If you are entering images that were in competition during the past season, please send an email to the normal submission address with the title and month that the image was entered, otherwise submit your images via email to the submissions address.

All entries for this competition must be received by next Wednesday, 5/16/12.

Please check your scores carefully and report any errors by end of the day on Wednesday, 5/9/12.  Your results for the year will be final after that date.

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.

201205 – May Digital Scores

201205 – May Print Scores

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.

201205 – Digital Imaging Awards

201205 – Print Awards

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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# Contest: ePrints – Open

Above the Clouds
Longwood Orchid
Tree at Sunset
Grand Tetons
A Grand Canyon
Smokey Sunrise
The End of an Era
Spring Blossoms
Riding High
Violet Orchids
Bryce Overlook at Sunset
Looking Out the Blind
Fence in the Beauty
Sweet Rewards
Sole of the Hibiscus
Ready to Play
Pilot’s View of Mount McKinley
Sunset at the Del
Orange Yellow Rose
Paint Brush

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# Makeup Contest: ePrints – Wildlife

Coutring Dance
Delivering the Branch
Stop Staring at my nose

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# Contest: ePrints – Wildlife

Flying Low
Beauty
Excited Return
Endangered Hawaiian Coot First Day Out
Breeding colors
Hungry Elephant
Blue on Blue
Peacocks Mating
Showing off
On the Fly
Black Crowned Heron
Osprey Showing Off Wings
Cleaning Feathers
Perfect Pose
Catch Me If You Can
Dirty Bird
Black Wolf
Green Heron
Cygnets Ride
Deer Alert
Seagull Along Conor’s Pass
Passing the Branch
White Egret in Flight
Catch of the Day
Time to Shed My Coat
Yellow Crowned Night Heron
Honey I’m Home

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# Makeup Contest: ePrints – Specified Topic

Milestones

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# Contest: ePrints – Specified Topic

Beach Moon
Necklace of Night
Bursts of Light on a Cloudless Night
Campfire

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# Contest: ePrints – Monochrome

St. Mark’s Horses
Your Mask to the World
Pelican at Jensen’s
Courting Dispaly
Three Rocks

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# Contest: ePrints – Creative

Winter Wolf
Dancing the Night Away
Joshua Tree Boulder Mirror Montage
Sanibel Sunset
Cats Will Rule
Little River

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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.

YOU ARE INVITED TO AN EVENING WITH

Rick Sammon

Brought to you by

Charter Oak Photographic Society and Canon

at
Charter Oak Photographic Society, Inc.

The Elmwood Community Church, 26 Newington Road
West Hartford, CT (Conte Hall – Lower Level)

On Monday, May 14, 2012, Rick Sammon will be presenting his program “Exploring the Light”at Charter Oak. We would like to take this opportunity to invite you, your camera club, and friends to come and be our guest (no charge). Our meeting begins at 7:15 p.m. SHARP!

In this informative and fun-filled presentation, Rick Sammon will begin by sharing his people, wildlife, landscape and travel pictures from around the globe – illustrating the difference between taking pictures and making pictures.  For every image, Rick will share a photographic technique, digital darkroom tip, or a photo philosophy. He will cover seeing the light, controlling the light, playing with the light, HDR photography and some composition techniques.

This is not just a slide show of pretty images. Rick is here to share what he’s learned over his many years as a professional photographer.  As Rick “takes” us on a visual journey through the exciting world of digital photography, he will share some of his favorite Photoshop CS5 enhancements.

Rick Sammon, a Canon Explorer of Light, is one of the most active photographers on the planet. The dude just can’t sit still!

Rick has published 36 paper books, including Secrets of HDR Photography, Exploring the Light, and Digital Photography Secrets.  He is also a leader in iPad and iPhone photography apps.

Rick, who has photographed in almost 100 countries around the world, gives more than two-dozen photography workshops (including private workshops) and presentations around the world each year.

Rick co-founded the Digital Photography Experience podcast (www.dpexperience.com) with Juan Pons.  He also hosts several shows on kelbytraining.com.

Rick, who has been nominated for the Photoshop Hall of Fame, is considered one of today’s top digital -imaging experts, cutting through lots of Photoshop “speak,” making it fun, easy and rewarding to work and play in the digital darkroom.

When asked about his photo specialty, Rick says, “My specialty is not specializing.”

See www.ricksammon.info for more information.

Directions to Charter Oak Photographic Society, Inc.

From the East: Go West on I84 to Exit 42 (this is a Left Exit), Trout Brook Drive. Stay to the
Right at the Exit fork. At the stop sign, go straight a short distance to the traffic light. At the
traffic light take a Right on South Quaker Lane. At the next traffic light take a Left on New
Britain Avenue. At the next traffic light take a Right on Route 173 South, Newington Road.
The church is behind CVS (CVS on corner, DO NOT PARK IN CVS LOT). There is parking
available in the church yard immediately before the church or across the street.

From the West: Go East on I84 to Exit 41, South Main Street/Elmwood. At the end of the Exit
take a Right on South Main Street. Get in the Left Lane, and at the 2nd traffic light take a Left on
New Britain Avenue. At the 3rd traffic light on New Britain Avenue, take a Right on Route 173
South, Newington Road. The church is behind CVS (CVS on corner, DO NOT PARK IN CVS
LOT). There is parking available in the church yard immediately before the church or across the
street.

From the South: Take Route 91 North to Exit 22 N-S. Stay Left and get on 22 N, Route 9
North. Continue on Route 9 North and follow signs for Newington/West Hartford. Take Exit 29
Route 175. At the end of the Exit go straight across onto Fenn Road. At the 4th traffic light on
Fenn Road take a Right on West Hill Road. At the 2nd traffic light take a Left on Willard
Avenue which becomes Newington Road, Route 173 North. The church is about 1 mile on your
Right. There is parking available in the church yard immediately after the church or across the
street. DO NOT PARK IN CVS LOT.

Option From the South: Go North on Route 5 & 15 (Berlin Turnpike) to the Exit for Route
175 Newington/Wethersfield (across from the Siesta Motel). At the end of the Exit take a Left
on Route 175 West. This becomes East Cedar Street and then Cedar Street. At the 5th traffic
light take a Right on Route 173 North, Willard Avenue which becomes Newington Road. The
church is about 3.5 miles on your Right. There is parking available in the church yard
immediately after the church or across the street. DO NOT PARK IN CVS LOT.

From the North: Go South on Route 91 to Route I84 West. Go West on Route I84 and follow
directions above for From the East.

Entering the Building:
Conte Hall - enter by going down the steps (outside church) that are on the side of the building off the parking lot. You will enter the kitchen area. Conte Hall is to the Right of the kitchen, but use the door to the Left and take your first Right into Conte Hall.

Just a reminder – the date for the May competition has been moved up an additional week this year and is now the 1st Monday of the month, 5/7/12, instead of the 3rd. All submissions have to be in by midnight on Monday, 4/30/12.

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.