2018 Photo Competition Results
January Winners
Digital HM – Predatory Pitcher Plants by Brandon Ward
Mono HM – Summerville Special by Don Stephens
Color HM – Air Dance by Mike Shaefer
Color 3rd – Hilma Hooker Wreck by Janerio Morgan
Digital 3rd – Iceberg Delight by Mike Shaefer
Mono 2nd – Bodyscape by Chris Handley
Digital HM – Great Synagogue Budapest by Steve Director
Mono 3rd & Member's Choice – The Porch by Steve Director
Color 2nd – Lake Janaluska IR Color by Don Stephensjpg
Digital 1st – Extreme Engineering by Rohit Kamboj
Digital HM – Reading at the Pool by Brandon Ward
Color Member's Choice – Mushroom Sculpture by Chris Handley
Digital 2nd – California Dreaming by Brad Bartee
Color 1st – Light Through the Window by Jim Harrison
Mono 1st – Cactus by Chris Handley
Open Competition
Judge: Jason Thrasher
Number of Entries:
14 monochrome prints
17 color prints
27 digital entries
February Winners
Mono 1st & Members Choice – Gladiolus Bulbs by Darryl Neill
Digital HM – Texture III by Enrique
Digital HM – Fawn-breasted Brilliant by Vincent Huynh
Digital 1st – Cape Cod Sunset by Steve Director
Color HM – Colorful Peruvian Medly by Mike Shaefer
Digital 3rd – Texture II by enrique
Digital HM – Galapagos Iguana by Steve Director
Color 3rd – Old Headlamp with Shadow by Jim Harrison
Color HM – Daises by Steve Director
Mono 3rd – Bombing at Sant Felip Neri by Chris Handley
Digital 2nd – Paint Me by Chris Handley
Color 2nd – Seeing the Unseen by Mike Shaefer
Mono 2nd – Blenny at Home by Steve Director
Mono HM – Tree Bark and Viny Leaves by Brandon Ward
Color 1st & Members Choice – Artland by Mike Shaefer
Digital HM – Winter Forest - Sun and Shadow by Jim Harrison
Theme: Texture
Judge: Jack Martin
Number of Entries:
23 monochrome prints
17 color prints
34 digital entrie
March Winners
Mono HM-Member's Choice – Watching by Janerio Morgan
Digital 1st – Buttonbush by Rohit Kamboj
Digital 2nd – Taj at Sunrise by Steve Director
Color 2nd – No Urine Here by Marc McElhaney
Mono 2nd – Street Photography by Marc McElhaney
Color HM – Closed Doors - The Old Red Barn by Jim Harrison
Color 1st – Sevilla at Dawn by Chris Handley
Digital HM – King of the Mountain by Vincent Huynh
Digital 3rd – Gwen by Marc McElhaney
Color HM-Members Choice – Dallara by Rohit Kamboj
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
Mono HM – The Raging River Arno by Darryl Neill
Color HM – Sunset over the Bay by Steve Director
Color HM & Members Choice – Fall in Acadia by Darryl Neill
Digital HM – Sunburst Tableau by Mike Shaefer
Mono 1st – Walking Florence in the Rain by Darryl Neill
Digital 2nd – Divine Peace by Stan Greenberg
Mono HM & Member's Choice – Walking Away by Marc McElhaney
Digital 3rd – Viv_s Owl by V. Stephens
Mono 3rd – Elegant Decay by Mike Shaefer
Mono 2nd – Rickshaw Afternoon by Marc McElhaney
Color 1st – Osprey by Steve Director
Color 2nd & Members Choice – The Wrangler by Mike Shaefer
Digital HM – Ganges Cremation Ceremony by Steve Director
Color HM & Members Choice – What Ya Scratchin by Mike Shaefer
Digital 1st – Horseback Rumble by Mike Shaefer
Color 3rd – Elephant Ear by Darryl Neill
Open Competition
Judge: Gordon Kilgore
Number of Entries:
18 monochrome prints
22 color prints
22 digital entries
June Winners
Color 3rd – American Falls Illumination by Rohit Kamboj
Color Members Choice – Making the Break by Mike Shaefer
Digital 2nd – Night Magic by Mike Shaefer
Digital 3rd – Middle Prong Falls Detail 2 by Jim Harrison
Color 1st – Milky Way at Boyle Murder Lake by Rohit Kamboj
Digital HM – Milky Way by Steve Director
Mono 2nd & Members Choice –Ciclone by Rohit Kamboj
Digital 1st – Avian Abstract by Darryl Neill
Long Exposure
Judge: Ron Sherman
Number of Entries:
7 monochrome prints
15 color prints
18 digital entries
July Winners
Digital 1st - Sky and Earth Encounter by Mike Shaefer
Digital HM - Along the Rhine by Stan Greenberg
Digital 2nd - Daisy - From Behind by Steve Director
Digital HM - Dance in the Sky by Rohit Kamboj
Color 2nd - Granada Cathedral by Chris Handley
Mono 2nd - Turbofan Number 2 by Brandon Ward
Digital 3rd - The Sentinel by Stan Greenberg
Digital HM - Showtime by Marc McElhaney
Mono HM - Sea Gull Heaven by Marc McElhaney
Color 1st & Members Choice - Carriage No. 112 by Rohit Kamboj
