2014 Photographs of the Year!
On May 7, 2014 Stamford Photography Club held it’s annual Photograph of the Year competition. Members were asked to submit 2 images in Black & White Print, Color Print and Digital Image categories for a chance to be crowned our 2013-2014 Photograph of the Year. The images members submitted were shown throughout this competition season, and could be from the open subject or assigned subject categories. Our judges were tasked with selecting one image per category to represent the Stamford Photography Club as the 2013-2014 Photograph of the Year.
Our judges for this evening were Ron Lake, Lee Paine, and Ron Landis.
Presenting our 2014 Photographs of the Year and a comment from the winning photographer. Note, click on the image to view larger
Black & White Print of the Year
Up Up, and Away by Emily Kelting
It was taken from my back deck on the Silvermine River–a very lucky capture as this snowy egret flew under the Euonymous bushes on the far side of the river and I was able to get the shadow of the leaves on its wings. -Emily
Color Print of the Year
A Long Day’s Work by Sandy Gennrich
The medina in Marrakech is a seemingly endless maze of tiny alleys and souks selling an assortment of wares. I stumbled upon this scene late in the afternoon. Among the chaos of the souk, this man was napping in his stall. Despite the heat, he was wearing a heavy, lined, blue jean jacket that provided a nice juxtaposition to the textures and yellow tones of the baskets he was selling.
This is all natural light and the result of a single exposure. I saw him napping, set my camera to ISO 1600, f4, at 1/20th of a second. -Sandy
Digital Projected Image of the Year
Mystery by Moonlight by Matt Gray
This was shot at Saville Dam in Barkhamsted, CT. The roadway crosses the reservoir, and this ‘medieval’ style walkway and turret-like building are the gatehouse.
I drove up at 5am in the late fall looking for a full moon and hoping for a partly cloudy sunrise. It started misting, and ended up driving into a heavy fog. The moon was fairly clear but the lake was completely fogged over. This photo is a result of a lot of trial and error and varying exposures to see if any image was possible. Unfortunately, any exposure longer than 1/60 second over-exposes the moon. The final image was made by slight burning and defining the building, and cloning out street lights behind trees on the left. -Matt
Congratulations to Emily, Sandy and Matt!
