I did exceptionally well in our club contest!

[Chris Summers]

One of the photo clubs I am in has an annual photo contest with judges who work in the field of photography. There are 8 categories and we can submit up to 2 images per category. 8 of my 16 images were chosen for the winner's circle and all of them were taken with my Canon R and R7 camera and 5 with RF lenses (3 with EF mount).

Here's what the judges awarded me:

1st place for my longhorn bull and bluebonnets
2nd place for my macro shot of water drops on a CD lit with an LED flashlight
Honorable Mention or my shot of an old abandoned train trestle
Honorable Mention for the Artistic Digital Post Processing category for my shot of Apollo's Harp statue
4 Curator's Choice awards, Architecture, Painted Churches of Texas, Antique Car Show and Wildlife

I got $125 in prize money which doesn't nearly cover the cost of entry, prints and matting but it was all worth it. There were 250 entries and 85 chosen by the judges as winners.



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[Archibald]

Good stuff, Chris. It's nice to get recognition for one's accomplishments.

Why is one of the bridge spans different from the others?

 

[ACEkin]

One of the photo clubs I am in has an annual photo contest with judges who work in the field of photography. There are 8 categories and we can submit up to 2 images per category. 8 of my 16 images were chosen for the winner's circle and all of them were taken with my Canon R and R7 camera and 5 with RF lenses (3 with EF mount).

Here's what the judges awarded me:

1st place for my longhorn bull and bluebonnets
2nd place for my macro shot of water drops on a CD lit with an LED flashlight
Honorable Mention or my shot of an old abandoned train trestle
Honorable Mention for the Artistic Digital Post Processing category for my shot of Apollo's Harp statue
4 Curator's Choice awards, Architecture, Painted Churches of Texas, Antique Car Show and Wildlife

I got $125 in prize money which doesn't nearly cover the cost of entry, prints and matting but it was all worth it. There were 250 entries and 85 chosen by the judges as winners.



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The B&B and the Swan Landing are highly appealing to me. The swan reminded me of a series of photographs I took, Ballet Off Stage, more than ten years ago. One was about the Swan Lake ballet and I rendered the ballerina in the role of Odette splashing in like this one. The first link has her splashing into the lake, and the second link has the full collection from the exhibit.

A presentation on printing workflow and how to choose paper surfaces

Photographers who print their work may sometimes be baffled by the workflow and have a hard time making paper surface choices. This presentation explains them all.

www.keptlight.com

Ballerinas photographed in real world not on stage

Exploring the idea of how ballet characters may appear in real life, this collection presents twelve ballet characters photographed in likely environments.

www.keptlight.com

 

[ctitanic]

One of the photo clubs I am in has an annual photo contest with judges who work in the field of photography. There are 8 categories and we can submit up to 2 images per category. 8 of my 16 images were chosen for the winner's circle and all of them were taken with my Canon R and R7 camera and 5 with RF lenses (3 with EF mount).

Here's what the judges awarded me:

1st place for my longhorn bull and bluebonnets
2nd place for my macro shot of water drops on a CD lit with an LED flashlight
Honorable Mention or my shot of an old abandoned train trestle
Honorable Mention for the Artistic Digital Post Processing category for my shot of Apollo's Harp statue
4 Curator's Choice awards, Architecture, Painted Churches of Texas, Antique Car Show and Wildlife

Congratulations!

 

[Chris Summers]

Good stuff, Chris. It's nice to get recognition for one's accomplishments.

Why is one of the bridge spans different from the others?

Someone else asked me about this on another forum. I did some research and found out that the original bridge was built with wood in 1887 but badly damaged in 1900. It's had several major remodels until it was no longer used in around 1971. It became a popular place for photographs like school portraits and engagement images but is now too dangerous to walk on as the wood is mostly rotted out.

 

[Hali]

Congratulations!! That's wonderful. Was this from the Woodlands group?

 

[Chris Summers]

Congratulations!! That's wonderful. Was this from the Woodlands group?

Yes, the Woodlands has 2 clubs. This was the competition for The Woodlands Photography Club, not the Camera Club.

 

[Hali]

fantastic. What is the difference between the two clubs? Are they part of the same overall group or completely separate?

 

[Chris Summers]

fantastic. What is the difference between the two clubs? Are they part of the same overall group or completely separate?

They are separate, one is an independent club and the other is sponsored by the local Methodist Church as part of their outreach to the church members. But quite a few belong to both clubs. They have different leadership teams and dates for general meetings and different speakers and workshops but often share field trip events.