January Winners

Mono 2nd – Bodyscape by Chris Handley

Color 3rd – Hilma Hooker Wreck by Janerio Morgan

Color HM – Air Dance by Mike Shaefer

Color 2nd – Lake Janaluska IR Color by Don Stephensjpg

Digital HM – Predatory Pitcher Plants by Brandon Ward

Mono 1st – Cactus by Chris Handley

Color 1st – Light Through the Window by Jim Harrison

Digital 3rd – Iceberg Delight by Mike Shaefer

Color Member's Choice – Mushroom Sculpture by Chris Handley

Mono 3rd & Member's Choice – The Porch by Steve Director

Digital 1st – Extreme Engineering by Rohit Kamboj

Mono HM – Summerville Special by Don Stephens

Digital HM – Great Synagogue Budapest by Steve Director

Digital HM – Reading at the Pool by Brandon Ward

Digital 2nd – California Dreaming by Brad Bartee
Open Competition
Judge: Jason Thrasher
Number of Entries:
14 monochrome prints
17 color prints
27 digital entries
February Winners

Color HM – Daises by Steve Director

Digital 3rd – Texture II by enrique

Digital 1st – Cape Cod Sunset by Steve Director

Mono 2nd – Blenny at Home by Steve Director

Digital HM – Fawn-breasted Brilliant by Vincent Huynh

Color 1st & Members Choice – Artland by Mike Shaefer

Digital HM – Winter Forest - Sun and Shadow by Jim Harrison

Digital HM – Texture III by Enrique

Mono 1st & Members Choice – Gladiolus Bulbs by Darryl Neill

Mono HM – Tree Bark and Viny Leaves by Brandon Ward

Digital HM – Galapagos Iguana by Steve Director

Color 2nd – Seeing the Unseen by Mike Shaefer

Mono 3rd – Bombing at Sant Felip Neri by Chris Handley

Color HM – Colorful Peruvian Medly by Mike Shaefer

Digital 2nd – Paint Me by Chris Handley

Color 3rd – Old Headlamp with Shadow by Jim Harrison
Theme: Texture
Judge: Jack Martin
Number of Entries:
23 monochrome prints
17 color prints
34 digital entrie
March Winners

Color HM – Closed Doors - The Old Red Barn by Jim Harrison

Color 2nd – No Urine Here by Marc McElhaney

Color HM-Members Choice – Dallara by Rohit Kamboj

Digital 1st – Buttonbush by Rohit Kamboj

Color 1st – Sevilla at Dawn by Chris Handley

Digital 2nd – Taj at Sunrise by Steve Director

Mono 2nd – Street Photography by Marc McElhaney

Mono HM-Member's Choice – Watching by Janerio Morgan

Digital HM – King of the Mountain by Vincent Huynh

Digital 3rd – Gwen by Marc McElhaney
Open Competition
Judge: Kathryn Nee
Number of Entries:
19 monochrome prints
25 color prints
19 digital entrie
April Winners

Digital HM – Ring-billed Gull by Steve Director

Digital 3rd – Mail Car by Janerio Morgan

Digital 1st – Lavender Petals by Chris Handley

Digital 2nd – Blue Egret by Janerio Morgan

Color 1st – Wooden Crosses -Terlingua TX by Jim Harrison

Color 3rd – Pan Mass Challange by Steve Director

Color 2nd – On the Edge of Courage by Mike Shaefer
Depth of Field
Judge: Don Stephens
Number of Entries:
10 monochrome prints
20 color prints
18 digital entries
May Winners

Digital HM – Ganges Cremation Ceremony by Steve Director

Mono HM – The Raging River Arno by Darryl Neill

Color HM & Members Choice – What Ya Scratchin by Mike Shaefer

Mono 3rd – Elegant Decay by Mike Shaefer

Digital 3rd – Viv_s Owl by V. Stephens

Digital 1st – Horseback Rumble by Mike Shaefer

Color 1st – Osprey by Steve Director

Digital HM – Sunburst Tableau by Mike Shaefer

Color 3rd – Elephant Ear by Darryl Neill

Mono 2nd – Rickshaw Afternoon by Marc McElhaney

Digital 2nd – Divine Peace by Stan Greenberg

Color HM – Sunset over the Bay by Steve Director

Mono 1st – Walking Florence in the Rain by Darryl Neill

Color HM & Members Choice – Fall in Acadia by Darryl Neill

Color 2nd & Members Choice – The Wrangler by Mike Shaefer

Mono HM & Member's Choice – Walking Away by Marc McElhaney
Open Competition
Judge: Gordon Kilgore
Number of Entries:
18 monochrome prints
22 color prints
22 digital entries
June Winners

Digital HM – Milky Way by Steve Director

Color 1st – Milky Way at Boyle Murder Lake by Rohit Kamboj

Digital 2nd – Night Magic by Mike Shaefer

Digital 1st – Avian Abstract by Darryl Neill

Color Members Choice – Making the Break by Mike Shaefer

Digital 3rd – Middle Prong Falls Detail 2 by Jim Harrison

Mono 2nd & Members Choice –Ciclone by Rohit Kamboj

Color 3rd – American Falls Illumination by Rohit Kamboj
Long Exposure
Judge: Ron Sherman
Number of Entries:
7 monochrome prints
15 color prints
18 digital entries
July Winners

