The Best of October 2007 (download pdf)
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Competition Results


Interclub Small Color Prints – October 2007

JUDGES: Russel Kriete, Downers Grove; Curtis Larsen, Sandwich; and Ron Capek, F-Stop

PRINT OF THE MONTH: “Perched Screech Owl” by Rich Fisher, Riverwoods.

Class AA Small Color

AWARDS:  “Alix” by Al Alvis, Blue Island; “Balanced Barred Owl” by Rich Fisher and “Checking His Chicks” by Bob Marin, both of Garden; “Muffin” by Bob Benson, Pixel; and “Morning Pasque” by Diane Bodkin of Riverwoods.

HONORABLE MENTIONS: “Jacob’s Ladder Blossoms” by Ruth A. Smith, Creative Digital Imagers; ê“Going to the Flowers” by Karen Frischman, Garden; “The Holy Place” by Ginger Pender, Oak Lawn; “Red Columbine” by Don Plocher, Photogenesis I; and “Cynthia Marie” by Robert Schmaedeke, Digital Darkroom

STANDINGS             Prints to Date              Points This Month      Points to Date

Garden                                     4                                  92                                92

Riverwoods                             4                                  89                                89

Blue Island                              4                                  88                                88

Photogenesis I                         4                                  88                                88

Digital Darkroom                    4                                  87                                87

Pixel                                        4                                  87                                87

Downers Grove                      4                                  86                                86

Oak Lawn                               4                                  86                                86

Schaumburg                            4                                  85                                85

Green Briar                             4                                  84                                84

Creative Digital                       3                                  65                                65

Lombard                                  3                                  62                                62

Class A Small Color

AWARDS: “Cattle Egret” by Edie Hinckley, Mayslake; “Snowy Egret” by Pat Wadecki, Arlington; “Just Waking Up” by Bob Buyle, F-Stop; “Ripples & Ice at Moraine Lake” by John Hewitt and “Bond Falls” by Artie Harris, both of Chicago Nature.

HONORABLE MENTIONS: “Snowy Egret in Breeding Plumage” by Bob Willmschen, F-Stop; “Horned Owl” by Jane Jacobsen, Salt Creek; “A Contrast of Buildings” by Elizabeth Kubis, Pfun Pfoto; and “Green Leaf Tree Frog” by David Stearn, Fox Valley.

STANDINGS             Prints to Date              Points This Month      Points to Date

Fox Valley                              4                                  86                                86

Pfun Pfoto                               4                                  85                                85

Salt Creek                                4                                  84                                84

Arlington                                 4                                  83                                83

Photogenesis II                       4                                  83                                83

North Shore                            4                                  82                                82

Wright                                     4                                  80                                80

Des Plaines                             4                                  79                                79

Kankakee                                4                                  78                                78

Chicago Nature                       3                                  66                                66

F-Stop                                     3                                  65                                65

Mayslake                                 2                                  42                                42

Class B Small Color

AWARDS: “Pink Orchid & Buds” by John Emmel, Central DuPage; “Sunset at Yosemite” by Fangling Yu, 3-H; “Rocky Mountain Cascade” by Tom Lowden, Shutter Bugs of Volo Bog; and “Reddish Egret” by Kent Jager, Foresters’.

HONORABLE MENTIONS: “Buckingham Fountain in Red” by Steven Dyke, 3-H; “Western Tanager” by Conrad Gutraj and “Chasing Butterflys” by R. Kirsteins both of Shutter Bugs of Volo Bog; “Fence Play” by Richard Smith, Sandwich, and “Crocus Gone Wild” by Will Fletcher, Lake County.

STANDINGS             Prints to Date              Points This Month      Points to Date

Shutter Bugs                           4                                  86                                86

3-H                                          4                                  85                                85

Sandwich                                4                                  84                                84

Foresters’                                4                                  83                                83

St. Mark                                  4                                  82                                82

Washington Park                     4                                  81                                81

Morris                                     4                                  75                                75

Ft. Dearborn                            4                                  74                                74

Lake County                            3                                  63                                63

Central DuPage                       2                                  42                                42

Thanks to a small but very efficient committee including Ron Byland, Margo McIntyre, Alison Newberry and Wayne Weishaar. Thanks, too, to those who helped by bringing supplies from storage and helped set up and put away all the equipment.

