Judges: Greg Smith, Jan Franz and Dale George (Lead Judge)
Electronic Image Competition – Open Category
1st Place – Image of the Month
“Sweet Song” David Church
“This image was taken at the “Back to the Fifties-Concert in the Park”, and it features one of the lead singers of the group “Sound Stage Review”. I learned about photographing musical groups from other Camera Club members, and have found it challenging, as well as a great way to be close to the action. You often find some great expressions”.
The camera is a Canon 6d with a 70-300 mm lens at 200mm. The photo was shot at ISO 1,250 at f8 at 1/160 second.
“I’ve taken photos most of my life starting at home with my Dad’s darkroom. I joined the Caveman Camera Club in 2009, and since then have enjoyed learning and serving with a great group of folks”.
1st Place also (2-way tie)
“The eyes have it” Rose Christner
This was taken in Dec. of 2016 for our Christmas celebration at home. This is of my daughter Tamara and her boyfriend Eric and Tamara’s beloved dog Halo. She had just unwrapped the backpack for her biking/camping trip in Hawaii so she could take her well traveled dog with her. She had just tried it on with Halo in it to see if it fit and I took the fun shot. They all have extraordinary eyes, hence the title. Taken with my CANON EOS 80D at 1/80sec, F/5 62mm, ISO 5000.
This image was capture on 8.19.17 near Wrangle Camp at 6,000 ft. elevation about 5:30 in the evening. I was noticing these interesting white “weed” plants along the edge of the road. They were distinctive in that their general plant shape reminded me of a planetary solar system in structure. Actually, they are made up of hundreds, if not thousands of very tiny clumps of individual flowers on many stems radiating out from a central location on the main stalk. Then, what really caught my eye was they seemed to be covered with “yellow-jackets,” not bees like you would expect on a flower. Yellow jackets are usually attracted to dead meat, not the sweet nectar of a flower.
Anyway, I wanted to capture this interesting event and plant structure as well as some detail in the face of the Yellow-jacket (Insects were the assigned subject for this coming month competition). I used my Nikon 750 with a Nikkor 28-300 lens zoomed in at 300 mm; f8 to allow some detail in the plant, but still blur the background. I used a shutter speed of 1/320 sec for hand holding. I modified the exposure with a -1 exposure compensation to allow for very bright white flowers against a dark background. To get the exposure right with these settings, Auto ISO chose an ISO of 320.
1st Place – 2 way tie
“Tomato Worm” – Lynda Noles
This picture of a tomato worm was taken in 2010 with a Canon Rebel camera. The settings were 1/80 s @f/5.6 ISO 400 at 5:30 p.m.
2nd Place – 2 way tie
“Swallow Tail” – Doris Welborn
2nd Place – 2 way tie
“Perfect Landing” – Joy Lane
3rd Place – 6 way tie
“Up close and impersonal” – Jim Heern
3rd Place – 6 way tie
“On the Lavender” – Debbie Jallit
3rd Place – 6 way tie
“Bumble Bee” – Russ Williamson
3rd Place – 6 way tie
“Busy as can Bee” – Theresa Kubat
3rd Place – 6 way tie
“Pollen” -Vince Williams
3rd Place – 6 way tie
“Scorpion” – Debbie Jallit
Print Image Competition – Open Category
1st Place
“Green with Envy” Jim Heern
This is a a Guira Cuckoo, it lives in a semi-open habitat of Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Argentina. Shot at Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake city, Utah.
200 mm, ISO 125, f 5.6, 1/30 sec.
2nd Place – 2 way tie
“The Spiral” Jim Ingraham
2nd Place – 2 way tie
“Star Talk” Nomeca Hartwell
Print Image Competition – Assigned (Insects)
1st Place – 3 way tie
“Mirrored Mosquito Hawk” Rose Christner
In May of 2017 I gently scooped up this mosquito hawk that I thought was dead to take a picture of for our CCC assigned category. I put it on a mirror to hopefully get the underside reflection. Took me about 30 min to get the shots and I turned and he was gone. So no insects harmed or frozen in this assignment…LOL This was shot with my CANON EOS 80D at 1/8 sec, F13 140mm, ISO100. No flash and worked with in Photoshop.
Thank you,
Rose🌹
1st Place – 3 way tie
“Yellow Garden Spider” Greg Smith
“Yellow Garden Spider” is one of my first images using my new Canon 5D Mark IV, and was taken while out mentoring an aspiring young photographer. He had already located a group of these colorful creatures and it was a perfect opportunity to share some knowledge and capture a photo for the assigned category, “Insects”. This image was taken using my 100mm macro lens with dedicated twin flash mounted on the end of the lens. Camera settings were; ISO 1000, 1/25 second, and aperture maxed out at f/32 for as much depth of field as was possible.
1st Place – 3 way tie
“Fuzzy” Doris Welborn
Here’s my winning photo of Fuzzy, a Tachnid Fly. This fly was visiting oregano blooms in my backyard. It is a beneficial insect to the garden.
This image was taken with my Nikon D600 with a Nikon 24-70 lens attached. The lens was set on shutter priority, f/5.6, 1/2000, +.67 exposure compensation. This lens was purchased in 2010.
Judges: Dave Church, Vince Williams and Gene Rimmer (Lead Judge)
Electronic Image Competition – Assigned (Insects)
1st Place – Image of the Month
“Sweet Song” David Church
“This image was taken at the “Back to the Fifties-Concert in the Park”, and it features one of the lead singers of the group “Sound Stage Review”. I learned about photographing musical groups from other Camera Club members, and have found it challenging, as well as a great way to be close to the action. You often find some great expressions”.
The camera is a Canon 6d with a 70-300 mm lens at 200mm. The photo was shot at ISO 1,250 at f8 at 1/160 second.
