Sorry I’m running so late with these, but things have been hectic at work and home with the holidays and all.
So, without further ado, here are the scores from the November competition. Let me know if you have any questions.
Rick Freschner, John Murphy and Val Nanovsky had an awesome shoot at Black Point, Narragansett, RI this weekend. The location is about 2 hours away from Hartford. It offers numerous photo opportunities and is great for sunrise, early morning and late afternoon shoots.
We encourage the membership to use the blog to post ideas about interesting locations, techniques, and anything that would be beneficial to the club. This will certainly make COPS more fun, attractive and useful place. Anybody who is planning a photo shoot and is looking for company is welcome to post some info about it in advance so that other members can join him/her – it is always more fun when we photograph together. Those who are interested in posting info on the blog should contact Val.
Here are some of our goodies from Saturday:
Enjoy – we certainly did!
- Rick, John & Val
P.S. Comments are more than welcome!
Salon
# 5 Blue 25pt Pam Hastings Curiousity
Masters
*** No entries – no ribbons for this contest ***
Salon
#12 Blue 25pt Jason Rosenthal Bad Hair Day
# 3 HM 24pt Jason Rosenthal Crick in My Neck
# 6 HM 24pt Michael Miller Cold
Masters
# 8 Blue 29pt Laura Bryg Juvenile Roseate Spoonbill
# 2 HM 27pt Laura Bryg Juvenile Caracara
# 7 HM 27pt Ed Rosenthal Stare Down
Salon
# 7 Blue 24pt John Murphy Watch Where You Sit
Masters
# 2 Blue 28pt Robert Cameron Shoulder View
Salon
#27 Blue 29pt Anonymous Glowing Rose
#30 HM 25pt Melissa Rosenthal Splish Splash I was taking a bath…
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#15 Blue 26pt Don Weston Lower Antelope Canyon
#18 Blue 26pt Ed Rosenthal Boulder Beach At Dawn
Salon
# 4 Blue 23pt Danielle D’Ermo White Goose Preening
#11 HM 21pt Bob Finch Approching Storm
# 2 HM 21pt Bob Finch After the Storm
# 9 HM 21pt Danielle D’Ermo Resting Goose
# 5 HM 21pt Pam Hastings View From the Top
# 3 HM 21pt Richard Brimley Heron & Snake
# 7 HM 21pt Richard Brimley Perign Falcon
Masters
#10 Blue 26pt Audrey Weigold Female Tree Swallow Feeding Young
# 7 Blue 25pt Austin Carey The Joys of Parenting
# 5 Blue 25pt Norma Zackor Pretty as a Dot Dot Dot
# 2 HM 24pt John O’Boyle Foggy Morning
# 2 Blue 22pt Harvey Schroeder Living History
# 3 Blue 22pt John Murphy Something Wicked This Way Comes
# 5 Blue 26pt Norma Zackor Tree in Zion
# 6 HM 25pt Austin Carey Bighorn Pass
Salon
#22 Blue 23pt Paula Pingree Who’s There?
#24 HM 22pt Marjorie Hart Sugarin’
#14 HM 22pt Paula Pingree Bryce Waterfall
#23 HM 22pt Kathy Kelley R. R. Lady
Masters
#18 Blue 26pt Lee Wilcox Rhododendron Ken Janeck #5
# 2 HM 24pt Lee Wilcox Triple Hoodoo
#12 HM 24pt Krys Johnson Oregon Waterfall
# 9 HM 24pt Nick Giosa Unfriendly
Hi folks,
If you need inspiration and/or ideas about interesting places to photograph in our area, COPS member and CT wedding photographer Val Nanovsky’s latest post on his blog does just that.
Here are a few examples:
To see more images, visit Val’s blog (click on the above link). Tons of new and interesting information will be coming up in the next weeks. Be sure to add Val’s blog to your RSS feeds or submit your email in the upper right corner of his blog to receive regular updates.
Have a wonderful weekend and see you on Monday.
Listed below are the entries I’ve received for this month’s digital competition. If you submitted an image that isn’t listed here, please contact me ASAP through the submissions email address.
