Now she’s been recognized at the provincial level for her skills. Jacobs took top spot in the wildlife category at the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation’s (SWF) annual photography contest, for a photo of a couple of pheasants in a field. The winner was revealed by the SWF recently. Mary Jacobs is a long-time photographer in the Estevan area. File photo She has finished second and third in the provincial contest previously, but has never taken top spot. “Every so often, a bunch of us would go out driving, looking for wildlife pictures, and this one day, we were driving down the road, and there was a group of pheasants that had crossed the road,” Jacobs told the Mercury.