The Best of November 2007 (download pdf)
All Images Copyright ©2007 by the listed photographers


Interclub Pictorial Slides – November, 2007

JUDGES:  Frances Kruger-Jackson, Wright; Ann Maksymiec, Nature; and Ruby Riotta, 3-H.             

SLIDE OF THE MONTH:  "Spider Pirouette" by Don Bolak, Riverwoods.


CLASS A

AWARDS:  "Sandstone Striations" by John Hewitt, Nature; "Bright Eye Screech" by Don DeDonato, Garden; "Making Butter" by Phyllis Brauer, Oak Lawn; and "Hungry Polyphemus Larva" by Lilian Fulde, Riverwoods;

HONORABLE MENTION:  "Back Lit" by Ron Kurowski, Blue Island;  "Dew Drops On Rose" by Don Bolak. Garden; and "Brown Frog Red Leaf" by Bill Pitman, Shutter Bugs.

 

STANDINGS

Slides

Points

Points

 

 

To

This

To

 

 

Date

Month

Date

Garden

 

8

92

182

Riverwoods

8

94

178

Downers Grove

8

90

175

Photogenesis I

8

89+22

175

Shutter Bugs

8

89

173

Salt Creek

8

88

172

Green Briar

8

86

171

Oak Lawn

 

8

90

169

Blue Island

8

88

168

Chicago Nature

7

68

154

North Shore

7

66

148

Pfun Pfoto

0

0

0

 


CLASS B

AWARDS:  "Orchid & Green Stem" by John Emmel, and "Pink Orchid" by Alex Lofquist, both of Central DuPage;  "Moran Jut" by Bob Brown, Lombard;  and "Yellowstone Upper Falls Grand Canyon by Alvin Riesbeck, Photogenesis II; and "Out of Place" by Hank Hart, Wright.

 

HONORABLE MENTION:  "Snowy Hodoos" by" Norb Wrobel, Des Plaines; "Sunny Reflection" By Dean Jacobson, Morris; "Wisconsin Light"  by Robin Dunham, Schaumburg; "The View" by Judith Thibault and "Botanic Garden Sunset" by John Hewitt, Wright.

STANDINGS

Slides

Points

Points

 

 

To

This

To

 

 

Date

Month

Date

3-H

 

8

88

177

Wright

 

8

91

175

Photogenesis II

8

84+22

168

Morris

 

8

85

167

DesPlaines

8

85

163

Foresters

 

8

83

163

Sandwich

 

8

83

161

St. Mark

 

8

80

158

Schaumburg

7

64

141

Central DuPage

6

90

130

Lombard

 

5

67

107

Arlington

 

5

43

103

Kankakee

 

4

41

74

Lake County

2

42

42

Mayslake

 

0

0

0

 We wish to thank the committee consisting of:  Bob Brandes, Dorothy Gore, Helen Lynch, Ginger Pender, Len Rodeghiero and Carolyn Sparling.

John Hewitt, Don Alton , Co-Chairmen

 


 Interclub Small Color Prints – November 2007

JUDGES:  Rich Fisher, Garden; Betty Nehls, Oak Lawn; and Kent Jager, Foresters.

PRINT OF THE MONTH: "The Lion" by Bailey Donnally, North Shore.


CLASS AA

AWARDS: "A Newly Emerged Cicada" by Barbara Kudrnovsky, Creative Digital; "Yum Yum! Lunch!!" by Elli Glist, Garden; "Somewhere in Southeast Idaho" by Richard Fox, "Watery Cypress Grove" by Ginger Pender, and "Bobcat in the Snow" by Phyllis Brauer, all of Oak Lawn.

 

HONORABLE MENTIONS: *"The Old House" by Len Rodeghiero, and *"Fall In The Smokey" by Robert Schmaedeke, both of Blue Island; "Red Eye Robber Fly" by Don Bolak, Garden; *"Utah Ranch" by Marie Rakoczy, Green Briar; and *"Back Country Autumn" by Al Havlicek, Photoenesis I.

 

STANDINGS

PRINTS

POINTS

POINTS

 

TO

THIS

TO

 

DATE

MONTH

DATE

BLUE ISLAND

8

92

180

CREATIVE DIGITAL

8

112

177

PHOTOGENESIS I

8

88

176

PIXEL

8

89

176

DIGITAL DARKROOM

8

88

175

DOWNERS GROVE

8

89

175

GREEN BRIAR

8

89

173

SCHAUMBURG

8

86

171

LOMBARD

7

103

165

GARDEN

7

71

163

OAK LAWN

7

71

157

RIVERWOODS

7

65

154

 


CLASS A

AWARDS: "Blazing Star" by John Scholman, Fox Valley; "Owl Be Seeing You" by Ed Cayot, Kankakee; "Hummingbird III" by Milton Weinberg, North Shore; and "Grizzly Bear" by Alvin Riesbeck, Photogenesis II.

 

HONORABLE MENTIONS: "Spring Beauties" by Pat Wadecki, Arlington; *"Race To The Top" by Ruth A Smith, Mayslake;  "St PatrickÕs Cathedral" by Judy Falout, Phun Photo; "Afro Dazzle" by Pierce Van Auken, Salt Creek; and "Mateing Season" by Nancy Jacobek APSA, Wright.

