Seventh Annual Digital Photography Contest Results

On November 13, the Pagosa Springs Photography Club held an Awards Celebration in conjunction with its Seventh Annual Digital Photography Contest. Members attending the Celebration viewed the 101 images entered in the contest by 20 photographers. During the evening, Club members and spouses also enjoyed a pizza dinner, socializing, and discussing the photos entered and photography in general. This year the contest included three categories: Nature, Portraits, and Manmade/other. Images in each category were judged on the basis of composition, impact, and technical quality. Our judge this year was Shanda Akin, from Durango. Akin selected the top 3 images in each category; Honorable Mention (HM) was awarded to those images within a half point (out of ten possible) of the top 3. In addition, Club members voted to determine “People’s Choice” winners for each of the categories.

In the Portraits category, the top images were:

1st Place: Doug Coombs, Maasai Warriors

2nd Place: Kathie Disner, On the Outside

3rd Place: Scott Galabota, Playing in the Mud

HM: Herb Grover, Cattail Family

HM: David Lenderman, Llama Kiss

HM: Andy Butler, Maasai

HM: Dave Anderson, News of Ukraine

HM: Doug Coombs, Maasai Midwife

In the People’s Choice voting for this category, 1st Place was awarded to Galabota for Playing in the Mud, 2nd Place to Coombs for Maasai Warriors, and 3rd Place to Chris Roebuck for Higher Grounds

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This year’s winners in the Nature category were:

1st Place: Chris Roebuck, Grizzly

2nd Place: Adrienne Disbrow, Dragonfly

3rd Place: Dave Minkel, Valles Caldera

HM: Doug Coombs, Cranes Crossing the Moon

HM: Doug Coombs, Sunrise Bear

HM: Rondi Ballard, Milky Hoodoos

HM: Rondi Ballard, Texas Totality with Clouds

HM: David Lenderman, Foxy Portrait

HM: David Lenderman, You’re Next

People’s Choice results for this category were: 1st Place, Coombs for Cranes Crossing the Moon, 2nd Place, Disbrow, Dragonfly, and 3rd place to Lenderman, Foxy Portrait.

The best images in the Manmade/Other genre were as follows:

1st Place: John Farley, Alton Bridge at Sunset

2nd Place: Doug Coombs, Kodiak Harbor

3rd Place: Chris Roebuck, My Ride

HM: Dave Duquemin, 4 July

HM: Herb Grover, July 4th Flyover

HM: David Lenderman, Night on the River

HM: Chris Plemons, Steaming in the Storm

HM: Scott Galabota, Snow Swings

The top photos in this category, based on the People’s Choice voting, were: 1st Place, Plemons for Steaming in the Snow, 2nd Place, Andy Butler for Canal Reflections, and 3rd Place went to David Lenderman’s Yokohama Street Scene.