It’s that time of year again!
As the screens are folded, the shovels stowed, cameras tucked away in their bags, everyone’s toes are about to be toasty warm in their slippers at home and the field season is coming to a close… which means it’s time for our Field Photo Contest!
Join us in voting for your favorites in each of the four categories: Fieldwork, Above Ground Heritage, Artifacts, and the always popular, Nature! Be sure to scroll all the way down so you don’t miss any of this year’s magnificent submissions.
Voting is anonymous until voting ends on Friday, December 8th at 4pm. Once we release the winners, the photographer of each snap will be revealed. Thanks to all who participated! Let’s celebrate our hard-working crews and raise a cup of hot chocolate for these wonderful photos from the field!
Boots on the Ground: Photographs of Fieldwork
A Day with Clay by Ceileighn MacInnis
Bring On the Dirt by Ceileighn MacInnis
Creepy Crawly by Peter Stewart
Crisp Fall Morning by Jesse Hume
Daybreak by Shannon Dunbar
Dragon Fly Buddy by Peter Stewart
Dream Team By Peter Stewart
Easily Distracted by Amy Boonstra
Evelyn Chasing Marc with a Toad by Lynn Sagar
Gareth in a Sunbeam by Amy Boonstra
Grey the Fluffiest Monitor by Cedric Sabourin
Head in the Sand by Emma Neto
Latest Hire by Amy Boonstra
Let There Be Light by Peter Stewart
Living the Archaeological Dream! by Tyra Davidson
Morning Commute by John Sleath
On the Way to Field Walk by Emma Neto
One With Nature by Peter Stewart
Paint Me Like one of your Stratigraphies by Samuel Johnson
Perks of a Northern Ontario Lunch Break by Lindsay Graves
Safety First! And Second and Third… by Lindsay Graves
Test Pit POV by Peter Stewart
The Flag Was Placed First by Emma Neto
The Road Home by Peter Stewart
The Root Of It All by Ceileighn Macinnis
Webequie Pickup by Martin Cooper
Webequie Uber by Martin Cooper
Above Ground Heritage
30,000 steps on the hottest day of the year was worth it for this view of the Wellington Destructor and the Sir Isaac Brock Bridge in downtown Toronto by Leora Bebko
A storm in 2022 had torn the belfry right off the top of the Springville United Church near Peterborough by Leora Bebko
Abandon The Past by Peter Stewart
Best Island Outhouse by Martin Cooper
Blacksmith House by Peter Stewart
Blacksmith Shop by Peter Stewart
Bullets from the past at the former WW2 air training base now concert venue Base31 by Laura Burke
English River Bridge At Dawn by John Sleath
Historic Ogoki Lodge by Lindsay Graves
Jailhouse Rock by Meredith Stewart
Great Finds: Amazing Artifacts
19the Century Fingerprint in Glaze by Marc Dibenedetto
A Collection of Animal Teeth from a Single Unit by Marc Dibenedetto
Friendship Point by Heather McKinnon
Good Point by Peter Stewart
Hertzian Cone by Ceileighn Macinnis
Intact Projectile Point by Peter Stewart
My First Quartz Point by Jose Gutierrez
Palms by Peter Stewart
Paper Thin Flake by Jesse Hume
Royal Artillery Regiment Button by Marc Dibenedetto
Surface Find by Peter Stewart
Tea Time by Ceileighn Macinnis
Ubiquitous Willow by Aiden Delorm
Landscapes And Nature
A picture of a toad is called a pho-toad-graph by Lynn Sagar
A tiny, camouflaged friend by Tyra Davidson
Autumn in November by Tyra Davidson
Bumbling Bee by Marc Dibenedetto
Caught Jam Handed by Heather McKinnon
Chanterelle Cluster by Cedric Sabourin
Cornfield by Marc Dibenedetto
Croaking up the wrong tree by Heather McKinnon
Dip, dip and swing by Martin Cooper
Even the alpacas wanted to know if I found any gold or dinosaur bones by Laura Burke
Fungal Frills by Poorya Kashani
Fungi and Moss by Lindsay Graves
GPS’ing Mantis on Catalyst by Cedric Sabourin
Holy Moley by Haley Daniels
Inside Every Snail Shell is a Tiny Disco Ball by Shannon Dunbar
Keep It Snappy by Ceileighn MacInnis
Kitchener Waterloo Landscape by Elizabeth Matwey
Lone Voyager by Shannon Dunbar
Lunchtime Naps by Heather McKinnon
Morning Views from the Van by Aiden Delorme
Mycologists Delight by Poorya Kashani
Praying Mantis by Peter Stewart
Praying this isn’t the same mantis from Buffy the Vampire Slayer season one episode four by Lynn Sagar
Strong Cliffside Oak by Cedric Sabourin
We had to rescue this would-be archaeologist from the units more than once by Samuel Johnson
Sunrise Through the Reeds by Aaron Clemens
The Corridor by Natasa Zdjelar
Tiniest Field Friend by Elizabeth Matwey
Tranquility by Martin Cooper
Wabakami Sunrise by Martin Cooper
Waterfall by Marc Dibenedetto
Whitewater Lake by Martin Cooper