susan
Seagull and driftwood in surf	Wild flowers at Cedar Trail	White water lily at Old Ausable Channel
White water lily at Old Ausable Channel #2	Visitor Centre, the taxidermy coyote	Old Ausable Channel, a graceful blue heron
Mr. Chipmunk	Dawn's sentinel	Osprey: take-off!
Osprey: in flight!	Heron: in flight!	Pinery aug 09.(you cant see me!)
taken at the pinery aug 09. (all by myself!)	taken at the pinery aug 09.	Bees pollinating a Rough Blazing star.
Bee	Caterpillar	Rock fossil on log
Walking Stick bug on cooler	Lonely tree near Visitor Centre	Little bird on a tree
Bee on a flower
	Heron, high in tree #1	Heron, high in tree #2
Flowers on Lookout Trail	Frog in water, Heritage Trail	Spider, Nipissing Trail
Picture taken in Group camping 3	Hungry chipmunk in Riverside	Hungry chipmunk enjoying berries
Hitching a ride	Turkey Vulture	Sunning on the Ausable Sept 17 2009
A blue dragonfly staring me down	A spider, working on it's web
	A blue dragonfly	Black-eyed susan
Plant growing on Pinery beach	White Water Lily	June 19, 2009 at our campsite in Riverside
Spring field of flowers	Shy friend of Pinery	Red lily
Cautious Deer	Red Spotted Purple Butterfly	One of the many beautiful moths in the park
On the Nipissing trail #1...	On the Nipissing trail #2...	On the Lookout trail...
Riverside grounds visitor...	Monarch caterpillar eating away at our Burley campsite plant life	Green bee on a flower
Bee on Black-eyed Susan	Photo taken near the pond on the Carolinian Trail	Snake
Riverside Trail, on a beautiful sunny Sunday!	Riverside Trail, Monarch feasting on Butterfly Flower
	Purple Flowering Raspberry	Prunella Vulgaris/Heal All
Lily pads, taken from our canoe on Old Ausable Channel	Heron, taken from along the Old Ausable Channel	Riverside area 4, walking along the road
Yellow Water Lily	White Water Lily	Sand and Twigs
Policing the song birds on the Cedar Trail	Young Red-tailed Hawk on the Cedar Trail	Heron at the bridge near Burley beach
Park and People
Head over Heels on Dunes #3 Beach	Canoers	Relaxing on the beach.
Enjoying the sunset!	Watching the sunset	Summer 2009
Sand examination	Blowing sand	Hanging out at camp
Paddling on the Ausable Sept 2009	Crystal clear water on a sunny & blue sky day.
Sunset over Lake Huron #1	Sunset over Lake Huron #2	Blowing Bubbles
The magic of the beach at sunset	People boating on the river	Photo of family friends on Pinery Beach
Photographing the sunset at Pinery beach #1	Photographing the sunset at Pinery beach #2	Catching in style under the sunset
Friends at Pinery	Water log	Best seats around
Swim at sunset	Jumping into the sunset #1	Jumping into the sunset #2
Water butterflys effect	Butterfly!!	At the beach
Boys exploring	Contemplation	Winter camp cook
Stairs at Nipissing Trail	Canoe	At beach 9
Old Ausable Channel, Canoe Rental	Vistor Centre, the fish is looking at the visitor	"Head over Heels" for Dunes Beach #3