Janet Schleeter and Karen Frischman, co-chairmen

Interclub Small Monochrome Prints – October, 2007

 

JUDGES:    Bill Brown Lombard, Bob Benson Schaumburg and Rudy Navarro 3H. 

 

PRINT OF THE MONTH: “Captain Nate” by John Wiet of Downers Grove.

CLASS A Small Mono

 AWARDS:   “The Blues Sisters” by Al Alvis; Blue Island. “Kebler Pass Scenic” by Elizabeth Kubis and “Captain Nate” by John Wiet both of Downers Grove. “Santori Cubism” by Ron Capek; F-Stop.  “Captive” by John Van deMerkt; Fox Valley.  “Fallen Mossy Log” by Betty Wong; Garden.  “Country Road” by Dennis Arendt; Pixel. “Spooky” by Lynne Lee; St Mark.

 

HONORABLE MENTIONS: “Middle Eastern Girl” by Santokh Kochar;  Downers Grove. “Southern Illinois Barn” by John Vande Merkt; Fox Valley. “Clifton Mill” by Karen Frischman; Garden. “The Broken Wheel” by Robert Schmaedeke; Oak Lawn.  “Looking for a Landing Spot” by Elizabeth Kubis and “Gill’s Rock Church” by Joe Falout both of Pfun Photo. “Soldier Field and Skyline” by Emma Grant; St Mark. 

 

STANDINGS            PrintsTo Date            Points This Month         Points to Date

Downers Grove                     4                                  92                        92

Pfun Pfoto                             4                                  88                        88

F Stop                                    4                                  87                        87

Garden                                   4                                  87                        87

Blue Island                             4                                  85                        85

Fox Valley                             4                                  85                        85

Oak Lawn                              4                                  84                        84

Photogenesis II                      4                                  84                        84    

St. Mark                                 4                                  83                        83

Green Briar                            4                                  80                        80

Pixel                                       4                                  66                        66

Creative Digital                      4                                  62                        62

Digital Darkroom                   4                                  61                        61

Central DuPage                      4                                  40                        40

Lombard                                4                                  39                        39

 

CLASS B Small Mono

AWARDS:  “Old Oxen Yoke” by Lynn Dolyak; Foresters. “Pelican Domain” by Bailey Donnally; North Shore. “Lobo” by Homer Keller; 3H.    “Lincoln Park Lagoon”  on Sunday by Nina Pullian; Schaumburg.  “Thru the Arches” by Mark Southard,APSA; Wright.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:  “Crossing the Bridge” by Nancy St Clair; Arlington.  “Harsh Karsh Lighting” by Art Noel; Lake County. “Old Farm” by Bob Stolt and “Work Wagon” by Robin Dunham, both of Schaumburg. “Sidney Bridge” by Dominick Maino;      Wright.

STANDINGS      Prints to Date               Points this Month           Points to Date

Wright                            4                                       85                                 85

Arlington                        4                                       81                                 81

3-H                                 4                                       80                                 80

Des Plaines                    4                                       78                                 78

Foresters                        4                                       78                                 78

Kankakee                       4                                       75                                 75

Washington Park            4                                       74                                 74

Schaumburg                   4                                       64                                 64

North Shore                   3                                       63                                 63

Fort Dearborn                3                                       57                                 57

Lake County                   3                                       57                                 57

Sandwich                       1                                       20                                 20                           

Norb Wrobel

Print Chairman

Interclub Large Prints– October 2007

JUDGES:  Ruby Riota, 3H; Jim Shobe, Ft. Dearborn and Chicago Nature; Sheri Sparks, Riverwoods.

MONOCHROME

PRINT OF THE MONTH: "George" by Santokh Kochar, Downers Grove.

CLASS A Large Mono

AWARDS: "Hawk Face" by Al Alvis, Blue Island; "How's Your Fern" by Dennis Arendt, Fox Valley; "Positioning for the Row" by Bill Brown, Fox Valley.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:  "The Power of Light Squared" by Dennis Arendt, Pixel; "Deserted Colorado Mill" by Lilian Fulde, Garden; "Bahai' Temple Pathway" by John C. Peterson, Green Briar; "Weathered!" by John Wiet, Downers Grove.