Mono 1st & Members Choice - Initiation Well by Chris Handley
Open Competition of Recent Images
Judge: Janerio Morgan
Number of Entries:
17 monochrome prints
17 color prints
27 digital entries
August Winners
Color HM - Green-crowned Brilliant by Vincent Huynh
Digital 2nd - Sippin' With Mom by Darryl Neill
Members Choice & Color 2nd - Americana Snapshot by Mike Shaefer
Digital HM - Window Reflections by Stan Greenberg
Color 1st - Strommin on my Edsel by Mike Shaefer
Digital HM - Food! by Vincent Huynh
Digital 1st - Novice Monks by Enrique
Digital 3rd - The Beautiful Taj Mahal by Mike Shaefer
Digital HM - I am next by Enrique
Digital 2nd - Repeating Forms, Botanical Garden by Brandon Ward
Color HM - Mini Cooper by Chris Handley
Color 3rd - Castle of the Moors by Chris Handley
Digital HM - Reaching Up by Stan Greenberg
Open Competition
Judge: Michael Boatright
Number of Entries:
23 monochrome prints
15 color prints
34 digital entries
September Winners
Color HM - Life On The Sidewalk by Marc McElhaney
Mono 2nd - The Bartender by Mike Shaefer
Digital HM - Soaping it Up by Mike Shaefer
Digital 1st - Life in the Crater by Mike Shaefer
Digital HM - Busted by Marc McElhaney
Color 2nd - Precious Bond by Mike Shaefer
Digital 3rd - Canceled Train by Marc McElhaney
Digital HM - My God by Enrique
Color 1st - A Bigger Load by Marc McElhaney
Digital 2nd - Getting Wet! by Ru Britton
Color HM - Tally Me Mangos by Marc McElhaney
Mono - Wailing Practice by Marc McElhaney
Digital HM - Big Sister by Marc McElhaney
Color 3rd - Searching by Brandon Ward
Color - Lake Janaluska IR Color by Don Stephens
Theme: Storytelling
Judge: APS Members
Number of Entries:
15 monochrome prints
19 color prints
32 digital entries
October Winners
Color 1st - Old Barn Detail - Weather and Time by Jim Harrison
Color 2nd - Cruising on Red Sail by Rohit Kamboj
Mono HM - Stairwell Window by Chris Handley
Digital HM - Chicago River by Ru Britton
Mono 3rd - The Dark Mystery by Rohit Kamboj
Digital 2nd - Mayan girl by Enrique
Member's Choice, Color 3rd - The Future Without Innovation by Mike Shaefer
Digital 3rd - Snack at Sunset by Stan Greenberg
Mono 1st - Glorious Kitchen by Chris Handley.jpg
Digital 1st - Artist After Work by Brandon Ward
Digital HM - Sunset Over the Bay by Steve Director
Open Competition
Judge: Gerald Straw
Number of Entries:
18 monochrome prints
15 color prints
25 digital entries
Salon Winners
3rd Mono - Sheldon Church Mysteries by Jim Harrison
HM Color, 1st Peoples Choice - Art Land by Mike Shaeffer
HM Color - Strumming on My Edsel by Mike Shaeffer
3rd Color - Sloss Wheel by Jim Harrison
HM Color - Jellyfish by Rohit Kamboj
HM Color - Old Headlamp by Jim Harrison
2nd Color, 2nd Peoples Choice - Life In The Crater by Mike Shaeffer
1st Color, 3rd Peoples Choice - Carriage No. 112 by Rohit Kamboj
HM Color - Out of the Past - Cadillac by Janerio Morgan
2nd Mono - Seagull Heaven by Marc McElhaney
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
Color HM - The Future Without Innovation by Mike Shaefer
Digital HM - Texture II by enrique
Mono HM - Blenny at Home by Steve Director
Mono 2nd & Members Choice - Gladiolus Bulbs by Darryl Neill
Color HM - Lining Up by Mike Shaefer
Digital 2nd - Snack at Sunset by Stan Greenberg
Mono 3rd - Initiation Well by Chris Handley
Digital 1st/Best of the Year - Cape Cod Sunset by Steve Director
Mono HM - Sea Gull Heaven by Marc McElhaney
Mono HM - The Porch by Steve Director
Color 1st/Best of the Year & Members Choice - Artland by Mike Shaefer
Digital 3rd - Life in the Crater by Mike Shaefer
Color HM - On the Edge of Courage by Mike Shaefer
Digital HM - Getting Wet! by Ru Britton
Color 2nd - Milky Way at Boyle Murder Lake by Rohit Kamboj
Digital HM - Novice Monks by Enrique
Color HM - Searching by Brandon Ward
Color 3rd - Cruising on Red Sail by Rohit Kamboj
Color HM - The Wrangler by Mike Shaefer
Digital HM - Canceled Train by Marc McElhaney
Digital HM - Horseback Rumble by Mike Shaefer
Mono 1st/Best of the Year - Bodyscape by Chris Handley
Digital HM - Milky Way by Steve Director
Digital HM - Fawn-breasted Brilliant by Vincent Huynh
Digital HM - Big Sister by Marc McElhaney
2018 Masters
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