2025
PHOTO
CONTEST
This year's Nebraskaland Magazine Photo
Contest was once again a thrill for our staff to
witness. Viewing scenes across our great state
through the eyes of others is such a stunning
way to cap off another year in the outdoors.
This year's Best of Show winner, "A Final
March Toward Migration," by Jeffrey Z. Carney
of Ashland, was taken at the Crane Trust in
Hall County.
"On this night, I put down my long telephoto
and picked up a 35mm wide-angle lens
to try and capture the moment we were
all witnessing. It was a scene I had not
experienced during other migrations … . By
the next afternoon, most of the area's cranes
were gone." (Read the rest of Carney's story on
page 66.)
While the Nebraskaland staff has seen
thousands of sandhill crane images before, the
depth of the cranes and the beautiful colors
behind them were mesmerizing.
We thank everyone who participated in this
year's contest and look forward to seeing our
wonderful state through your eyes next year.
Jeff Kurrus, Editor
Nebraskaland Magazine
