Duluth’s Dan Vander Ark took first place in the Nature category of Lake Superior Magazine‘s 23rd Annual Photo Contest. His photo, “The Turtles Four,” was shot near Iron River. Galleries of all the winning photos and runners up can be seen on lakesuperior.com. The winners were featured in the magazine’s February/March issue, which also marked the publication’s 40th anniversary.
Nearly 900 photos were entered in the contest. The overall grand prize went to Gary McCormick of Grand Marais, Mich., for his photo “Sunset on the Graveyard Coast,” shot at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
