January 2021 – Digital Winners – Open Category

January 2021 – Digital Winners – Open Category

First Place

General Store     Dale George

 

Second Place

A Plastic Garden     Dale George

 

Four Third Places

Canadian Goose In Flight    Jim Ingraham

 

Among The Sway     Susan Sheets

 

The Light    Ross Steensland

 

Waiting On The Sun     Susan Sheets

 

Six Honorable Mentions

2193    Dale George

 

Wine Cave    Dave Church

 

Hummers Love Red     Rose Christner

 

Contemplating The Kill     Jim Ingraham

 

Green Heron     Jim Ingraham

 

Last Light     Nomeca Hartwell

 

 

January 2021 Digital winners – Assigned Category – Holiday Lights, City Lights

January 2021 Digital winners – Assigned Category – Holiday Lights, City Lights

First Place

Light My Way    Rose Christner

“Light My Way” was an adventure out into the night to try something new that I had never done before. Trying my newly gained skills at night photography was totally fun!  I used my Canon EOS R at f/13, 6 sec., ISO 200,18mm lens. Yes, I used a tripod and intentionally went out during traffic time to get the light stream of the cars. I look forward to more adventures in night photography preferably with other like minded photographers.

 

Second Place

Holiday Lights     Larry Pollock

 

Third Place

Purple Rain     Ozzie Cummins

 

Four Honorable Mentions

The Flow    Cynthia Briseno

 

Coos Bay     Julie Padgett

 

Motion Lights     Dave Church

 

Trumpet Shadow     Dave Church

 

December 2020 Digital Winners – Open Category

December 2020 Digital Winners – Open Category

Two First Places

Dancer Sarah    Jim Ingraham

Image is of Sarah, a local dancer. She was early on in her pregnancy during this shoot.

Technical data: ISO 64, f5.6 at 42mm using a Sigma 24-105 lens on a Nikon D850   Lighting: One light behind and above the dancer on the left, One light behind her on the right.(both lights providing rim lighting on her). There was a light for the backdrop. There was also a general fill left of camera to make sure the shadows on her didn’t go too dark.

 

Thirsty Hummer    Rose Christner

 

Second Place

Bottle Fly    Dale George

 

Two Third Places

The Human Experience    Larry Pollock

Mesquite Dunes,. Death Valley CA

 

Upper Kanarra Falls    Larry Pollock

Kanarra Falls Utah

 

Two Honorable Mentions

Moonset    Nomeca Hartwell

 

Hatley Castle    Dale George

December 2020 Digital Winners – Altered Reality

December 2020 Digital Winners – Altered Reality

First Place

Curtis – P40     Dale George

Curtis P-40E was taken with a Canon 5DMK3 & 16-35 lens combination. ISO setting 100 at f/11 with 3 exposures plus & minus 1/4 sec. No flash used. I took a few liberties with this HDR image in editing because I was liking it’s illustrative feel. Scene was captured at the Madras Air Museum 2 summers ago with a friend from Redmond who hipped me to this museum.

 

 

December 2020 Digital Winners – Assigned Category – Rain

December 2020 Digital Winners – Assigned Category – Rain

First Place (tie)

Rainy Night in Amsterdam     Judy Cox

This photo was taken on February 10, 2020. Nomeca and I were on a three day layover in Amsterdam, on our way to Tanzania. The picture was taken with an iPhone 7. I loved the reflections of the lights on the wet brick streets, and the lines of the light rail tracks.

First Place

The Dripping Dahlia     Rose Christner

Second Place

Last of the Snapdragons     Debbie Jallit

Third Place

Car Door Handle     Jim Ingraham

5 Honorable Mentions

Overnight Rain     Cynthia Briseno

 

Raindrops on Roses     Judy Cox

 

Dutch Rain     Nomeca Hartwell

 

The Show Must Go On     Susan Sheets

 

Rain On the Dogwood     Ozzie Cummins

November 2020 Digital Winners – Altered Reality

November 2020 Digital Winners – Altered Reality

Two First Places

Grosvenor’s Arch Trails    Larry Pollock

 

Melted    Pam Arbogast

This image was taken at a used car lot on Highway 99 in Phoenix, Oregon, after the destruction from the Almeda fire. When I saw the cars, I wasn’t even sure if it had been a car lot or a junk yard, as the vehicles were melted and crumpled from the intense heat of the fire. While adjusting the tone curve in Lightroom, I accidentally stretched the curve in a way that distorted the colors. I liked the way it looked, so rather than undoing my mistake, I went with it, and added further edits. Shot with a Canon 7D, 70-200 lens at 110, f9.5, 1/180 sec, ISO 125.