October’s Competition was Nature.
Emily Carter was our judge
Advanced Projected
- 1st Place: David Terao ~ The Spider and the Fly
- 2nd Place: Wendy Kates ~ Dancing Tulips
- 3rd Place: Ilona Linnoila ~Total Eclipse with Blood Moon in 2025
- HM: Karen Finkelman ~ Leaf Buddies
- HM: Larry Gold ~ Mind Your Beeswax 2
Intermediate and Novice Projected
- 1st Place: Gerry Woods ~ Butterfly
- 2nd Place: Thomas Allen ~ Gulls on the Rocks
- 3rd Place: Will Rabinovich ~ Fall Surprise
- HM: Cathy Faughnan ~ Harvestmoth
- HM: Tanya Riseman ~ Teen and Parent Yellow-Crowned Night Herons
Cathy Faughnan ~ Harvestmoth
This is a Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), a small North American butterfly in the Nymphalidae (brush-footed) family. It rests gracefully on a marigold in my backyard patio planter n Chevy Chase, MD.. Its intricate orange-and-black wings blend seamlessly with the flower’s fiery petals. The photo was taken handheld with a Nikon Z7 camera with a macro lens at ISO 1000, f/9.0, and 1/1000 second shutter speed.
Advanced Print
- 1st Place: Sherm Edwards ~ Birch Reflections, Maine
- 2nd Place: David Terao ~ Great Southern White
Intermediate and Novice Print
1st Place: Will Rabinovich ~ Confluence
Will Rabinovich ~ Confluence
This image was taken while at an Out of Chicago Workshop in the Smoky Mountains. It was in the Tremont area are along the stream there. I was drawn to the meeting of water at this point, and I took many different compositions at different shutter speeds. This one was at 70mm and 1/5 seconds. The processing was pretty basic, and was done in Lightroom. I printed the image with an Epson P800 printer on Red River Ultra Pro Satin Paper