“I’ve taken photos most of my life starting at home with my Dad’s darkroom. I joined the Caveman Camera Club in 2009, and since then have enjoyed learning and serving with a great group of folks”.
1st Place – Tie
“The eyes have it” Rose Christner
This was taken in Dec. of 2016 for our Christmas celebration at home. This is of my daughter Tamara and her boyfriend Eric and Tamara’s beloved dog Halo. She had just unwrapped the backpack for her biking/camping trip in Hawaii so she could take her well traveled dog with her. She had just tried it on with Halo in it to see if it fit and I took the fun shot. They all have extraordinary eyes, hence the title. Taken with my CANON EOS 80D at 1/80sec, F/5 62mm, ISO 5000.
2nd Place – Tie (x2)
“Cow Lick” Laurie Scaruffi
2nd Place – Tie (x2)
“Watercolor Magnolia’s” Marcia Fasy
3rd Place – Tie (x3)
“Open Up” Linda Williams
3rd Place – Tie (x3)
“Here’s Looking at You” Vince Williams
3rd Place – Tie (x3)
“It’s Getting Hot In Here” Jim Ingraham
Honorable Mention – Tie (x3)
“Stickerball” Jan Kloes
Honorable Mention – Tie (x3)
“Just The Two of Us” Linda Williams
Honorable Mention – Tie (x3)
“Watch Out” Russ Williamson
Electronic Image Competition – Open
1st Place
“A Pair of Watchful Eyes” Jim Ingraham
Taken at All Sports Park (Reinhart Park) in the late afternoon sunlight early February 2017. Not a lot of Photoshop, just basic corrections and adjustments. Shot with a Nikon D810 and a 200-500 mm F5.6 lens. ISO 800, F5.6 @ 1/320th second handheld with the vibration reduction on at 500 mm
2nd Place – Tie (x3)
“Powerful Gaze” Greg Smith
2nd Place – Tie (x3)
“Eye to Eye” Jim Heern
2nd Place – Tie (x3)
“Keeping His Eye on the Ball” Joel Takarsh
3rd Place – Tie (x6)
“Squall Line” Dale George
3rd Place – Tie (x6)
“Rockin Out” Dave Church
3rd Place – Tie (x6)
“Flowering Maple” Marcia Fasy
3rd Place – Tie (x6)
“The Little Pooper” Rose Christner
3rd Place – Tie (x6)
“Harbor View” Suzi Pratt
3rd Place – Tie (x6)
“Early Bird” Greg Smith
Print Competition – Assigned (Inseccts)
1st Place
“Onion Skin” Jim Ingraham
There is literally nothing left of this onion except the dried out skin. Took many months of sitting on the window sill for it to get this way. Taken with a Nikon D810 and 70-200 lens at 200 mm. ISO 250 at F22. Lighting is two softboxes. One on the right side of the image and the other behind and to the left of the image. Used a white card for a little bit of fill on the front left of the onion.
2nd Place
“Hairy Texture” Dave Church
3rd Place – Tie (x4)
“Painted Hills ” Dave Bell
3rd Place – Tie (x4)
“Curly Bark ” Judy Cox
3rd Place – Tie (x4)
“After Harvest ” Greg Smith
3rd Place – Tie (x4)
“Burma Dream ” Nomeca Hartwell
Print Competition – Open category
1st Place
“Of Bygone Days” Dale George
Photo was taken in Astoria at the Flavel House Museum. The house built by Mr. George Flavel, a river boat pilot who earned his fortune mainly by piloting ships up and down the treacherous Columbia river. He then expanded his fortune by getting into real estate in later years.
Built between 1884-1886 in the Queen Anne style, the home boasts 2 ½ stories including an upstairs cupola where George could watch the ships going up river. The home has 6 fire places, tons of hand carved woodwork, 14 foot ceilings downstairs and 12 foot ceilings upstairs. The home managed to survive a fire that destroyed much of town in 1922 and later survived 2 attempts to have it torn down to make way for a parking lot. Every room on the 2 floors are open to the public and decorated with antique furnishing, dishes and trappings of a fine Victorian mansion.
The house made a great impression on me and I really wanted to bring home images that when viewed, would give the atmosphere of this fine old home. So naturally, I used my tried and true method of taking multiple exposures, on a tri-pod which to my surprise was allowed. I used my new (then) Canon 5DMK3, Canon 16-35mm lens combination. Lens was fully open to 16mm, ISO setting 125, aperture set at f/8. 3 shots were taken at .3, .125, .8 seconds and combined and tonemapped in Photomatix. Next was some clean up work in Lightroom and finally a little more detail extraction in NIK Efex Pro.
The 3 main entertaining rooms downstairs were open, but roped off at the doorways to keep visitors from damaging the rugs and furnishings, but this in no way hampered the view or accessibility for my camera. If you go, be sure to allow a good 1.5 hours to fully appreciate and photograph this gem.
Taken at f/11, 1/2 second, ISO 400 with a Nikon D810 and 24-70 lens at 56 mm. Tripod mounted. The trick is getting to the other side of the creek without falling in the water!
“I joined the Caveman Camera Club several years ago to push myself creatively. As a portrait and team/event photographer it can be easy to fall into a predictable pattern (not that that is all bad!). I enjoy the camaraderie and companionship of my fellow photographers, some of whom are very much beginners and some who are very skilled and accomplished. I urge anyone with a passion for photography to join our club to share, learn and grow. It’s a lot of fun and it beats trying to read that 500 page owners manual you got with that new fancy camera!”
“Alicia’s Repose” by Jim Ingraham
‘Alicia’s Repose’ is a studio shot of local dancer Alicia Avalos. It is lit with studio lights from the sides and back to outline her shape. Nikon D810 @ 50mm, ISO 64, F5.6
