September 2018 EID Winners

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First Place – Assigned Category

Three First Place Winners

The Winning Stroke Rose Christner

This was taken early one morning at Lake of the Woods when they were having their Triathlon competition. Taken on a tripod with my 400 lens and 1.4 extender. 1/500 sec. F/14, 560mm, ISO 1000. I wanted to do something different for our competition sports assignment, as I had never taken pictures of swimmers before and was up “early” for the challenge.

Helena And Koda Linda Bryant

Long Lake Swim Greg Smith

In searching for something different for the “Competitive Sport” category of competition, I discovered that Lake of the Woods was hosting a triathlon. I and another club member ventured up to the lake if the wee hours of morning to catch the open swim competition. It was impressive to watch swimmers of all ages (the oldest being 84) hit the 68 degree water for a 3000 meter swim. I was using my wonderful new 500mm lens to capture the action. For this shot I added a 1.4X extension to the lens for 700mm of reach. My settings were: ISO 4000, f/16, 1/800th of a second.

Second Place

Planning the Play Debbie Jallit

Third Place

Friday Night Lights Debbie Jallit

First Place – Open Category

Three First Place Winners

Clearwaters Ross Steensland

I was scouting Stump Lake for the next morning’s photoshoot. After admiring a smoky orange sunset, I happened across Clearwater River. The gentle water progressively edged by vibrant grass and wildflowers, resting under an old mountain forest captivated my imagination. Armed with my canon 6D MkII, Tamron 28-75mm f2.8, B&W Polarizer filter, and a sturdy tripod, I decided a long exposure in the waning light could capture the brilliant colors along with silky smooth water I was enjoying. Exposure settings: 28mm, F11, ISO 50, 30 second exposure, edited in Adobe Lightroom.

Fox Brewpub Dale George

“Fox Brewpub” was taken April of 2017 on our return drive from Las Vegas through Carson City. We had gone to dinner and were returning to our hotel in Carson City deep into the blue hour. I had intended to shoot this interesting historic old hotel after dark, so I pulled over and parked across the street. I set up my tripod with my older but trusty Canon 5DMKiii and 24-70mm lens combination.

I took 3 exposures at plus and minus 1.6 the normal exposure. ISO was 100 and f/6.1 while the shutter speed was 1.3 seconds at normal exposure.

Images were blended and tonemapped in Photomatix, some work in Lightroom and NIK Efex. Anyone who has seen my images knows I tend to be drawn to architectural buildings. They make great subjects and never move during the shooting process!!

A Pretty Place to Hide Susan Sheets

This image was shot in my backyard at dusk with my Olympus OMD EM5 MarkII and Olympus macro lens at 120mm, f8. I enjoy gardening almost as much as photography and often take my camera out with me when working in the yard – you never know what may be hiding out there.