October 2018 Print Winners

October 2018 Print Winners

First Place

I Puke On Food    Dale George

 

Second Place

Five Second Place Winners

Lone Rock Sunset    Jim Ingraham

 

Just Ducky    Greg Smith

 

Wishes    Susan Sheets

 

Here Today Gone Tomorrow    Dale George

 

Deadly Dancers by  Bobette Heern

 

Third Place

Three Third Place Winners

Mischief    Lexi Gasperson

 

Basking In The Sun    Rose Christner

 

Ropin’ Cowboys by Laurie Hayden-Quinn (Image not available)

September 2018 Print Winners

September 2018 Print Winners

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First Place

Two First Place Winners

Lake Selmac-Moon, Stars & Jupiter      Nomeca Hartwell

Lake Selmac was sheer lucky happenstance as I wandered around in the dark. With a few too many lights  around the lake and  having fruitlessly walked the dam in the dark,  I drove over to a darker section of the area still hoping to find a doable shot of the Milky Way. I stumbled down towards the water past some picnic tables and found this lovely view around Midnight. Interestingly enough,  Lake Selmac became a Fire Camp HQ the very next day and there is no way I could have taken these shots.    It is a double vertical row of star shots stitched together.  Nikon D750 and Nikkor 24mm f1.8 lens at f/2.2, ISO 3200, 13 secs, 4 dupes  of each shot (=24shots), stacked in Sequator to remove noise, basic adjustments  in LR and then a lot  more work in PS.

 

 

Lake Lemolo Black Stars         Nomeca Hartwell

Lemolo Lake, taken mid-June,  was a beautiful, serene , reflective starscape  a few miles away from Diamond lake.  My travel partner, Don T., spent all night photographing and videoing the scene and saw wonderous sights. I went to my tent after Midnight and had a chilly rest ( talk about suffering for the cause of  artSmile).   Nikon D750, ISO 3200, 12 sec., 24mm 1.8 lens at f/2.0… 16 shots, stacked into 4 working shots in Sequator to remove noise, adjustments in LR and further work in PS.

 

Second Place

Two Second Place Winners

Going Rogue       Jim Ingraham

 

Backyard Blooms      Dale George

 

Third Place

Three Third Place Winners

Hovering Hummers      Rose Christner

 

This Is My Good Side      Rose Christner

 

Yaquina Bridge      Dale George