January 2022 Open Competition

COMPETITION RESULTS

 

OPEN COMPETITION – JANUARY 13, 2021

Two categories were judged: Advanced Projected (i.e. digital images) and Novice Projected. There were no Beginner Projected entries.  The Print categories are suspended until we start in-person meetings again. Awards in the Advanced and Novice categories are given for first, second, and third place, and multiple honorable mentions (HM) – the number of awards depends on the total number of entries in the category. Two HMs are given in the Beginner category if there are entries from more than one photographer. See an image that speaks to you? Let the photographer know the next chance you have!  

ADVANCED PROJECTED

1st Place: Wendy Kates ~ Making the Right Move 2nd Place: Kate Woodward ~ Golden City (Chicago) 3rd Place: Catherine Honigsberg ~ Pelican Landing HM – Sherm Edwards ~ Waterside Mill Loom HM – Renee Schaefer ~ There’s a Half Moon on the Rise HM – Wendy Kates ~ Snowy Sunset  

Catherine Honigsberg ~ Pelican Landing

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This photo was taken off Smith Island on a tiny island where Brown Pelicans and Cormorants have a rookery. They nest side by side and the smell is incredible. I took this hand held with my 70 -200 lens.

NOVICE PROJECTED

1st Place: Larry Brauer ~ Man With Orange Ball 2nd Place: Kim Keller ~ Egret 3rd Place: George Faison ~ snowjoy HM: Maude Svensson ~ Sunrise Chincoteague HM: Maude Svensson ~ Sunset Chincoteague

Larry Brauer ~ Man With Orange Ball

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Last year, our condominium building held an outdoor “Pandemic Party.” Looking down from my condo balcony (24 floors up), I saw this gentleman standing in the front of the building holding an orange ball. The brightly-colored ball grabbed my attention, along with the repeating patterns of the stone pavers. With my trusty zoom lens, I carefully reached over the balcony, with the camera strap around my neck, and snapped this shot.