Tonight’s contest was for High Key images, Low Key images and OPEN. Originally the contest was conceived to have both high and low key images shown within one frame but there was considerable confusion over that concept so the categories were split.
The judge for the evening was Barbara Warren, who gave excellent critiques on all images
High Key – 27 entries
1st Cheryl Bomba - Couple Dancing
2nd Cheryl Bomba – Beach House
3rd Marlene Mendez – Architectural Detail (Dome)
HM Anita Fanic – ICM of purple flower
HM Elaine Barkan – Misty trees
HM Marlene Mendez – wavy abstract
Low Key - 14 entries
1st Marlene Mendez – Lots of Lines
2nd Anita Fanic – Moon set
3rd – David Scarantino – Dark orange buildings
HM Rita Ricci Fowler – abstract ink
HM Elaine Barkan – Zinnia
OPEN – 23 entries
1st Anita Fanic – Pond Abstract – (in camera four multiple exposures) BEST IN SHOW
2nd David Scarantino – Architectural building
3rd Cheryl Bomba – Discarded statues
HM Laurie Santoro – Traveler’s reflection in water
HM Marlene Mendez – ICM tree trunks
HM Dianne Rose – Orchid
Congrats to all the winners especially Anita for the multiple exposure of the pond, and Cheryl for the dancing couple. It was a toss up for me as to which would be best of show!
Thanks, Dianne. Cheryl’s “Dancing Couple” was my pick too! Amazing photo!
A big thank-you to Barbara Warren for her thoughtful and balanced critiques! I felt she really related to each image technically and creatively. A very inspiring and helpful contest!
Congratulations to everyone! So many wonderful photos to choose from. Barbara did a wonderful job judging and it must have been so hard to choose!