Click the Year End Winners Tab to find the wonderful images created by our members and recognized in the Year End Competition. Thanks!! to everyone who made it possible by gathering prints, organizing judges, creating certificates and everything in between! Enjoy.
Photo by Susan Sheets
“Ferruginous Hawk Chicks” – Photo by Judy Cox
Judy writes about her image:
I took this shot of Ferruginous hawk chicks in Eastern Oregon in 2021. These chicks were nearly fledged, almost ready to leave the nest. In this photo, they are eagerly waiting for a parent to deliver breakfast, perhaps a rabbit or ground squirrel. I was actually a long distance away so as not to disturb the birds. I used a Sony a6500 camera with a 70-350mm zoom telephoto lens. My settings were f/8.0, ISO 640, shutter speed, 1/1600. When I got home, I made adjustments and heavily cropped the photo in Lightroom. One interesting note about the birds–this was shot during the pandemic. It’s unusual for hawks to raise four chicks to maturity. Wildlife made a significant recovery during the pandemic shutdown because of the lack of human interference. I have been a member of the Caveman Camera Club for several years and I invite anyone interested to check out our meetings next Fall!
Congratulations on a beautiful image Judy! Look for this image in the Daily Courier soon.
Come join us for our second to last competition meeting of the year. The Assigned category is Metallic or Metal. 7pm, First United Methodist Church. See you soon!
We will be meeting in person at Newman United Methodist Church and following mask, and distancing guidelines.
Don’t forget a print if you are so inclined. Unmounted, 8×10 max. Prints will be judged in the Open category only.
Our Assigned category for March is “Ghosts” come join us for what should be some interesting and wonderful images.
….Same Bat time, same Bat channel. We will be meeting in person at Newman United Methodist Church and following mask, and distancing guidelines.
Don’t forget a print if you are so inclined and it can now be any size, mounted or not. Prints will be judged in the Open category only.
Our Assigned category for February is “Decay” so get those moldy mushroom pictures in shape and come join us ;0).
LET’S TALK BLACK AND WHITE ! Bring a black and white print or two to our Wed. Education meeting. We’ll walk through them together as a group, critiquing, and hopefully learning some things about what works, what doesn’t, papers for printing and some resources too. See you there!