Our next competition meeting is coming up fast. The Assigned Category is Faceless Portraits. You can get some really good ideas on the web about this category. There is plenty of room for creativity. Get your images to Dave Church by MARCH 1st, midnight and we’ll see you soon! Prints will be accepted up to ten minutes before the meeting.
Spread One’s Wings
Photograph By Bridget Cline
It was taken in Myrtle Beach, SC at sunrise.
Congratulations! Bridget on a beautiful image. Look for Bridget’s image sometime soon in the Daily Courier.
First Place
Siblings Jim Ingraham
This image was shot with a Nikon D810, 500mm lens, 1/800 shutter @ f5.6 and ISO 1600. Taken at the pond at Reinhart Volunteer Park (also known as All Sports Park) in the spring when the baby geese are present.
Second Place
Bandon Beach Larry Pollack
Two Third Places
Just Another Pretty Face Jim Ingraham
Autumn Falls Ross Steensland
First Place
Worth Two In The Bush Russ Williamson
Second Place
Discovering Which Side My Bread Is Buttered Ozzie Cummins
Third Place
Smoking Gun Greg Smith
Honorable Mention
Shedding A Little Light On A Salt With A Deadly Weapon Ozzie Cummins
First Place – Assigned Category – An Idiom Expressed as a Photograph
Two First Places
Spread One’s Wings Bridget Cline
It was taken in Myrtle Beach, SC at sunrise.
Thunderstruck Ross Steensland
This photo was taken in November of 2019 during an intense thunderstorm over Myrtle Creek. I was there before sunset and long into the night. As the sky got darker I was able to take repeated 2 minute exposures at f7.1 iso 250. I blended together two lighting strikes into the same sky photo, then blended that with the foreground and orange horizon from sunset. Canon 6DmkII Canon 24-70mm f2.8
Three First Places – Open Category
A Crack In The Sky Reflected Susan Sheets
I shot this at Bandon beach on a wintery, wet and windy weekend this January. The gear: Olympus 12-100mm lens at 12 mm, F8, 1/60th sec., on a tripod, Olympus EM5 MkII.
Go Ahead, I’m Listening Jim Heern
Golden Eagle Rudy Dierks
Image was shot at Wildlife Images. Two shot focus stacking was done on the bird to achieve sharpness over most of the image. The background is a blend of a couple of my own shot textures. I used a Canon 5D Mark IV with a 100/400 lens set at 263mm/F-8/500 shutter speed/2500ISO. Image was processed using photoshop 2019 and DXO software. Amazingly beautiful bird up close!
Three Second Places
I Hear You, I See You, I Smell You Susan Sheets
On The Lookout Rudy Dierks
The Image of the Bengal Tiger was shot at the West Coast Game Park near Bandon. The image is a time lapse of one cat taken several minutes apart. The background is a combination of images that were taken at Joshua TreeNational Park. The tigers were blended into the background using Photoshop. I used a Canon 5D MarkIV with 100/200mm lens/F-8/600Shutter speed/ ISO400 to shoot the cat shots and a 24/70 lens for the background shots. I hope this cat likes it’s new home.
The Boot Jim Ingraham
