Wow! What a great competition! You guys really ROCK! We had 54 images in 9 categories. 20 different members entered the competition. Of the 54 images, 34 images received a merit score of 80 or above! The highest score was 87 given out to newer member Dennis Goff for his image titled “Reflections” which was in the Portrait category. The two other top scores were an 86 awarded to Bob Driver for “Your Move” in the Animals category, and to David Green for “Comet Over The Desert” in the Landscape category. All three of those images competed for the “Best of Show” award which was give to Bob Driver for his image “Your Move”. Congratulations Bob! Well deserved!
In the Novice division we had 13 images entered with 5 of them getting a merit score! That is totally awesome! New member Andrew Lewis received an 83 for his image titled “Hummer”, Bob Mosier received an 82 for his image “Cascades”, Jayme Thomas received an 81 for “Curious Observer”, Andrew Lewis received an 81 for “Bluff Lake Duck” and Cathy Gero received an 80 for “Up The Down Staircase”. Congratulations! That is a great showing for you guys and much deserved!
Here is a breakdown for the competition:
Best of Show - Bob Driver “Your Move”
Judges Choice - Bob Driver “Your Move”
Judges Choice - David Green “Comet Over The Desert”
Judges Choice - David Goff “Reflections”
Category awards:
Animals - Master Division
1st Place - Bob Driver “Your Move” Score 86
2nd Place - Jane Del Vecho “Leaf Hugger” Score 83
3rd Place - Kevin Karzin “On Golden Pond” Score 82
Animals - Novice Division
1st Place - Andrew Lewis “Hummer” Score 83
2nd Place - Andrew Lewis “Bluff Lake Duck” Score 81
3rd Place. - Jayme Thomas “Curious Observer” Score 80.67 (81)
Architectural - Master Division
1st Place - Michael Bowman “Dark Skies Over Eileen Donan” Score 83
2nd Place - Henri Lajer “Urban Lights” Score 80.33 (80)
3rd Place - Bill Boehm - “Getty Museum entrance Hall” Score 80
Architectural - Novice Division
1st Place - Cathy Gero “Up The Down Staircase” Score 80
2nd Place - Bob Mosier “Castle” Score 79
Digital Manipulation - Master Division
1st Place - Mel Carll “Floral Love” Score 83
2nd Place - Jeff Barlow “The Guardians” Score 79
No Novice entries
Event & Editorial - Master Division
1st Place - Bob Driver “Wonderland Couple” Score 82
2nd Place - Henri Lajer “Bacon For Breakfast” Score 81.67 (82)
3rd Place - Dusty Stiles “Mono-Chrome Lake” Score 79.33 (79)
No Novice entries
Fine Art - Master Division
1st Place - Henri Lajer “C’est Si Bon!” Score 83
2nd Place - Bill Boehm “Long-billed Curlew” Score 80
No Novice entries
Landscape - Master Division
1st Place - David Green “Comet Over The Desert” Score 86
2nd Place - Dennis Goff “Alien Rock” Score 82
3rd Place - Chris Hoefflin “Eastern Sierra In Fall” Score 81.67 (82)
Landscape - Novice Division
1st Place - Bob Mosier “Cascades” Score 82
2nd Place - Andrew Lewis “Mono Lake Sunrise” Score 79
3rd Place - Bob Mosier “Sun Breaks Thru” Score 78
Macro & Closeup - Master Division
1st Place - Jane Del Vecho “Beeguiled” Score 81
Macro & Closeup - Novice Division
1st Place - Jayme Thomas “Tastes Like Honey” Score 78
Nature - Master Division
1st Place - Chris Hoefflin “Fireball Beauty” Score 80
2nd Place - Dusty Stiles “A Quiet Creek” Score 79
Nature - Novice Division
1st Place - Nadene Bowman “Winter’s Gift” Score 79
Portrait - Master Division
1st Place - Dennis Goff “Reflections” Score 87
2nd Place - Bob Driver “Terre Patrick” Score 84
3rd Place - Ted Dayton “Kevin is Fast” Score 81.33 (81)
Portrait - Novice Division
1st Place - Cathy Gero “Serious Chris” Score 79
Other Merit Award winners:
Animals
Dennis Goff - “Mountain Goat” Score 81
Chris Hoefflin - “Wood Duck’s Afternoon Swim” Score 81
Tom Spanos - “Covid Test Subject” Score 81
Kevin Karzin - “Walking On Water” Score 80
Michael Bowman - “Puffin Party” Score 80
Landscape
Mel Carll - “Moody Dunes” Score 81
Jim Mahan-Soto - “Mt. Whitney Early Morning” Score 81
Ted Dayton - “SPRAWL” Score 81
Jim Mahan-Soto - “Lone Pine Sunrise” Score 81
Portrait
Ted Dayton - “Kelvin Is Handy” Score 81
Great job everyone! I am so excited to see that so many members entered the contest. Ribbons will be sent to the winners very soon. I will use the address listed on the entry forms. I am including the Zoom Link of the competition in-case you want to re-watch and listen to the judges comments. Again, a big thank you to our judges: John Grusd, Michael Collins and Nikki Washburn!
Also I want to thank Mel Carll for hosting the competition, Garry Tice for scoring and Jeff Barlow for receiving the entries and putting them in order and sharing his screen to view the images. This completion wouldn’t have happened without your help!
Here is the Zoom link.
Passcode:
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Keep Shooting,
Kevin