Clear Lake State Park Interpretive Association announces spring photo contest winners, launch summer contest

By Elizabeth Larson | Jun 19, 2021
A female wood duck photographed by Laurie Scheibner on April 14, 2021, in the Kelsey Creek Campground at Clear Lake State Park in Kelseyville, California, won the Clear Lake State Park Interpretive Association’s spring photo contest in the adult division.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Clear Lake State Park Interpretive Association has announced the winners of its spring photo contest and is launching its next contest for summer.

The group thanked everyone who participated in the spring, noting they had excellent submissions which captured the beautiful park in spring.

The winners are:

Adult division: Laurie Scheibner, female wood duck taken in a nest cavity on April 14 in Kelsey Creek Campground.

Senior division: Herman Strik, bald eagle taken May 11, 8:46 a.m. in a gray pine in Lower Bayview Campground.

Most Facebook likes: Herman Strik, Bullock’s Oriole in flight taken April 9 at 10:46 a.m.

Check out all the spring photos on the CLSPIA website under the Activities tab and on the CLSPIA Facebook Page.

Herman Strik won the senior division in the Clear Lake State Park Interpretive Association’s spring photo contest for this photo of a bald eagle taken on May 11, 2021, in the Lower Bayview Campground at Clear Lake State Park in Kelseyville, California.

The association is continuing its seasonal photo contests, and invites all park visitors to participate in the summer photo contest, which begins July 1 and continues until Sept. 1.

The contest is for all ages and all photographic submissions must be digital and posted on the CLSPIA Facebook Page. All rules for the contest can be found on this Facebook page.

You must be an amateur photographer and may use any type of digital camera.

Photographs must be taken inside Clear Lake State Park during the period of the contest. You may only post five photos during the period of the contest, but you may delete a photo and replace it with another. If you choose to substitute in a new photo, you will lose the likes on the deleted photo.

Judging will be in two stages: the five photos in each age group with the most Facebook likes will be honored and will move up to the panel judging.

The panel of judges will be selected by the CLSPIA Board and will judge the top five most liked photos and award a top winner in each age group.

Herman Strik won the most Facebook likes in the Clear Lake State Park Interpretive Association’s spring photo contest for this photo of a Bullock’s Oriole taken on April 9, 2021, in Clear Lake State Park in Kelseyville, California.