‘Harris Beach Sunset’ was taken on a summer evening at Harris Beach State Park at sunset. Camera data was Nikon D810 with a Nikkor 70-200 mm lens (before I dropped the lens in the ocean). 1/500th, at f11 and ISO 400. Taken at 200mm.
Second Place
One Second Place Winner
Klamath Sunset Greg Smith
Third Place
One Third Place Winner
Sunrise In The Marsh Don Tedrow
Honorable Mention
Six Honorable Mentions
Solitude Bobette Heern
Let There Be Light Cynthia Briseno
Paradise Jim Heern
Subtle Sunset Ozzie Cummings
Last Rays Of Light Rose Christner
Opposing Colors Ross Steensland
First Place Winners – Open Category
Two First Place Winners
Modoc Night Ross Steensland
Modoc Midnight was taken in the Modoc National Forest on the first of September. I have been dove hunting there my entire life, so I was hoping to capture a photo that visualizes the essence of that region.
I scouted during the daylight until I located the ideal snag, then used my photopills app to identify the Milky Way’s location that night. During the night I light painted the foreground during a 104 second exposure, then shot 29 sky images to stack in Sequator for noise reduction. Both images blended in Photoshop CC.
The Pollinator Rose Christner
This was shot at the Butterfly exhibit in Cave Junction, OR on one of our club field trips this year. It was my first time ever to shoot butterflies, so it was a challenge for me with them constantly moving. Shot with my Canon 80D at 1/1600sec, F5.6, ISO1000, 100mm F2.8 Macro lens with extender. This was handheld and certainly not easy for me to do. I highly recommend going on club field trips with one or more as you will learn something new each time or you can share what you know to help others.
This was taken early one morning at Lake of the Woods when they were having their Triathlon competition. Taken on a tripod with my 400 lens and 1.4 extender. 1/500 sec. F/14, 560mm, ISO 1000. I wanted to do something different for our competition sports assignment, as I had never taken pictures of swimmers before and was up “early” for the challenge.
Helena And Koda Linda Bryant
Long Lake Swim Greg Smith
In searching for something different for the “Competitive Sport” category of competition, I discovered that Lake of the Woods was hosting a triathlon. I and another club member ventured up to the lake if the wee hours of morning to catch the open swim competition. It was impressive to watch swimmers of all ages (the oldest being 84) hit the 68 degree water for a 3000 meter swim. I was using my wonderful new 500mm lens to capture the action. For this shot I added a 1.4X extension to the lens for 700mm of reach. My settings were: ISO 4000, f/16, 1/800th of a second.
Second Place
Planning the Play Debbie Jallit
Third Place
Friday Night Lights Debbie Jallit
First Place – Open Category
Three First Place Winners
Clearwaters Ross Steensland
I was scouting Stump Lake for the next morning’s photoshoot. After admiring a smoky orange sunset, I happened across Clearwater River. The gentle water progressively edged by vibrant grass and wildflowers, resting under an old mountain forest captivated my imagination. Armed with my canon 6D MkII, Tamron 28-75mm f2.8, B&W Polarizer filter, and a sturdy tripod, I decided a long exposure in the waning light could capture the brilliant colors along with silky smooth water I was enjoying. Exposure settings: 28mm, F11, ISO 50, 30 second exposure, edited in Adobe Lightroom.
Fox Brewpub Dale George
“Fox Brewpub” was taken April of 2017 on our return drive from Las Vegas through Carson City. We had gone to dinner and were returning to our hotel in Carson City deep into the blue hour. I had intended to shoot this interesting historic old hotel after dark, so I pulled over and parked across the street. I set up my tripod with my older but trusty Canon 5DMKiii and 24-70mm lens combination.
I took 3 exposures at plus and minus 1.6 the normal exposure. ISO was 100 and f/6.1 while the shutter speed was 1.3 seconds at normal exposure.
Images were blended and tonemapped in Photomatix, some work in Lightroom and NIK Efex. Anyone who has seen my images knows I tend to be drawn to architectural buildings. They make great subjects and never move during the shooting process!!
A Pretty Place to Hide Susan Sheets
This image was shot in my backyard at dusk with my Olympus OMD EM5 MarkII and Olympus macro lens at 120mm, f8. I enjoy gardening almost as much as photography and often take my camera out with me when working in the yard – you never know what may be hiding out there.