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STANDINGS       Prints                Points                Points

                                  To                     This                     To

                                Date                 Month                 Date

Blue Island                 4                        88                       88

Downers Grove         4                        88                       88

Garden                       4                        87                       87

Fox Valley                 4                        85                       85

Green  Briar               4                        84                       84

Pixel Image                4                        84                       84

F-stop                         4                        81                       81

Foresters                    3                        60                       60

North Shore               1                        21                       21

CLASS B Large Mono

AWARDS: "Millenium Park Skyscrapers" by Bill Brown, Lombard; "Yosemite Park" by Quanmei Deng, 3H; "A Road Runs Through It" by Artie Harris, Washington Park; "Bonneyville Mill" by John Roquet, 3H.

HONORABLE MENTIONS: "Quartet of Tulips" by Emma Grant, St. Mark; "Decorative Reststop" by Elizabeth A. Kubis, Pfun Pfoto; "Feather & Flowers" by Dominick Maino, Wright; "Granite Abstraction" by Mark Moulthroe, Ft. Dearborn.

STANDINGS       Prints                Points                Points

                                  To                     This                     To

                                Date                 Month                 Date

3-H                             4                        86                       86

Pfun Pfoto                  4                        86                       86

Wright                        4                        85                       85

St. Mark                     4                        84                       84

Washington Pk.          4                        83                       83

Arlington                    4                        81                       81

Lombard                     3                        64                       64

Ft. Dearborn               3                        62                       62

Photogenesis II          2                        40                       40

Lake  County              2                        38                       38

Des Plaines                1                        21                       21

Sandwich                   1                        19                       19

COLOR

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

CLASS A Large Color

AWARDS: "Balanced Barred Owl" by Rich Fisher, Riverwoods; "Yaquina Head Light" by Don Plocher, Photogenesis I; "Flying Backhand" by John Wiet, Downers Grove; "Great Egret" by Bob Willmschen, F-Stop.

HONORABLE MENTIONS: "Going with the Flow" by Al Alvis, Blue Island; "Blue Heron of the Glades" by Jim Carter, Kankakee; "Sandhill Crane" by Bob Marin, Garden; "A Dash to the Finish" by Deb Morey, F-Stop; *"Saguaro Sunset Reflected" by Mark Rasmussen, Photogenesis I.

STANDINGS       Prints                Points                Points

                                  To                     This                     To

                                Date                 Month                 Date

F-stop                         4                        92                       92

Photogenesis I            4                        91                       91

Riverwoods                4                        90                       90

Blue Island                 4                        89                       89

Garden                       4                        88                       88

Downers Grove         4                        86                       86

Fox Valley                 4                        86                       86

Pixel                           4                        86                       86

Schaumburg               4                        86                       86

Green Briar                4                        84                       84

North Shore               2                        44                       44

Kankakee                   1                        23                       23

                                   

                                                              

CLASS B Large Color

AWARDS: "Little Yellow Fellow" by Quanmei Deng, 3H; "Coat of Many Colors" by Elizabeth Kubis, Pfun Pfoto; "Wonders of Alaska" by Alvin Reisbeck, Photogenesis II; "Fire Dancer" by Mark Southard, APSA, Wright; "Holdin' On" by Norman Turner, 3H.

HONORABLE MENTIONS: "Yellow Lilly Study" by Mike Baker, Photogenesis II; "Friends" by Don Chen, Lake County; "Chicago Lights" by Vicki Cobb, Foresters; "Alpena Fall Colors" by Artie Harris, Washington Park; "Peacocks & Orchids" by Dominick Maino, Wright;

STANDINGS       Prints                Points                Points

                                  To                     This                     To

                                Date                 Month                 Date

3-H                             4                        90                       90

Photogenesis II          4                        88                       88

Wright                        4                        88                       88

Pfun Photo                 4                        86                       86

Lombard                     4                        85                       85

Foresters                    4                        84                       84

St. Mark                     4                        83                       83

Washington Park.       4                        83                       83

Arlington                    4                        81                       81

Des Plaines                4                        80                       80

Lake  County              3                        61                       61

Ft. Dearborn               3                        58                       58

Sandwich                   1                        21                       21

 

Many thanks to our hard-working committee: Pat Donnally, Bob McCormick Bill Moskoff  and John Peterson

Bob Schmaedeke and Bailey Donnally, co-chairmen

 

Interclub Pictorial Slides – October, 2007

JUDGES:  Bob Mata, Downers Grove; Don Plocher, Photogenesis I; and Kathleen Sims, Washington Park.