Digital HM - Dance in the Sky by Rohit Kamboj

Mono 2nd - Turbofan Number 2 by Brandon Ward

Digital 1st - Sky and Earth Encounter by Mike Shaefer

Color 1st & Members Choice - Carriage No. 112 by Rohit Kamboj

Digital 3rd - The Sentinel by Stan Greenberg

Mono 1st & Members Choice - Initiation Well by Chris Handley

Digital HM - Along the Rhine by Stan Greenberg

Mono HM - Sea Gull Heaven by Marc McElhaney

Color 2nd - Granada Cathedral by Chris Handley

Digital HM - Showtime by Marc McElhaney

Digital 2nd - Daisy - From Behind by Steve Director
Open Competition of Recent Images
Judge: Janerio Morgan
Number of Entries:
17 monochrome prints
17 color prints
27 digital entries
August Winners

Digital 1st - Novice Monks by Enrique

Color HM - Green-crowned Brilliant by Vincent Huynh

Digital 3rd - The Beautiful Taj Mahal by Mike Shaefer

Digital 2nd - Sippin' With Mom by Darryl Neill

Digital HM - Food! by Vincent Huynh

Digital HM - Reaching Up by Stan Greenberg

Color HM - Mini Cooper by Chris Handley

Color 3rd - Castle of the Moors by Chris Handley

Color 1st - Strommin on my Edsel by Mike Shaefer

Digital HM - Window Reflections by Stan Greenberg

Digital 2nd - Repeating Forms, Botanical Garden by Brandon Ward

Digital HM - I am next by Enrique

Members Choice & Color 2nd - Americana Snapshot by Mike Shaefer
Open Competition
Judge: Michael Boatright
Number of Entries:
23 monochrome prints
15 color prints
34 digital entries
September Winners

Digital 3rd - Canceled Train by Marc McElhaney

Color 2nd - Precious Bond by Mike Shaefer

Color HM - Life On The Sidewalk by Marc McElhaney

Digital HM - My God by Enrique

Mono 2nd - The Bartender by Mike Shaefer

Digital HM - Busted by Marc McElhaney

Color - Lake Janaluska IR Color by Don Stephens

Digital HM - Big Sister by Marc McElhaney

Color 3rd - Searching by Brandon Ward

Color HM - Tally Me Mangos by Marc McElhaney

Digital 1st - Life in the Crater by Mike Shaefer

Color 1st - A Bigger Load by Marc McElhaney

Digital HM - Soaping it Up by Mike Shaefer

Digital 2nd - Getting Wet! by Ru Britton

Mono - Wailing Practice by Marc McElhaney
Theme: Storytelling
Judge: APS Members
Number of Entries:
15 monochrome prints
19 color prints
32 digital entries
October Winners

Mono 1st - Glorious Kitchen by Chris Handley.jpg

Digital 2nd - Mayan girl by Enrique

Mono HM - Stairwell Window by Chris Handley

Color 2nd - Cruising on Red Sail by Rohit Kamboj

Member's Choice, Color 3rd - The Future Without Innovation by Mike Shaefer

Mono 3rd - The Dark Mystery by Rohit Kamboj

Digital HM - Sunset Over the Bay by Steve Director

Digital 3rd - Snack at Sunset by Stan Greenberg

Digital 1st - Artist After Work by Brandon Ward

Color 1st - Old Barn Detail - Weather and Time by Jim Harrison

Digital HM - Chicago River by Ru Britton
Open Competition
Judge: Gerald Straw
Number of Entries:
18 monochrome prints
15 color prints
25 digital entries
Salon Winners

1st Color, 3rd Peoples Choice - Carriage No. 112 by Rohit Kamboj

2nd Mono - Seagull Heaven by Marc McElhaney

HM Color - Out of the Past - Cadillac by Janerio Morgan

HM Color - Strumming on My Edsel by Mike Shaeffer

3rd Color - Sloss Wheel by Jim Harrison

2nd Color, 2nd Peoples Choice - Life In The Crater by Mike Shaeffer

3rd Mono - Sheldon Church Mysteries by Jim Harrison

HM Color - Jellyfish by Rohit Kamboj

HM Color, 1st Peoples Choice - Art Land by Mike Shaeffer

HM Color - Old Headlamp by Jim Harrison

HM Color - Searching by Brandon Ward

1st Mono & Best in Snow - Door Shapes by Brandon Ward
Salon
Judges: Taylor Bareford, John Mason and Robin Davis
Number of Entries:
12 monochrome prints
42 color prints
Master's Winners

Digital 3rd - Life in the Crater by Mike Shaefer

Color 2nd - Milky Way at Boyle Murder Lake by Rohit Kamboj

Digital HM - Getting Wet! by Ru Britton

Digital HM - Big Sister by Marc McElhaney

Color HM - Searching by Brandon Ward

Mono HM - Blenny at Home by Steve Director

Digital HM - Texture II by enrique

Color 3rd - Cruising on Red Sail by Rohit Kamboj

Mono HM - The Porch by Steve Director

Mono HM - Sea Gull Heaven by Marc McElhaney

Color HM - The Future Without Innovation by Mike Shaefer

Digital HM - Horseback Rumble by Mike Shaefer

Digital HM - Novice Monks by Enrique

Digital HM - Milky Way by Steve Director

Digital 1st/Best of the Year - Cape Cod Sunset by Steve Director

Mono 2nd & Members Choice - Gladiolus Bulbs by Darryl Neill

Digital 2nd - Snack at Sunset by Stan Greenberg

Digital HM - Fawn-breasted Brilliant by Vincent Huynh

Color HM - Lining Up by Mike Shaefer

Mono 1st/Best of the Year - Bodyscape by Chris Handley

Color HM - The Wrangler by Mike Shaefer

Digital HM - Canceled Train by Marc McElhaney

Color HM - On the Edge of Courage by Mike Shaefer

Mono 3rd - Initiation Well by Chris Handley

Color 1st/Best of the Year & Members Choice - Artland by Mike Shaefer
2018 Masters
Best of the Year ribbon-winners
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