Microsoft Future Pro Photo Contest Winners 2009

Over 3,000 entries were received from student photographers around the world resulting in a very close competition with many amazing images.

Neil Losin, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), captured the grand prize photo of a burrowing owl in 2006 when he was living in Davis, California.

Grand Prize
Twilight flight
Neil Losin
http://www.neillosin.com

First Place, People and Portraits category
Blurry Lives
Alper Dutkin
http://www.alperdutkin.com/

First Place, Nature and Landscape category
Silvertip Scrub
Yeang Chng
http://www.pbase.com/ychng

First Place, Sports and Photojournalism category
Kentucky Rodeo
Thomas Simonetti
http://www.thomassimonetti.com

Official website: http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/