April’s competition topic was “Images from SSCC Field Trips” for projected and print images. Ron Peiffer was our judge. Here is the definition for the field trip image competition, from our website:
ADVANCED PROJECTED
First Place: Backlit, Wendy Kates
Second Place: Heading Up, Wendy Kates
Third Place: View of Freedom, Maude Svensson
Honorable Mention: Boots Made for Rockin, Beth Koller
Wendy Kates ~ Backlit
I took this image in the Japanese Garden at Hillwood. It was mid-morning, and the woods were backlit by lovely morning sunlight, which highlighted the autumn colors. I used intentional camera movement to create an impressionistic look, while still attempting to retain detail in the leaves.
INTERMEDIATE AND NOVICE PROJECTED (combined)
First Place: Pretty in Pink, Gerry Woods
Second Place: Kenilworth Second Life, Michele Destin-van Rijn
Third Place: Nobody Comes, Nobody Goes, Maurice Belanger
Honorable Mention: Kenilworth Lotus Bud with Dragonfly, Diane Sanders
Honorable Mention: Man’s Best Friend 3, Gerry Woods
Gerry Woods ~ Pretty in Pink
I saw a woman in pink posing and noticed that her companion was about to take her photo with his phone. I also noticed that the sunlight was hitting her pink dress and that compelled me to take this photo. (Handheld Settings: ISO 160, Focal Length 24mm, Aperture 4/14, and Shutter Speed to 1/125.)
COMBINED PRINT COMPETITION
First Place: Green Sink and Toilet, Ilona Linnoila
Second Place: LaLa at Noon, Tom Allen
Third Place: Sly Eye of Glen Echo, Beth Koller
Ilona Linnoila ~ Green Sink and Toilet
The picture was taken on a field trip to the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville, WVa in the summer of 2023. Old cells had lots of prisoners’ art, which was often quite vulgar. They also contained patches of very bright colors that caught my eye. (Sony 7r IV with Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS lens. 0.4 sec, f/9.0, ISO 800.)