2017 Virginia Vistas Honorable Mentions Cities & Towns Category Honorable Mention: “City of Richmond” (Richmond along the James River) by Robert Coles of Richmond Cities & Towns Category Honorable Mention: “Flood Stage” (The James River in Richmond) by Scott Adams of Richmond Coastal & Chesapeake Bay Category Honorable Mention: “Last Light” (Eastern Shore Kiptoeke State Park on the Chesapeake Bay) by Kevin Divins of Henrico Coastal & Chesapeake Bay Category Honorable Mention: “Orange Sunset” (Cape Charles on the Eastern Shore) by Nancy Comley of Williamsburg Coastal & Chesapeake Bay Category Honorable Mention: “Sunrise on Heywood’s Creek” (Gloucester County Heywood’s Creek, Severn River) by Lewis Burruss of Hayes Coastal & Chesapeake Bay Category Honorable Mention: “The Watcher” (Windmill Point in White Stone) by Scott Adams of Richmond Farms & Open Spaces Category Honorable Mention: “Big Meadows Sunset” (Shenandoah National Park near Luray, Virginia) by Edward Episcopo of Fredericksburg Farms & Open Spaces Category Honorable Mention: “Maple Harvest in Highland County” (Mill Gap) by Dave Lynch of Goochland Farms & Open Spaces Category Honorable Mention: “The Moon and the Stars” (Radford) by Dakota Flora of Midlothian Farms & Open Spaces Category Honorable Mention: “The Simple Life” (Stevensburg Road in Culpeper County) by Mary Lynne Wolfe of Spotsylvania Farms & Open Spaces Category Honorable Mention: “Valley View from Balloon” (Shenandoah County) by Dan Ewart of Williamsburg Highways & Byways Category Honorable Mention: “Country Road through Rural Virginia” (Brandy Station in Culpeper County) by Theresa Rasmussen of Fredericksburg Highways & Byways Category Honorable Mention: “Sunburst Road” (Highland County along Rt 640 in Hightown) by Kathy Cobb of Monterey Mountains & Valleys Category Honorable Mention: “Cascade Falls in Autumn” (Pembroke) by Joseph Broyles of Yorktown Mountains & Valleys Category Honorable Mention: “A Need to Explore” (Humpback Rock in Nelson County) by Malcolm Andrews of Charlottesville Mountains & Valleys Category Honorable Mention: “New River Sunrise” (Pearisburg) by Harold Burnley of Kilmarnock Mountains & Valleys Category Honorable Mention: “Night Sky at Wintergreen” (Wintergreen/Devils Knob Loop looking south towards Lovingston) by Liz Clayton of Midlothian Mountains & Valleys Category Honorable Mention: “Solitude” (Nelson County) by Susan McSwain of Shipman Mountains & Valleys Category Honorable Mention: “Warm Sunset At Shenandoah National Park” (Along Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park in Rappahannock County) by William I. Spinrad Jr of Winchester Rivers & Waterways Category Honorable Mention: “Aquia Creek Landing on the Potomac” (Aquia Creek Landing in Stafford on Aquia Creek and Potomac River) by Buddy Secor of Stafford Rivers & Waterways Category Honorable Mention: “Cowpasture River” (Bath County along the Cowpasture River) by Doug Puffenbarger of Blue Grass Rivers & Waterways Category Honorable Mention: “Dawn at Colonial Beach” (Colonial Beach on the Potomac River) by Mary Lynne Wolfe of Spotsylvania Rivers & Waterways Category Honorable Mention: “Quiet Evening” (York River near Yorktown) by Jean Fripp of Williamsburg Rivers & Waterways Category Honorable Mention: “Winter in James River” (Richmond along the James River) by David Nguyen of Midlothian Scenic Trees Category Honorable Mention: “Bald Cypress” (Chesapeake Lake in Drummond) by Bill Niven of Chesapeake Scenic Trees Category Honorable Mention: “Emancipation Oak” (Hampton) by Flo Womacks of Virginia Beach Scenic Trees Category Honorable Mention: “Foggy Stumpy Lake” (Stumpy Lake in Virginia Beach) by Yuzhu Zheng of Virginia Beach Scenic Trees Category Honorable Mention: “Japanese Garden at Maymont” (Maymont Park in Richmond) by Chris Beasley of Midlothian Scenic Trees Category Honorable Mention: “Powhatan Fog” (Powhatan) by Dick Pitini of Powhatan Scenic Trees Category Honorable Mention: “Sunset at Munden Point Park” (Munden Point Park in Virginia Beach) by Yuzhu Zheng of Virginia Beach Scenic Trees Category Honorable Mention: “Trees on Whitetop Mountain” (At Wilson Creek along Whitetop Mountain Road) by Liz Clayton of Midlothian Vistas with Wildlife Category Honorable Mention: “ABE (American Bald Eagle)” (Aquia Harbour Marina in Stafford County) by Mark Pugh of Stafford Vistas with Wildlife Category Honorable Mention: “Deer in Snow” (Smithfield) by Flo Womacks of Virginia Beach Vistas with Wildlife Category Honorable Mention: “Dinner is Served” (Fredericksburg) by Andrew Sentipal of Fredericksburg Vistas with Wildlife Category Honorable Mention: “Eagle on the James River” (On the James, downriver from Richmond) by Edward Episcopo of Fredericksburg Vistas with Wildlife Category Honorable Mention: “Fishing Rights” (The Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg) by Edward Episcopo of Fredericksburg Virginia State Parks Category Honorable Mention: “Fairy Stone Park” (Stuart) by Roderick Perkinson of Williamsburg Virginia State Parks Category Honorable Mention: “Leesylvania Sunrise” (Leesylvania State Park in Woodbridge) by John Ernst of Fairfax Virginia State Parks Category Honorable Mention: “Natural Bridge” (Natural Bridge in Natural Bridge State Park) by Barbara Batchelder of Lynchburg Virginia State Parks Category Honorable Mention: “Six Snow Ponies” (Grayson Highland State Park in Grayson County) by Martin Seelig of Fleetwood