VANCOUVER — Friends of the Columbia Gorge hosted a contest to celebrate Nature Photography Day on June 15.

Seven category-winning photos, a special sub-category winner and 12 honorable mentions were announced. All winners and honorable mentions were selected by a panel of four professional photographers whose experience includes landscape and portrait photography, conservation advocacy, and promoting diversity in the outdoors.

One honorable mention went to Paul Thomson of Vancouver, for his photo “Fish On,” featuring an osprey flying off with its prey near Rooster Rock.