CONNECT Magazine December 2008
Each year, the December issue of CONNECT highlights the Annual AZA Photo Contest. The winner of the contest is featured on the December cover with other great shots being highlighted in the magazine. Learn how to enter the 2009 AZA Annual Photo Contest and see if your shot will end up on the cover this December!
The winning photograph of AZA's 2008 Photo Contest very nearly eluded Mehgan Murphy, photographer at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. Being there at just the right second as Luke the lion studied the falling show (along with a bag over her camera to keep it dry) was the winning combination.
Photo Contest Honorable Mentions (in PDF)
Photo Contest Honorable Mentions (in PDF)
Photo Contest Honorable Mentions (in PDF)
2008 Year of the Frog Update (in PDF)
The cover photo — a quintessential zoo shot — is the winner of the 2008 AZA Photo Contest. Lions are favorite subjects of many visitors to AZA institutions when they take pictures, yet this image, taken by Mehgan Murphy of the Smithsonian National Zoo, captures an uncommon moment — Luke, the Zoo's male lion, is studying the falling snow.