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SDN employees show creative side with photography contest

Various photos are shown on paper that makes the SDN Communications internal calendar.
The SDN Communications internal calendar is filled with images taken by employees.

SDN Communications employs more than 100 people in a variety of departments. Their day jobs include sales, network engineering, accounting and tech support.

But some of them are pretty good photographers. Every year, SDN has an internal contest for photos taken over the previous 12 months.

Employees vote for their favorites, and the top five are printed and displayed on a wall in the SDN office for a year.

The 2023 winning entries featured a variety of locations, including Alaska, Chicago and South Dakota.

See the winning entries and the best of the rest in the galleries below:

The top five photos

Colony Glacier in Alaska
The Colony Glacier in Alaska. (Photo by J.J. Anderson)
Lighthouse in a lake at dusk near Chicago
A Chicago lighthouse at dusk. (Photo by Hannah Boquet)
A snow-covered morning in South Dakota
A snow-covered morning in South Dakota. (Photo by Amanda Bormann)
A rainbow is shown over a waterfall in Idaho.
A rainbow at Shoshone Falls Park in Idaho. (Photo by Theron McChesney)
The peaks of Mount Denali in Alaska with a lush green field in front of it

Best of the Rest

Waves crash into the beach as the sun sets with boats in the foreground
Ocean Sunset by Amy Olson
A white building in the dusk of Qatar
The Story of Qatar by John Warden
The sun sets on a beach at Lahaina in Hawaii
Lahaina Sunset by Jeremy Libby
Fog almost engulfs a forest of pine trees
Through the Haze by Brianna Steinberg
An island in the center of a lake at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon
Edge of Crater Lake by Andrea Leesch
The sun sets with clouds covering the light
Wow by Chris Haiar
The sky darkens as a storm rolls in to a rural, grassy area with mountains in the background.
Rolling Storm by Theron McChesney
A cell phone tower is shown as the sun sets
Golden Frequencies by Branden Andersen
The sun shines through clouds as a row of houses lies in shadow in the foreground
Gold Lining by Greg Robinson
The rough landscape and rocky terrain of Badlands National Park in South Dakota
A Good Day in the Badlands by Michael Klinski
Devil's Island juts out of the water with lush green landscape on top of it.
Devil's Island Sea Cave by Travis Rayhons
A person flies in the air using a water jet pack as the sun sets on a beach
Walking on the Sun by Amanda Bormann
A deer runs through a bright green field with a solitary tree in the background
Bounding Bambi by Melisa Dellman
A pair of antlers rests on a stump with the sun setting in a rural empty field.
Treasure Hunt by Andrea Mingo
Posted: December 28, 2023
Topic: Employees
Type: Blog
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