Charter Oak Photo Blog

Art Vaughn will be showing and critiquing this year’s Best of NECCC Prints tomorrow evening at COPS.  For those of you that haven’t had the pleasure of attending Art’s presentation in past years, this is an opportunity to view some really outstanding images while getting insight into the judge’s thoughts on what made them their choice.  As our Program Director, Jan Chambers, said – “This is a program that will help you look at your own images with a different eye, slant, or way of presenting your work.”

Art’s presentation will begin at 7:15 P.M. at the Elmwood Community Church, 26 Newington Road, West Hartford, CT.

Hi all,

On February 27th we ‘should’ be having the annual Member Mini Shows …BUT…….

if no one signs up……there will be no meeting!  Please check all your wonderful slides, digital images and prints and, I know, that you will be able to present a great show of your work. This is a good time to let your fellow members know what your interests are…could be a travelogue (probably by Peter Guerard), instructive, humorous, or just plain entertainment.

As usual, there will be a sign up sheet on the info table.  If you have any questions, see me, otherwise….let’s see what you are up to!

Jan

John was kind enough to let me know that I mistakenly posted the Print Awards in the All Scores post.  That has been fixed.

All scores from the January 2012 competition have been posted.

If you receive the text version of the blog posts, you will need to follow the link to the post on the COPS blog to get the PDF files.

201201 – January Print Scores

The award winners from the January 2012 competition are attached.

If you receive the text version of the blog posts, you will need to follow the link to the post on the COPS blog to get the PDF files.

The following is a list of entries for the January Digital competition.  Please review and get back to me ASAP if there are any issues.

Note:  Those of you who only receive a summary email for blog posts, will need to follow the link provided to the post on the blog to see the entire listing of entries.  Please do so before sending me an email that your entries are missing.  Thanks.

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# Makeup Contest: ePrints – Open

Rock and Silky Water

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# Contest: ePrints – Open

Lubec Light
The Glove
Aerial View
Spring Buds
Oxbow Bend Clouds
A Juxtaposition
On My Grandpa’s Shoulders
Rounding the Bend
Moto Cross Pan
George Washington
At the Market
Red and Blue
Polihale Beach
Not Bonsai
Rudbeckia
Red Rose with Droplets
The Speen of Light
Colorful Kayaks
Lightning
Cape Cabrillo Light
First Sun on the Grand
Beautiful Burano

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# Makeup Contest: ePrints – Wildlife

Pelican Splashing
Snowy Chicks Staying Warm
You’re Prey

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# Contest: ePrints – Wildlife

Bluebird
Egret Reflection
Red Head Egret Fishing
Bobcat Kitten
Swan with Ducks
Nesting Thoughts (Harris’s Hawk)
Fox
Curious Doe
Lupine for Lunch
Finders Keepers
Soul Mates
Great Blue Heron with Branch
Taking Off
Wood Duck in Gold
River Crossing
Cedar Waxwing Pair
Mom & Pop on Apple Blossom
Common Goldeneye Male
Trumpeter Swan
Fishing for Lunch

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# Contest: ePrints – Specified Topic

Barred Window
Nothing of Destiny
Urban Neglect
Piovra on Ice
Rope Reel
Christmas Iguana in Hispanola
Natural Texture
Jack Frost
Textured Rocks
La Escala Antigua
Unfurling of Spring
Bryce Canyon Textures
Fallen Birch

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# Makeup Contest: ePrints – Monochrome

Melissa
Snowy Showing Off

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# Contest: ePrints – Monochrome

Alien Visit
Friends
Botswana Storm
Yosemite Falls Closeup
Broken Keys
Columns St Peters Square
Beach Riders
Woodstork Preening
Dead and Dying

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# Contest: ePrints – Creative

Bewitched
Asteraceae
Elizabeth Park Gazebo Panorama
Look at Me
Tree Down Montage
Buddies

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The January competition will be held on Monday, 1/16/12 and the deadline for submitting entries is Monday 1/9/12.

Please make sure to follow the naming rules when submitting your entries.  Incorrectly named image files will be returned for correction and resubmission.  Resubmission of rejected images must take place prior to the submission deadline or they may not be accepted for the current month’s competition.  Also, images that don’t meet the criteria for size and/or resolution will be automatically resized by the competition upload software without prior notification to the maker.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions on submission of images for the competition.

Rick

All scores from the November 2011 competition have been posted.

If you receive the text version of the blog posts, you will need to follow the link to the post on the COPS blog to get the PDF files.

201111 – November Digital Scores

201111 – November Print Scores

The award winners from the November 2011 competition are attached.

If you receive the text version of the blog posts, you will need to follow the link to the post on the COPS blog to get the PDF files.

201111 – November Digital Imaging Awards

201111 – November Print Awards

Under the new policy, users will only get upgrade pricing for Photoshop CS6 (expected to be released in 2012) if they are upgrading from CS5.  Upgrades from any version earlier than that will not get discounted pricing anymore.  Full details are available by following this link.

To make this a little less painful for users, Adobe is offering an additional 20% off the current upgrade price for those upgrading to CS5 from CS2, CS3, and CS4.  If you don’t want to pay full price for versions of Photoshop starting with CS6 you may want to look into this.