FIRST PRIZE (Tied) 
Plants and Their Environment 
Betty Randall 
A box elder leaflet lies among 
cattail stems in a bog in Utah’s Zion 
National Park. The photograph, 
taken in the shadows of a canyon 
that is about 2,000 feet deep, 
captures reflected, rather than direct, 
sunlight. Betty Randall is a free- 
lance photographer who lives in 
Coarsegold, California. 
MERIT AWARD 
Photomicrography 
Suzanne Groet 
Resorcinol is a chemical used in 
manufacturing resins, dyes and other 
products, and in veterinary medicine 
as a topical antiseptic. In the form of 
a “ melt crystal,” created when a 
crystal melts and recrystallizes 
on a slide, resorcinol displays 
artistic qualities as well. The 
photomicrograph was made with 
polarized light, using a Zeiss 
microscope to provide X32 
magnification; the color was 
modified by a retardation filter. 
Suzanne Groet, a botanist living in 
Upper Arlington, Ohio, began taking 
photomicrographs four years ago. 
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