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Photo Competition Winners: Scenery Category

April 13, 2026 AAC Events

Today, we’re delighted to reveal the winners of our “Scenery” category. Each submission vividly captured the beauty and essence of the natural world. Congratulations to all our winners!

📷 1st Place: Joe James

First Place Scenery: Joe James – Baobab tree under the Milky Way. Many baobabs in the region are centuries old and can measure 100 feet high. Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana.

📷 2nd Place: Helen Reinhardt

Second Place Scenery: Helen Reinhardt – In Namibia’s morning fog and hazy dust this desert-adapted lion was almost ghostlike slowly walking across the sand.

📷 3rd Place Tie: Fran Castro

Third Place Tie – Scenery: Fran Castro – After the rains, a cheetah scans zebras and wildebeest on the Serengeti plains, calm before the chase.

📷 3rd Place Tie: Mark Knott

Third Place Tie – Scenery: Mark Knott – Just after leaving Kicheche Mara Camp with our guide Jimmy Tinka he spotted a group of giraffe way off in the distance. We raced over in time to get this shot. I like the way they paired themselves off.

View submissions from the “Scenery” photo competition…