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
David Terao ~ The Spider and the Fly
I shot this image at the Agricultural History Farm Park in Derwood, Maryland this summer where they have a public, trial dahlia garden. While shooting the dahlias, I found a jumping spider in a white dahlia. While I was shooting the spider, a hover fly landed on the petal above the spider. I quickly focused on the fly’s eyes and got one shot before it flew away. I focus-stacked the image with the one I took moments before that was focused on the spider’s eyes to get the final image.
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
Will Rabinovich ~ Fall Surprise
This image was taken in 2021 at Brookside Gardens, down near the lower pond. That year the Fall colors here were really spectacular and this group of trees really stood out. I’ve never seen the colors better at this spot. The image was taken with a Sony A7riv and a Sigma 65 mm f/2 lens at f/8. Some cropping and basic exposure adjustments were done in Lightroom.
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