A short season didn’t prevent photographers from capturing the fleeting beauty of the crocus this spring.
Sixteen prizes have been awarded to photographers in the 2018 edition of the Arden Crocus Photo Contest, the 10th anniversary of the contest.
In the adult section there were 18 entrants with 63 photos over four categories. The youth section saw nine contestants submit 34 photos. Five of the eight winning youth photos were submitted by residents of Riverbend Colony near Carberry.
Arden’s first crocus opened on Saturday, April 21. The contest closed a week later. Winners were announced Saturday, May 5 at the Arden Crocus Festival.
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During that event two photos were voted the most popular.
Adult People’s Choice winner for 2018 is Dennis Wiens of Portage la Prairie, for a closeup photo of a single purple crocus bloom about to open and wet with water droplets, taken southeast of Sidney, near Jackson Lake (see photo at top).
Youth People’s Choice winner for 2018 is Hadassah Waldner of Riverbend Colony, Carberry, for a photo of a crocus between the paws of a golden puppy (see photo below winner’s list).
Contest winners:
ADULT
Single crocus
- Nancy White, Neepawa
- Shania Brock, Portage la Prairie
Crocus cluster
- Shelia Thiessen, Minnedosa
- Dennis Wiens, Portage la Prairie
Habitat
- Luc Gamache, MacGregor
- Andrew Gran, Carberry
Creative
- Donna Gamache, MacGregor
- Amy Jaarsma, Steinbach
YOUTH
Single crocus
- Hadassah Waldner, Riverbend Colony, Carberry
- Aleah Hofer, Riverbend Colony, Carberry
Cluster
- Lyndsey Hofer, Riverbend Colony, Carberry
- Dustin Mitchler, Arden
Habitat
- Bailey Mitchler, Arden
- Lisa Maendel, Riverbend Colony, Carberry
Creative
- Bailey Mitchler, Arden
- Hadassah Waldner, Riverbend Colony, Carberry
