Showcasing Delaware’s Beauty: Meet the Five Winners of DNREC’s 2025 Photo Contest

The sun rising over dozens of horseshoe crabs congregating on the beach, dolphins breaching the water with a lighthouse in the background and an idyllic scene of Assawoman Bay at twilight are among the five winning images out of nearly 500 entries submitted to the 2025 Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Photo Contest. See the winning photographs and learn about the artists who took them in this piece from Outdoor Delaware.

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Delaware’s Natural Beauty Shines in Fall

Perhaps few natural sights are more beautiful than the changing leaves in autumn. In Delaware, there are myriad locations to see the warm reds, oranges and yellows of oaks, beeches, maples, poplars and more, including numerous state parks and wildlife areas managed by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.

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Fawn-tastic! Playing Peek-A-Boo in the Brandywine Creek Watershed

An intimate moment with a white-tailed deer is captured by Delaware photographer Kimberly Barksdale.

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Lewes Woman’s Crabtivating Photo Wins DNREC’s Ocean Photo Contest

Angela Flynn, winner of our Ocean Photo Contest, shares with Outdoor Delaware about her beach adventures and love of photography.

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AREC Nature Photo Contest

DNREC’s Aquatic Resources Education Center (AREC) ran a nature photography contest for several years to gather images from photographers and nature lovers of the Tony Florio Woodland Beach Wildlife Area. 2021 Contest Gallery 2022 Contest Gallery

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