Ignite Test
GROUP A - SCORE 76.5
JUDGES: Richard Waas 90 | Carlos Castaneda 63
GROUP A - SCORE 70.5
JUDGES: Richard Waas 78 | Carlos Castaneda 63
This photograph was taken in The Dolomites, Italy, at the Cadini Group Mountain range.
Cadini di Misurina is an awe-inspiring mountain group of the Sexten Dolomites in the Italian Dolomites, Northern Italy.
Defined by sharp, slender spires and pinnacles, the jagged Cadini di Misurina mountains look like the imagined backdrop of a high fantasy epic. It was taken at the early morning hours with a great amount of fog surrounding them, on September 26, 2024
GROUP A - SCORE 76
JUDGES: Richard Waas 94 | Carlos Castaneda 58
This was shot at a campfire. The subject is my son. He was playing his guitar. Years ago I entered similar images but this one has never been entered.
GROUP A - SCORE 72.5
JUDGES: Richard Waas 82 | Carlos Castaneda 63
Taken in my dining room at 6pm. Nikon D3400. 1/60 sec at f/5.0 ISO 400; 24mm.
GROUP A - SCORE 73.5
JUDGES: Richard Waas 79 | Carlos Castaneda 68
This photograph was taken near Flamingo at Everglades National Park on June 30, 20224
GROUP A - SCORE 91
JUDGES: Richard Waas 93 | Carlos Castaneda 89
GROUP B - SCORE 66.5
JUDGES: Richard Waas 80 | Carlos Castaneda 53
I Took This Picture Early In The Morning, F 16 ISO 3200
GROUP A - SCORE 68
JUDGES: Richard Waas 73 | Carlos Castaneda 63
The backyard of my son's house in Lafayette, CO, on the one snowy day of this November. Taken with a samsung cell phone camera.
GROUP A - SCORE 74.5
JUDGES: Richard Waas 89 | Carlos Castaneda 63
Flame from a fireplace. But, Let's Go Heat!
ISO 400
Exposure f 2.5 at 1/5000
lens set at 50mm
GROUP A - SCORE 73
JUDGES: Richard Waas 73 | Carlos Castaneda 73
ISO 640, 24-105 mm @ 105 mm; f 4.5; 1/100 s Hand Held
GROUP A - SCORE 83
JUDGES: Richard Waas 88 | Carlos Castaneda 78
Fujifilm X-HDS 16-80mm lens @ 41mm. ISO 160 | f/5.6 | 1/4 sec on a Tripod and a ND filter.
Location: Fairchild's Rain Forest area.
GROUP A - SCORE 78
JUDGES: Richard Waas 93 | Carlos Castaneda 63
GROUP B - SCORE 71
JUDGES: Richard Waas 79 | Carlos Castaneda 63
GROUP A - SCORE 91.5
JUDGES: Richard Waas 90 | Carlos Castaneda 93
1/2000 sec f/8 420 mm 640 ISO
GROUP B - SCORE 86
JUDGES: Richard Waas 84 | Carlos Castaneda 88
GROUP A - SCORE 82
JUDGES: Richard Waas 81 | Carlos Castaneda 83
GROUP A - SCORE 74.5
JUDGES: Richard Waas 81 | Carlos Castaneda 68
A close encounter at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. Taken with the Samsung cell phone camera.
GROUP A - SCORE 68
JUDGES: Richard Waas 73 | Carlos Castaneda 63
This was shot at the shopping center called Sunset Place in South Miami. This is the spiral staircase in this complex. I shot both from the top of the stairs looking down and from the bottom looking up. Sunset Place is a rather eerie place these days. There are very few stores that are occupied. This shopping center is scheduled for demolition and replacement by a new complex. I have visited here several times to shoot. I find many interesting things to shoot each time I visit.
