From hot iron to lush grasses to a calm pond— a wide array of natural beauty is on display among the four winners of the Kinder Farm Park Photo Contest.

The Friends of Kinder Farm Park annually host a photo contest to highlight the assortment of treasures that can be found there. The winners of the 2012 contest were recently announced on the Friends website.

Winners were chosen among four categories: 

Landscape: "Leafy Trail" by Melinda Meyers
People: "Shaping Iron" by Mark Laster
Fauna: "Ducks" by Chuck Kozub
Flora: "Grass and Sky" by Chuck Kozub

To view all the entries submitted for the contest, visit the Friends' website.

Photographers are already tightening their lenses for the 2013 edition of the contest, which was announced in February. See the attached flyer for more details.