Dahlia
Running on the Beach
Glacier Water
Rapids
Magnolia Blossom
South View Cathedral Ledge
Sunset in Suffield
Splish Splash I was taking a bath…
Milkweed in Sunlight 2
Zion Sunrise
Driftwood
Paul
Delicate Bunch
Boulder Beach At Dawn
Old Porch
Sundown
Hartford Red
Newport
Glowing Rose
Near Lee’s Ferry
Leaves Under Ice
What Goes Up…
In Spire
Bodie Old Car
Daylilly in Rain
Tracks
Sunrise at Mountain Top Inn
Spring’s Tulip Texture
Riding in the Dust
Circle of Flowers
Back Stroke
Whale Wave
Cold
Red Eyes
Three Puffins
Juvenile Caracara
Juvenile Litttle Blue
Juvenile Roseate Spoonbill
Stare Down
Bad Hair Day
Crick in My Neck
Mother’s Love
My Turn to Lead
White Goose Preening
After the Storm
Feeding Gull
Perign Falcon
Heron & Snake
View From the Top
Approching Storm
Resting Goose
Female Tree Swallow Feeding Young
Waterfall
Shoulder View
Stairway to Heaven
Vertigo
Watch Where You Sit
elephante.
Farmington River
Spring’s Arrival
Curiousity
Peony #2
Harvest Moon at Sunset
Bright and Dark
Hello Folks,
PSA Nature Rules – This is the latest update to the file we have on the main web site.
Val
In case you didn’t notice it in the rules, the Altered category has been changed to the Creative category. Even if you did spot the change you might be a bit confused as some of us have continued to use Altered when we mean Creative. In fact, it wasn’t until recently that I noticed that I hadn’t changed it in the upload software. Sometimes, change just takes a little while to sink in.
Why the change you might ask? Quite honestly, I can’t remember all the reasons discussed, but I do know that the judges at last year’s competitions seemed to get hung up trying to figure out what was altered in an image and it just caused confusion all around. The rules for Traditional images have been relaxed a bit so that images with some minor corrections that might have wound up in Altered last year now stay in Traditional leaving the Creative category open for the images it was really intended for. From the rules:
If you have any questions about this change, don’t hesitate to ask. And, for those of you that use the upload software, please run the update program so you pick up a new license file with the corrected category name.
Going forward, we will be posting the monthly competition awards here on the blog and the images will be posted in the gallery on the Club’s main web site. So, without any further ado, here are the October Blue Ribbon and Honorable Mention winners.
Salon
Blue 27pt Pam Hastings Train Robbers
Masters
Blue 28pt Bernie Hynes 3 Zebras
Salon
Blue 29pt Jan Chambers Dessert
Blue 29pt Nancy Hynes Crooked Neck Flamingo
HM 28pt Danielle D’Ermo Hummingbird
Masters
Blue 30pt Ed Rosenthal Owl Eyes
Blue 30pt Laura Bryg Great Egret Chicks Fighting For Lunch
HM 29pt Audrey Weigold Feeding Frenzy
Salon
Blue 27pt Rick Freschner Confucius
Masters
Blue 23pt Robert Cameron Old Shed Window
Salon
Blue 30pt Jan Chambers Sunbeams on Bryce
HM 29pt Nancy Hynes Fancy Footwear
Masters
Blue 30pt Ed Rosenthal Pemaquid Reflection
HM 27pt Audrey Weigold Lone Cypress Pebble Beach
Salon
Blue 27pt Leesa Heath Falls’ Mist
HM 26pt Mohit Mehrotra Kent2MM
Masters
Blue 26pt Don Weston Texas Falls
Blue 30pt Richard Brimley Cowboying Up
HM 28pt Norma Zackor On Patrol
Creative
Blue 29pt Don Weston Chatham Harbor Sunrise
Monochrome
Blue 25pt Austin Carey Water Canyon
HM 24pt Tom Trask Roundup
Open
Salon
Blue 26pt Marjorie Hart Grey Barn
Blue 26pt Paula Pingree Great Horned Owl
HM 25pt Paula Pingree Mushroom Stairs
Masters
Blue 28pt Lee Wilcox Delicate Arch #325
HM 27pt Nick Giosa An Autumnal Cascade
