The following pages include the best images submitted for our annual reader photo contest.
Blue Hour at the landing - Kathy Dowling Morse Landing Park, Murrells Inlet, SC
Sunset at Murrells Inlet - Debbie Matter Murrells Inlet
roseate spoonbill showoff - Mary Comninel Huntington Beach State Park
Sunset at Holden beach - Michelle Tinger Holden Beach
Windswept sculptures - Jonathan Hylton Debordieu Colony
Palmetto tree in the morning light - Kathy Dowling Myrtle Beach State Park
Nights of a thousand beautiful candles - Austin Bond Brookgreen Gardens
Readers’ Choice WINNER! - Purple Dawn, Shutter Up Photography Garden City Beach
Celebrating the 4th - Charles Lawhon From Springmaid Pier in Myrtle Beach
Sunset Beach Sunrise - Suzanne Dillman Sunset Beach
Turquoise in the Mist - Mary Comninel Murrells Inlet
The 20th Year Anniversary and Remembrance of 9/11- Rick Farrell North Myrtle Beach
Pretty Peacock - Cherie Barrett Murrells Inlet
God’s Light - Michelle Tinger Calabash
Sea Oat Sunset - Charles Lawhon Myrtle Beach State Park
January Sunset from Cherry Grove Beach - Rick Farrell Cherry Grove Beach
Belin Rainbow - Jim Arnold Belin UMC, Murrells Inlet
Escape to the Gardens - Jonathan Snyder Children’s Garden, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet
Klig’s Kites 4th Annual Kite Festival: Art in the Sky - Lauren Kligman Grande Dunes Ocean Club, Murrells Inlet
Cormorant Portrait - Cherie Barrett Huntington Beach State Park
Be Happy! - Bronnie Fisher Myrtle Beach
Delicate in Nature - Steve Ellwood Huntington Beach State Park
Commercial Fishermen of Murrells Inlet - Jacqueline Ginther Crazy Sister Marina, Murrells Inlet
Ice on the Grand Strand - CJ Uricks Huntington Beach State Park
Martian Marsh - Shutter Up Photography Garden City
Gold Rush - Steve Ellwood Huntington Beach State Park
Brothers on a Limb - Mark Edwards North Myrtle Beach
End of Pier Rise - Mark Edwards Cherry Grove Pier, North Myrtle Beach
Great White Egret in Flight - Diane Disher Little River
Celestial City Lights - Jonathan Snyder North Myrtle Beach
Rustic Boardwalk on Pawleys Island - Kathy Dowling North Causeway Marsh, Pawleys Island
Atalaya Castle at Sunrise - Dave Gombka Huntington Beach State Park
Monarch Butterfly - Jacqueline Ginther Murrells Inlet
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