The winners of the 2008 Pro-Tour are…
Congratulations to all the 2008 Pro-Tour: Coastal Bend of Texas Winning Photographer/Landowner Teams! Each teams submissions can be viewed by clicking the see images next to the team listing or to view all of the albums just simply click here . In all of the albums there is a Slideshow button (with a green arrow) located directly above the first photo. This is a nice built-in way to view the photos. All the Pro-Tour albums’ images are shown in the order of the Pro-Tour divisions as follows: Birds, Mammals, Reptiles/Amphibains, Insects/Arachnids, and Plants/Landscapes.
- FIRST GRAND PRIZE: Rolf Nussbaumer/Fennessey Ranch see images
- SECOND GRAND PRIZE: D. Robert Franz/Mustang Ranch see images
- THIRD GRAND PRIZE: John Hendrickson/Rob & Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation see images
- FOURTH Place: Jason Hahn/Pedrotti-Sorgente Ranch see images
- FIFTH Place: Jasper Doest/JHA Ranch see images
- SIXTH Place: Cathy Illg/Swenson Family (Hill Creek Ranch) see images
- SEVENTH Place: Sean Fitzgerald/La Ramirena Ranch see images
- EIGHTH Place: Derrick Hammerick/La Campana Ranch see images
- NINTH Place: Scott Linstead/Hoffman Rockin H Ranch, Ltd see images
- TENTH Place: Al Perry/Twin Oaks Ranch see images
(the following teams are in alphabetical order)
- Joshua Anderson/Rancho Lucero see images
- Santiago Gibert Isern/Dale Land & Cattle (Sick Dog Ranch) see images
- Marcel Van Kammen/ Flying M Ranch & Lajuana Ranch see images
- Leo Keeler/Knolle Farms see images
- Terra Lightsmith/Fourth Option Ranch see images
- Maresa Pryor-Luzier/Jay Welder Ranch see images
- Mike Sloat/Borchers Ranches see images
- Todd Steele/Butler Ranch see images
- Keith Szafranski/International Power Coleto Creek see images
- Tom Ulrich/Pierce Ranch see images
Congratulations to all who participated in the ICF 2008 Pro-Tour: Coastal Bend of Texas! Of the 20 portfolios submitted by the photographers there were near 1200 amazing images. The judges selected of those 100 phenominal images that were paid $500 each. There were articles released about the winning teams and the overall Pro-Tour competiotion from Texas Parks and Wildlife, San Antonio Light , Corpus Christi Caller-Times, and the Victoria Advocate.