Thank you to all the photographers who entered photos this year! We received many fantastic photos that show us the beauty of water here in Virginia! Read more about the contest here.
First Place: Morgan Stanley (Virginia Tech)
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Stanley_frog-GRID-1024x684.jpg)
Second Place: Maheen Hussain (George Mason University)
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Hussain__Meadow-Lark-Botanical-Garden-NOGRID-683x1024.jpeg)
Third Place: Egor Lukiyanov (Virginia Tech)
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lukiyanov_MillCreek-GRID-1024x683.jpg)
Honorable Mentions:
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Roy_WaterTreatment-NOGRID-768x1024.jpeg)
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Flores_BaseballSunset-GRID-1024x683.jpg)
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Oleski_Hahn-NOGRID-708x1024.jpg)
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Stanley_GreenHeron-GRID-1024x683.jpg)
Entries:
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Collins_HeronJamesRiver-GRID.jpg)
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Hamburger_Water-Silouette-GRID.jpg)
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Hussain__Burke-Lake-GRID-1024x651.jpg)
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Naseri_FeedingDucks2-GRID.jpg)
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Nunez_PotomacRiver1-GRID-1024x684.jpeg)
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Nunez_NewRiver-GRID-1024x683.jpeg)
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Nunez_PotomacRiver2-GRID-1024x683.jpeg)
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Royster_GardysPond-GRID-1024x682.jpg)
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Royster_VIMSYorkRiver-GRID-1024x684.jpg)
![](https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Royster_KampsMillPond-GRID.jpg)