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
(Click on a group of images to view them larger)
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.
Thanks to everyone who entered the Photography Club contest this year, and all those who helped make it a success.
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