December 2023
Wildlife Photo Contest Winners
Theme: "Wildlife Reflections"
Meet The Judges
Ruth is a full-time professional nature photographer, writer, public speaker, workshop leader, coach, and consultant with 30+ years’ experience teaching nature photography.
She enthusiastically works with photographers from all skill levels, ages, and walks of life, including youths from 8-18 years, US Veterans, artists’ groups, people with disabilities, and other specialized groups.
Ruth writes for the Journal of Wildlife Photography and manages its monthly photo contest.
A Certified Interpretive Guide and Certified Texas Master Naturalist, Ruth is best known for her Texas bird and wildlife photography and professional guiding services on private south Texas ranches, Costa Rica, and numerous other locations.
For more than 20 years, Paul Queneau has served as Wildlife and Conservation Editor of Bugle magazine at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
He is also a freelance writer and photographer, and past president of the Outdoor Writers Association of America.
Paul’s work has appeared in Outdoor Life, Field and Stream, the Christian Science Monitor, Montana Outdoors, High Country News and various other national and regional publications.
Originally from Colorado, he lives in Missoula, Montana, with his wife Laura and sons Liam and Jackson.