FIRST PLACE GROUP A - SCORE 93

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 93 | Lorraine Thomas 93

ISO 320; 100 mm; f/10; 1/200s - Used available sunlight

SECOND PLACE GROUP A - SCORE 94.5

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 96 | Lorraine Thomas 93

This picture was taken at Blue CypressLake on June 2023, very early in the morning, we went by boat and the cypresses and the morning mist feltl like green velvet all around.
Nikon D750
Time: 1/30
F5
Focal length 120
ISO 100

THIRD PLACE GROUP A - SCORE 96.5

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 98 | Lorraine Thomas 95

 Photo taken at the Green Cay Nature Center & Wetlands. Fujifilm X-H2S, 70-300mm + 1.4 Extender @ 240mm | ISO 800 | 1/3200 | f/7.1

FIRST PLACE GROUP B - SCORE 93

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 95 | Lorraine Thomas 91

SECOND PLACE GROUP B - SCORE 92.5

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 96 | Lorraine Thomas 89

Sunflowers on a trail near Boulder, CO. Photo taken with a Nikon D5600

GROUP B - SCORE 86.5

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 92 | Lorraine Thomas 81

Gold Coast Railroad Museum. 1/50 sec at f/4.0, ISO 3200 18mm

GROUP A - SCORE 94

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 95 | Lorraine Thomas 93

GROUP A - SCORE 93.5

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 96 | Lorraine Thomas 91

Oil and Water over Colored Paper
ISO 1000; 100 mm; f/32; 1/250s
Lights were used

GROUP B - SCORE 85.5

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 88 | Lorraine Thomas 83

GROUP A - SCORE 91

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 97 | Lorraine Thomas 85

This picture was taken at Blue Cypress Lake near Vero Beach, on the first hours of the day, the lake was very quiet and peaceful, this lonely cypress seems to me to be full of clarity and wisdom.
Nikon D750
Time 1/2500
F5
Focal length 27
ISO 320

GROUP B - SCORE 87

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 92 | Lorraine Thomas 82

This is a photo of Confederation Bridge in Canada. The bridge connects Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. The photo was taken with an iPhone 14 Pro.

GROUP A - SCORE 85.5

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 87 | Lorraine Thomas 84

1/400 sec, f8, ISO 100, 254 mm, Canon RF 100-500 4.5- 7.1 mm lens, handheld - Shot in Denali National park in the morning before the clouds gathered to make Denali Disappear.

GROUP A - SCORE 91.5

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 94 | Lorraine Thomas 89

 This image was taken in Vero Beach, Florida. I was on an early morning walk when I saw what was developing. The sun was coming up, there was fog on the ground, and there was this beautiful sky and reflection on the placid lake. Then I saw the duck appear. I took several images in order to get the duck paddling between the shadows of the two trees. He was moving quickly so I had just a few seconds to get him in one of the power points of the image. The glow of the orange sky and its reflection on the pond were magical. I did minimal post process on this image. This is what I was seeing, and I knew it would be special.

GROUP B - SCORE 86

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 89 | Lorraine Thomas 83

 Wildwood Wildlife Park in Minocqua, Wisconsin

GROUP B - SCORE 84.5

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 86 | Lorraine Thomas 83

GROUP A - SCORE 91.5

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 95 | Lorraine Thomas 88

 Outdoors.night time. no flash

GROUP B - SCORE 84

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 87 | Lorraine Thomas 81

 GROUP A - SCORE 88.5

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 94 | Lorraine Thomas 83

GROUP B - SCORE 89

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 89 | Lorraine Thomas 89

I took this photo years ago as part of an assignment for a photography class I attended. It took a lot of patience to get this shot while other cars drove by.
Shot on Nikon D90
f/8
1 sec
ISO 200
35mm
Tripod and cable release was used

GROUP A - SCORE 92.5

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 96 | Lorraine Thomas 89

1/1250 sec, f11, ISO 400, 100mm, Canon RF 100-500 4.5- 7.1 mm lens - Glacier National Park shot off bow of cruise ship

GROUP B - SCORE 90

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 97 | Lorraine Thomas 83

Photo shot at Davidson Mesa near Boulder, CO. This was at dusk with a storm on the horizon. Shot with a Nikon D5600.

 GROUP A - SCORE 88.5

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 97 | Lorraine Thomas 82

GROUP B - SCORE 88

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 88 | Lorraine Thomas 88

GROUP A - SCORE 87.5

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 95 | Lorraine Thomas 80

 Outdoors.night time. no flash

GROUP A - SCORE 81.5

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 79 | Lorraine Thomas 84

This was taken at Markham Park in May of 2023. This tunnel is for pedestrians to get under the roadway that runs overhead. I took a good number of images here. When someone would use the underpass tunnel, I would take their picture. They gave a few strange looks. The tunnel worked well for framing the subjects. This lady just happened to be swinging her bag over her head. She was talking on a mobile phone with her other hand. The mottled look on the concrete entrance to the tunnel created by the shadows of the vegetation growing around the entrance adds interest. Post processing adjustments were made in Lightroom Classic.

 GROUP A - SCORE 85.5

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 87 | Lorraine Thomas 84

GROUP A - SCORE 86

JUDGES: Robert Suarez 89 | Lorraine Thomas 83