Announcing “2024 Stand in Ansel Adams Footsteps Contest” Winners

Announcing “2024 Stand in Ansel Adams Footsteps Contest” Winners

Image “Arches, Window, and Juniper” by Martin Bozone

 

We thank all of the GNPA members who participated in the 8th Annual “Stand in Ansel Adams Footsteps.”  There were over 200 entries submitted with 135 photos from over 50 photographers on display.

 

We also wish to thank Greg Comstock for being the judge and selecting the following winners. It was a great show with many wonderful photographs.

 

The exhibit at the Hudgens Art Center will remain open here until April 27 and is available for viewing from 10:am-4:00pm Tuesday through Saturday. Head on to the Hudgens and enjoy the beautiful work.

 

To view the winning photos, you can go to: https://gnpa.org/2024/02/12/2024-stand-in-ansel-adams-footsteps-contest-winners/

 

Congratulations to the following winners of the 2024 “Stand In Ansel Adams Footsteps” juried competition!

 

 

Best in Show:

 Arches, Window, and Juniper – Martin Bozone

 

Georgia Landscape:

Novice:

1st Place – Fall Reflections, Lori Mitchum

2nd Place – Sunrise On Fort Yargo, John Gagliano

3rd Place – Adrift in Time, Annamarie Rewal

Enthusiast:

1st Place – Land of the Trembling Earth, Philip Hart

2nd Place – Cumberland Island, Bethany Plonski

3rd Place – Along the Okefenokee, Sara Ann Callaway

Advanced:

1st Place – Brasstown Evening, Gary Bowlick

2nd Place – Sun Rising Behind Driftwood Tree, Barry Vangrov

3rd Place – Cumberland Trail, Jamie Anderson

 

Landscape (Not in Georgia):

Novice:

1st Place – Light From Above Blue Ridge Mountains, Tina Stevens

2nd Place – Bitteroot, Leslie Ballard

3rd Place – Garden of the Gods, Tina Stevens

Enthusiast:

1st Place – Crater Lake, Bethany Plonski

2nd Place – Soda Butte Creek, Newl McEwen

3rd Place – Leadville, Steve Arnold

Advanced:

1st Place – Arches, Window, & Juniper, Martin Bozone

2nd Place – NC Waterfall, Jen Cardinell

3rd Place – Court of the Patriarchs, Martin Bozone

 

Macro/Close-up:

Novice:

1st Place – Rugged Terrain, Lori Mitchum

2nd Place – Gibbs Garden, Tina Stevens

3rd Place – Fern in the Mist, Annamarie Rewal

Enthusiast:

1st Place – Red Filter Treasure, Doug Flor

2nd Place – Lotus Cascade, Bethany Plonski

3rd Place – Cosmos, Brian Mitchell

Advanced:

1st Place – White Lilly, Paul Xuereb

2nd Place – Saguaro Abstract, Barry Vangrov

3rd Place – Hosta, Chris Dahl

CALL FOR ENTRIES – “For the Birds” Photo Competition – Entry Submission Opens January 25th!

CALL FOR ENTRIES – “For the Birds” Photo Competition – Entry Submission Opens January 25th!

Photo by Kathy Aspy

For the Birds

Twice a year, GNPA is given the privilege of populating the gallery at the Chattahoochee Nature Center (CNC). The next gallery is titled ‘For the Birds’ and we need your best bird shots! There will be 24 photos selected by our judge from the online entries submitted.

There are 3 categories:

1 – Bird portrait

2 – Baby bird picture or nesting bird

3 – Bird behavior shot

 

The schedule:

Online submission opens Thursday, 1/25/2024 and closes at 11:00 p.m. on 2/10/2024.

Email notification will be sent by Wednesday, 2/14.

Gallery hanging is at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 3/6.

Gallery comes down at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, 6/5.

 

You must be a GNPA member to participate. You do not have to be from the Roswell chapter.

You must be signed in to the GNPA website in order to enter the online entry contest.

The photo must be of a bird that is native to GA but the photo can be taken outside GA.

