Idaho Forest Products Commission

Arbor Day Student Photo Contest

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2025 Arbor Day Photo Contest

To celebrate Arbor Day, the Idaho Forest Products Commission sponsors a Photo Contest each year. The competition is open to all Idaho youth in 5th-12th grades. For the 2024 contest, young photographers addressed the theme, Seasons of Change: The Dynamics of Idaho’s Forests. In addition to their photo, contestants provided a statement sharing their vision of the photo’s portrayal of the theme.

Deadline: April 7th, 2025

Contestant:

8547

Grade:

7

Photo caption:

The sun is going down on my side of town and the tree looks wonderful.

Photographer's Statement:

I took this photo in Pocatello, Idaho. I really love this photo for many reasons, one of my reasons is that I love how the tree is lit up nicely but the sky but not fully black so you can still see the details well. I also really love how the cows are just chilling grazing by the beautiful tree. I also love the trees in the background and the sunset look of course. I know it could be better and have more story to it, but I really like the look and the angle of this photo, but I also think I should have tried to get this picture when the trees had more leaves, but I still really love how this photo turned out. It was also super fun to take this photo and experiment with which angles looked best for this photo. Which made it super fun.