Have you been bitten by the photography bug? The Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan park district invites non-professional photographers to enter the 45th annual Nature Photography Contest. Deadline for entry is Sunday, October 31. Competition categories are:

• Specific Nature Subject – Flora
• Specific Nature Subject – Fauna
• Landscape
• Parks Potpourri

For "Parks Potpourri," photos must be taken in a park operated by the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District (including Bluffton's Motter Metro Park, 10740 Columbus Grove-Bluffton Rd.)

Awards are sponsored by Alloway Environmental Testing and will the same in all categories, Youth and Adult divisions. Prizes: Best of Show $60; 1st Place $30; 2nd Place $15; 3rd Place $10.

Photos must be sumitted digitally. Prints of placing photos will be displayed at Art Space Lima (www.artspacelima.com) through the end of 2021.

For complete rules, visit https://www.jampd.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PHOTO-CONTEST-RULES-2021.pdf