Digital Image Winners

First Place The Gates Of Hell    Dale George   Second Place September Stars    Nomeca Hartwell   Three Third Places Burning Bush    Bridget Cline   Spring Storm    Susan Sheets   Run On Water    Jim Ingraham   Four Honorable Mentions Awaiting...

First Place Mirrored Orchid    Rose Christner After over 3 hours and 100 or more shots and cleaning up a messy set-up on the kitchen table, I finally decided on this shot. I used a black velvet cloth background and a large mirror and a spray bottle of water. I used a...

First Place Infernal Flame   by Ross Steensland While traveling along Rock Creek road within the Archie Creek Fire, it felt like an otherworldly area. Looking through the dense smoke I could see nothing but ash and silhouettes of what were once large trees. One broken...

First Place Morning In Teton Valley   by Rudy Dierks I shot this image from about a thousand yards in front of the barn using a 400mm lens. I wanted to bring the mountains in close to show how grand they really are. This spot is near Jackson Hole. Just follow the...

Assigned Category - Black and White First Place (tie) Amy  by Julie Padgett My image of Amy has a fun back story.  She contacted me via Instagram in June 2020 wanting to collaborate on a photoshoot.  She is a model and photographer who travelled here from Colorado and...

First Place A Prayer    Cynthia Briseno My girlfriend and I went camping, and did some antique shopping in Brookings.   During the camping we were allowed to have a fire (of course way before these fires!), and I used my crystal ball to shoot the fire.  We spoke about...

First Place Thor's Well    Jim Ingraham This image of Thors Well was taken at sunset in the spring. Exposure data was 1.3 second at f16 and ISO 400. Lens was a 24-70 at 30 mm on a Nikon D810. The idea is to photograph here when the tides are about half way in or out....

Assigned Category - Abandoned First Place   The Shell Station    Jim Ingraham This image is a light painting blend of about 4 or 5 images. For the main light source, I taped two small l.e.d. lights on a painters pole, extended it to about 15 feet and photographed for...