STANDINGS

PRINTS

POINTS

POINTS

 

TO

THIS

TO

 

DATE

MONTH

DATE

FOX VALLEY

8

86

172

PFUN PFOTO

8

87

172

ARLINGTON

8

88

171

NORTH SHORE

8

88

170

PHOTOGENESIS II

8

87

170

WRIGHT

8

89

169

SALT CREEK

8

84

168

KANKAKEE

8

82

160

F STOP

7

86

151

DES PLAINES

7

64

143

CHICAGO NATURE

6

62

128

MAYSLAKE

5

66

108

 


CLASS B

AWARDS: "AutumnÕs Falls" by Fang Ling Yu, and "Bullfrog Hiding in Duck Weed" by Michael Kobe, both of 3H; and "Portland Lighthouse" by Al Kent, Central DuPage. 

HONORABLE MENTIONS: "St Xavier Del Bal Mission" by John Roquet, 3H; "Orchid With White Edge" by John Emmel, Central DuPage; "Spike" by Phyllis Brauer, Foresters; and "Takquamenon Falls" by Sue Cogley, Lake County. 

STANDINGS

PRINTS

POINTS

POINTS

 

TO

THIS

TO

 

DATE

MONTH

DATE

3H

8

93

178

SANDWICH

8

85

169

WASHINGTON PARK

8

86

167

SHUTTER BUGS

8

80

166

ST MARK

8

81

163

MORRIS

8

83

158

LAKE COUNTY

7

86

149

FORESTERS

7

63

146

CENTRAL DuPAGE

5

69

111

FT. DEARBORN

4

0

74

 

Thanks for all the help from our committee of  Ron Byland, Allison Newberry, Doris Harris, and Peggy DiPietro.

                                                  Karen Frischman and Janet Schleeter, co-chairmen

 


Interclub Small Monochrome Prints – November, 2007

JUDGES:     John Peterson, Green Briar; Jerry Hug, Des Plaines; Wayne Weiser, 3H.

PRINT OF THE MONTH: "Lake Superior the Big Crack" by Marie Rakoczy; Green Briar.


CLASS A

 AWARDS: "Coquuille River Lighthouse" by Don Plocher; Downers Grove. "Lone Window" by Bob Buyle, F Stop.  "Lake Superior the Big Crack" by Marie Rakoczy, Green Briar; "Smokie Waters" by Robert Schmaedeke, Oak Lawn, "Tawny in the Flowers" by Elizebeth Kubis, Pfun Photo; "Utah Landscape" by Bob Benson, Pixel."

 

HONORABLE MENTIONS: "Called Death Valley" by Robert Schmaedeke, Blue Ialand; "Monarchs on a Blazing Stair" by Barbara Kudrtnovsky, Creative Digital; "In Disrepair" by Judy Falout, and "Portrait of an Artist" by Santokh Kochar, both of Downers Grove; Ascending Aisle by Sharon Peterson, Green Briar; "Standing Tall" by Harry Gnadt, Lombard; "Geometrical Beauty" by Lynne Lee; St Mark.

 

                                    Prints               Points              Points

STANDINGS            To                    This                 to

                                    Date                 Month             Date

 

Downers Grove          4                      90                    182     

F-Stop                         4                      89                    176                                                               

Pfun Pfoto                   4                      87                    175

Pixel                            5                      109                  175

Blue Island                  4                      89                    174

Garden                       4                      85                    172                                   

St. Mark                      4                      88                    171

Oak Lawn                   4                      86                    170  

Creative Digital           5                      107                  169                                                            

Fox Valley                  4                      80                    165

Lombard                      5                      110                  149                                          

Green Briar                 3                      67                    147

Photogenesis               2                      43                    127                          

Digital Darkroom        3                      65                    126                                                          

Central DuPage           4                      41                    81                   

 


CLASS B Monochrome

 

AWARDS: "North Woods" by Bailey Donnally, North Shore; "Orthodox Church" by Homer Keller, "A Wet Path to the Light" by Norman Turner and "Sabina Canyon Creek" by John Roquet, all of 3H."

 

HONORABLE MENTIONS: "Narrows Covered Bridge Park County Indiana" by Michael Kobe, 3H; "Ready to Fall Down" by Bob Benson, Schaumburg, "Old and Dilapidated Barn" by Artie Harris, Washington Park;  "Oriental Lily" by Iku Shimizu; Wright.

                                    Prints               Points                Points

STANDINGS            To                    This                   To

                                    Date                 Month               Date

 

3-H                              4                      95                    175

Schaumburg                5                      108                  172

Wright                        4                      81                    166

Foresters                     4                      82                    160

Kankakee                    4                      78                    153

Arlington                     3                      63                    144

Des Plaines                 3                      62                    140

Washington Park         3                      64                    138

North Shore                2                      45                    108    

Lake County                1                      20                    77

Fort Dearborn             3                      0                      57           

Sandwich                    1                      20                    40

 

A big thanks to the people who helped this month: Judy and Joe Falout,  Jerry Kravitz and Bob Ungar.

 

Norb Wrobel

Print Chairman

 


 

Interclub Large Prints– November 2007

 

JUDGES:  Ron Capek, F-Stop; Howard Sheffield, Green Briar; John Wiet, Downers Grove and Creative Digital.

 

MONOCHROME

PRINT OF THE MONTH: "Old Haunted House" by Elizabeth Kubis, Pfun Pfoto.


 

CLASS A

 

AWARDS: "On the Rim" by Bailey Donnally, North Shore; "Historic Farm" by Earl L. Kubis, Downers Grove; "Colonial Kitchen" by Bob Marin, Garden; "Ropes" by Marie Rakoczy, Green Briar.

 

HONORABLE MENTIONS:  *"20 Mule Team Canyon Death Valley" by Al Alvis, Blue Island; "Winding Down" by Dave Ducommun, Downers Grove; "Hand Rails" by John C. Peterson, Green Briar; "Cabin in the Woods" by Lynn Polyak, Foresters.

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STANDINGS       Prints                Points                Points

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