Year End Competition 2023

Year End Competition 2023

The competition accepted submission of any images previously submitted to one of the six 2023 Club Critiques. Images could be entered “as-is”, or altered from their previous state. Competition Judges for 2023 were Tim Mathiesen, Larry Vogel, and Lin Craft.

Participation

The 2023 Year-End Competition had 123 images submitted by 15 members (view member list). A total of 9 photographers received individual awards for 23 images. The “Awarded Images” are displayed above, and the “Other Submitted Images” are displayed below.

Scores by Category

Images in the galleries are identified by the category in which they were submitted. (Monochrome “M”, Pictorial “P”, Artistic Expression “A” / Special Subject = “S”) Entries and scores are available in the following PDF files, grouped by Category.

• Monochrome
• Pictorial
• Artistic Expression/Special Subject

High Scoring Images

Best In Show

• Myra Posner – Nature’s Curves

Judge’s Awards

• Lara Ferraro – Keeping Watch
• Raymond LaBelle – Heart
• Mike Bray – Surfer’s Delight

Over All High Point

• George Harper

Monochrome

• Myra Posner – Nature’s Curves, 1st Place
• Lara Ferraro – Morning Catch, 2nd Place
• Ken Furuta – The Center for Brain Health, 3rd Place
• Larry Goodman – Morning Breakfast, 3rd Place
• Susan Brown-Matsumoto – Cool As A Cucumber, 4th Place
• George Harper – Reaching for the Clouds, 4th Place

High Scorers: Monochrome

• Larry Goodman – 1st Place
• George Harper – 2nd Place
• Pat Patti – 3rd Place
• Bette Harper – 4th Place

Pictorial

• Lara Ferraro – Gone Fishing, 1st Place
• Larry Goodman – Red Fox of Pt. Furman Lighthouse, 2nd Place
• Raymond LaBelle – Heart, 3rd Place
• Mike Bray – Surfer’s Delight, 3rd Place
• Ken Furuta – Contemplation, 3rd Place
• George Harper – Angry Bird, 4th Place
• Susan Brown-Matsumoto – Pencil Me This, 4th Place
• Myra Posner – In The Bag, 4th Place

High Scorers: Pictorial

• George Harper – 1st Place
• Larry Goodman – 2nd Place
• Ken Furuta – 3rd Place
• Lara Ferraro – 4th Place

Artistic Expression/Special Subject

• George Harper – Big Leaves, 1st Place – Artisitic Expression
• Lara Ferraro – On The Edge, 2nd Place – Minimalism
• Mike Bray – Wedge Wipeout, 2nd Place – Water
• Larry Goodman – Supermoon Rising Over Laguna Beach, 3rd Place – Artistic Expression
• Ken Furuta – Clearing The Rails, 4th Place – Artisitic Expression
• Lawrie Bau – Playful Dolphins, 4th Place – Artisitic Expression
• Bette Harper – All Alone, 4th Place – Minimalism

High Scorers: Artistic Expression/Special Subjects

• George Harper – 1st Place
• Mike Bray, Ken Furuta – 2nd Place (tie)
• Bette Harper – 3rd Place
• Susan Brown-Matsumoto – 4th Place

All Submitting Members (15)

• Mark Austin
• Mike Bray
• Rodney Cooper
• Lara Ferraro
• Ken Furuta
• Larry Goodman
• Bette Harper
• George Harper
• Raymond LaBelle
• Mary Madden
• Susan Brown-Matsumoto
• Pat Patti
• Myra Posner
• Hilla Sadri

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