Zoom in: The winning photograph brings you eye-to-eye with an anole perched inside a vibrant pink and yellow flower.
Stephanie Sheffield, an insurance agent from Gastonia, shot the image.
What they're saying: The magazine's art director Marsha Tillett applauded the "intimate portrait" of the small reptile for its "combination of artistic beauty and technical quality."
How it works: Subscribers to the magazine can enter the annual contest for free, and the grand prize image appears on the summer issue's cover.
