Seventh Grader Wins Photo Award

Information courtesy of Westborough Community Land Trust.

The Westborough Community Land Trust (WCLT) announced that Kaleigh Wright, a seventh grader at , was awarded the People’s Choice Award in the Wild in Westborough nature photography contest held in November. The award was determined by the votes of visitors to the exhibit. Her photo, Splash of Red, is a dramatic fall photo that was also selected by as the second-play winner in the juried portion of the photo contest.

“It is interesting to see the agreement between the popular vote and the judges’ picks,” said Sharon Williams, photo contest chairman and a director of WCLT. “Both in this year’s photo contest and in WCLT’s previous contest in 2007, the People’s Choice photo turned out to be one of the winners that the judges had chosen. This year’s popular favorite was the second place winner, Kaleigh Wright’s photo of Virginia creeper, and back in 2007 it was Paul Weisbach’s photo of a white-breasted nuthatch, which won third place that year.”

“I’m not surprised that the favorites are memorable photos of wild plants and animals that are familiar to people in Westborough,” commented Annie Reid, who writes a Nature’s Notes column for WCLT. “These photos capture what we see around Westborough and help to give us a sense of place – of Westborough as our place.”

The previously announced winners in the juried portion of the photo contest were: first place, James McAlice of Westborough for Fall Sky; second place, Kaleigh Wright of Westborough for Splash of Red; third place, Barry Hall of Westborough for Crystalline Leaves; and honorable mention, Frank Vitale of Sudbury for Garter Snake.

Williams announced that the winning photos and many other photos from this year’s contest can be viewed online in WCLT’s new digital nature photo gallery. The Wild in Westborough photo gallery can be found on the WCLT web site at:
http://westboroughlandtrust.org/gallery.php

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