GROUP A - SCORE 84.5
JUDGES: Richard Waas 86 | Carlos Castaneda 83
GROUP A - SCORE 78
JUDGES: Richard Waas 83 | Carlos Castaneda 73
GROUP B - SCORE 66
JUDGES: Richard Waas 79 | Carlos Castaneda 53
GROUP A - SCORE 81.5
JUDGES: Richard Waas 87 | Carlos Castaneda 76
GROUP A - SCORE 88
JUDGES: Richard Waas 88 | Carlos Castaneda 88
ISO 1600; 60-600 @ 600 mm; f/9; 1/3200s
Natural Light
Camera mounted on a tripod
GROUP A - SCORE 79.5
JUDGES: Richard Waas 82 | Carlos Castaneda 77
GROUP A - SCORE 83
JUDGES: Richard Waas 88 | Carlos Castaneda 78
GROUP B - SCORE 66.5
JUDGES: Richard Waas 70 | Carlos Castaneda 63
GROUP B - SCORE 80.5
JUDGES: Richard Waas 80 | Carlos Castaneda 79
GROUP A - SCORE 82.5
JUDGES: Richard Waas 86 | Carlos Castaneda 79
GROUP A - SCORE 82.5
JUDGES: Richard Waas 86 | Carlos Castaneda 79
1/1000 sec f/10 ISO 6400 700 mm (100-500mm Canon RF lens with 1.4 extender
GROUP B - SCORE 79
JUDGES: Richard Waas 80 | Carlos Castaneda 79
FIRST PLACE GROUP A - SCORE 90
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 88 - Boris Gabay: 92
SECOND PLACE GROUP A - SCORE 90.5
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 92 - Boris Gabay: 89
THIRD PLACE GROUP A - SCORE 94.5
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 96 - Boris Gabay: 93
SECOND PLACE GROUP B - SCORE 88.5
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 91 - Boris Gabay: 88
Setting at the studio. Lovely model trying to turn to show hair and dress movement.
FIRST PLACE GROUP B - SCORE 91.5
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 95 - Boris Gabay: 88
THIRD PLACE GROUP B - SCORE - 88.5
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 88 - Boris Gabay: 93
HONORABLE MENTION GROUP A - SCORE 91.5
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 87 - Boris Gabay: 96
HONORABLE MENTION GROUP A - SCORE 92
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 90 - Boris Gabay: 84
HONORABLE MENTION GROUP B - SCORE 87
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 87 - Boris Gabay: 87
HONORABLE MENTION GROUP B - SCORE 89
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 89 - Boris Gabay: 89
Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo at Indy...MotoGP
GROUP A - SCORE - 84.5
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 82 - Boris gabay: 87
The Thunderbirds flight acrobatics team taking off to start their performance. Shot at the Wings over Homestead air show in November 2018.
GROUP A - SCORE - 81.5
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 77 - Boris Gabay: 86
GROUP A - SCORE 85.5
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 85 - Boris Gabay: 86
GROUP A - SCORE 85.5
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 86 - Boris Gabay: 85
GROUP A - SCORE 86
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 91 - Boris Gabay: 88
GROUP A - SCORE 86.5
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 88 - Boris Gabay: 85
This image was taken at the Homestead Rodeo. I selected this image because of the powerful feeling of the motion of the bucking bronco and rider. I am particularly astonished at the image of the horse's eye and mouth which make it looks like it is in a state of agony and distress. The rider is also grimacing from the torturous ride by trying to stay on the gyrating horse for 8 seconds. The contorted body position of the rider looks agonizing to me. When I look at this image I question the sanity of putting these poor animals through this torture. I also question the sanity of the riders who put their lives and limbs in jeopardy with each ride on the broncos and bulls. I used the burst mode on my camera to capture the peak action of this ride.
GROUP A - SCORE
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 88 - Boris Gabay: 82
This image was taken at the Fort Lauderdale Air Show in May 2021
GROUP A - SCORE 89
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 85 - Boris Gabay: 93
GROUP A - SCORE 85.5 J
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 86 - Boris Gabay: 85
GROUP A - SCORE 88
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 86 - Boris Gabay: 90
GROUP A - SCORE 87.5
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 84 - Boris Gabay: 91
GROUP A - SCORE
JUDGES: 88 Tom Collins: 89 - Boris Gabay: 87
HONORABLE MENTION GROUP A - SCORE 90
JUDGES: Tom Collins: 91 - Boris Gabay: 89
This image was taken during the last Air Show in Fort Lauderdale in May 2021
Evelyn Greer Park (Pinecrest)
8200 SW 124th Street
Pinecrest, FL 33157