CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE ARBORETUM SHOOT-OUT
Thank you for participating!

ARBORETUM SHOOT-OUT
Friday-Sunday June 19-21, 2009

SLR Adult

#1 - Gene Eckolt - Rose
Luscious colors; beautiful tonal ranges, nice light-to-dark values; almost abstract form, reminiscent of Georgia O'Keefe; beautifully composed; emotionally evocative, almost musical.

#3 - Alanna Olson - Floral
Dynamic composition; lots of movement; interesting image; strong colors and contrasts; dramatic light.


Honorable Mention

Nathan Almquist - Pink Lady's-slipper
Interesting, dramatic angle on the flower; dynamic composition.

Steve Siewer - Beetle
Exquisite detail; captures the moment; strong sense of scale; good composition; good tonal ranges (whites).

Mary Blackwell - Rose
Rich colors; crisply photographed-nice water droplets.

Megan Cooper - Be Different Grow Tall
Painterly picture; nice use of focal length; cheery.

Jodell Kruse - Pink lady's-slipper
Well-composed; captures a tender, intimate moment in Nature.

Sheila Langer - Yellow moccasin flower
Good composition-well-framed; nice colors and contrasts.

Vienna Volente - Cherry Parfait Rose
Nice contrast between elegant and colorful rose and the humble, plain wood fence.


SLR Child

#1 - Shale Siewert - Golden Bee
Captures an important moment up very close! Great detail in the bee and blossoms; good composition; spontaneous.

Point and Shoot

Adult

#1 - Dianne Jandt - Water lily
Dramatic image; strong composition; great sense of place; rich colors, nice technical details like bubbles, veining, swirls in water.

#2 - Roger Pavelle - Azalea Falls
Great sense of movement and moisture; good composition and framing; interesting palette contributes to sense of place.

#3 - Alicia Mackenthun - Rainbow
Captures the moment - spontaneous; nice balance of light and dark.

Mark Austinson - Chipmunk
Warm & fuzzy! Well-captured, well-composed.

Tanya Myers - Turtleheads
Interesting details - unusual plant forms well-captured; good composition, contrasts.

Youth (age 12-18)

#1 - Charlie Benck - Chipmunk in Paradise
Charming moment spontaneously captured; nice and sharp, well-defined.

#2 - Emma Schrepel - Yellow Moccasin Flower
Nice portrait of moccasin flower; well-composed; rich colors.

Child

#1 - Trinity Usher (Lateesha Davis) - Waterfall
Beautifully composed and framed; great movement; strong feeling of water; rich colors; sense of enchantment.

#2 - Cara Almquist - Yellow rose
Excellent composition; lovely tonal ranges; elegant colors; technically well-photographed - a beautiful photo of a rose.