SLIDE OF THE MONTH:  "Beautiful Bryce" by Lilian Fulde, Garden.

CLASS A Slides

AWARDS:  "17 Year Cicada" by Richard Rubenstein, and Succulent Tapestry by Don Bolak, both of Garden; Black And Yellow Argiope" by Lilian Fulde, and  "Wild Columbine" by Don Bolak, both of Riverwoods..

HONORABLE MENTION:   "Evening – White Sands" by Beverly Rodgers, Nature; "Rocky Passage" by Bailey Donnally, and "Out In The Country" by Lucille Adams, both of North Shore; "Mormon Barn" by Joyce Burzloff, Salt Creek; and "Maroon Lake Mirror" by Conrad Gutraj, Shutterbugs.

 

CLASS B Slides

AWARDS:  "Asiatic Lily" by Janice L. Pazanin, and "Bryce Beauty" by Dick Vandenberg, both of 3-H; "Monument To Love" by Phyllis Brauer, Forester's; "The Organ Pipe" by John Hewitt, Wright.

HONORABLE MENTION:  "Three Patriarchs" by Norb Wrobel, Des Plaines; Dense Foggy Morning" by Dorothy Gore, and "Organ Pipe Cactus" by Dean Jacobson, both of Morris; "Spiraling Down" by Robin Dunham, Schaumburg; and "American Heritage" by Garry Mosebach, Wright.

We wish to thank the committee consisting of:  John Emmel, Dorothy Gore, Jane Jacobsen, Jane Kriete, FPSA, EPSA, Helen Lynch, Len Rodeghiero and Carolyn Sparling.

John Hewitt, Don Alton , Co-Chairmen

Individual Nature Prints – October 2007

JUDGES:   Mary Root, Riverwoods; Al Havlicek, Photogenesis 1; Betty Kubis, Downers Grove

BEST of SHOW PRINT:   “Creeping through the Snow” by Phyllis Brauer, Forester’s.  

CLASS A Nature

AWARDS:   “Race to the Top” by Ruth A. Smith, Mayslake NS &PC;  “Kestrel Falcon Profile” by Al Alvis, Oak Lawn;  “Defending His Lunch” by Rich Fisher, Riverwoods & Garden;  and “Airborne” by Kent Jager, Forester’s.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:   BEST Botany of the Month was “Marsh Marigolds” by Don Bolak, Garden;  “Katydid on Cone Flower” by Ruth A. Smith, Mayslake NS &PC;  “White Throated Bee Eater” and “Balanced Barred Owl” by Rich Fisher, Riverwoods & Garden; 

Other prints eligible for Star Awards:   none

STANDINGS

Prints

Points

Points

To

This

To

Date

Month

Date

Rich Fisher

4

95

95

Ruth Smith

4

94

94

Don Bolak

4

91

91

Kent Jager

4

91

91

Al Alvis

4

87

87

Bob Marin

4

86

86

Pat Wadecki

4

86

86

Earl L. Kubis

4

85

85

Ron Kurowski

4

82

82

 

CLASS B Nature

AWARDS:   “Creeping through the Snow” and “Spike” by Phyllis Brauer, Forester’s;  “Munching on Grass” by Betty Nehls, Oak Lawn;  “Great Blue Guarding His Mate” by Elli Glist, Garden & Riverwoods;  “Soaring High” and “The Little Follower” by Quanmei Deng, 3H Camera Club;  and “The New Family” by Edie Hinckley, Mayslake 

HONORABLE MENTIONS:   BEST Landscape of the Month was:   “Rocky Cascades” by Betty Nehls, Oak Lawn;  “Tiger in the Wild” by Phyllis Brauer, Forester’s;  “Barred Owl” and “Celandine Poppy Duo & Bud” by Elli Glist, Garden & Riverwoods;  “Morning Foraging” by Lynne Lee, Saint Mark’s;  “Flight of the Sandhill Cranes” by Michael Kobe, 3H Camera Club;  “Snow Geese in Flight” by Edie Hinckley, Mayslake;  and “Deer in the Meadow” by Karen Frischman, Riverwoods.

STANDINGS

Prints

Points

Point

To

This

To

Date

Month

Date

Phyllis Brauer

4

92

92

Elli Glist

4

90

90

Betty Nehls

4

87

87

Karen Frishman

4

85

85

Lynne Lee

4

85

85

Edie Hinckley

4

84