You can enter up to 3 photos in each category for a total of 9 entries. No more than 3 photos total will be selected from each photographer. Entry fee per image is $5.00.

There will be ribbons awarded for 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, as well as two Honorable Mentions. In addition, gift cards will be awarded to 1st place for $75, to 2nd place for $50, and to 3rd place for $25. Awards will be announced at the April 4th meeting of the Roswell Chapter of GNPA. That meeting will take place in the theater of the CNC Discovery Center, one floor below the gallery.

 

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CALL FOR ENTRIES!

CALL FOR ENTRIES!

Announcing the 15th Anniversary of the GNPA with a “Georgia on My Mind” Photo Competition!

 

15 Grand Prize Opportunities!!!

All 1st Place winners (15) will be afforded the opportunity of a 4-hour Semi-Private Instructional Workshop with one of the 2024 GNPA EXPO Keynote Speakers, Lisa Langell or Tony Sweet!

A ‘Best in Show’ Trophy will also be awarded at the GNPA Expo, as well as 1st through 3rd Place Ribbons in each category and in each level.

 We want to see your best, amazing, fantastic, wonderful, glorious photo within the last 15 years… that has not won in any GNPA contest.

Submission Open Date:  NOW OPEN!

Deadline:  Sunday, March 3, 2024 (midnight, EST)

 Participants can only submit one (1) photo to the contest

Five Categories:

  • GA State Park Nature Landscape – man-made structures less than 10% of the photo
  • GA Wildlife (large/small/close-up/macro) – No zoo (or captive) photos
  • GA Wild Bird(s) – No zoo (or captive) photos
  • GA Native Wildflower(s) – No botanical garden photos
  • GA Creative Nature Photo Taking [In Camera/Cellphone]

Three Levels of Photographers:

  • Beginner – Has never been awarded a 1st place in a GNPA sponsored photo contest (i.e., minimal post-processing skills or equipment) – access link is on the website
  • Intermediate – Has been awarded a 1st place in any GNPA sponsored photo contest (regardless of level) – access link is on the website
  • Advanced – Has been awarded a Best in Show or more than one 1st place in more than one GNPA sponsored photo contest (regardless of level) – access link is on the website

NOTE: If you wish to compete in a higher level of experience, you may.
But no competing in a lower category than your experience level.

Cost of entry is: $15 to enter for your ONE magnificent photo.

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Thank you for participating in the GNPA’s 15th Anniversary State Wide Expo and “Georgia on My Mind” Photo Competition!!! Looking forward to seeing you at Jekyll Island in April!!!

ENTRY DEADLINE JAN 5TH AT 10PM! 8th Annual “Stand in Ansel Adams Footsteps” Juried Competition & Exhibition – Call for Entries

ENTRY DEADLINE JAN 5TH AT 10PM! 8th Annual “Stand in Ansel Adams Footsteps” Juried Competition & Exhibition – Call for Entries

The Gwinnett Chapter, Georgia Nature Photographers Association is once again hosting our very popular “Stand in Ansel Adams Footsteps”. This annual competition began as our humble way to pay tribute to the legendary Ansel Adams. It has grown each year with not only more participating photographers but with the tremendous quality and quantity of the work submitted.

Another BIG year is planned for 2024!

The 8th Annual “Stand in Ansel Adams Footsteps” photographic competition will return to The Hudgens Center for Art and Learning for a 10-week exhibition. This year’s exhibit will run from February 10 until April 27, 2024, in The Hudgens Center for Art and Learning, Promenade & Georgia Galley

GNPA members have demonstrated their excellent creative work and continue to submit wonderful photographs each year to pay honor to Ansel Adams.

Entry Fees:  Per entry $5.00 each.  Maximum of 2 entries per single Category or a maximum total of 6 entries in 6 Categories. No images previously awarded as Best in Show, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place, or Honorable Mention in any GNPA competition are eligible. Ansel Adams was primarily a landscape photographer so your submitted images should be landscape photos…even the macro/close-up images. All entries should be Black and White.

Categories:

  1. Landscape…Georgia only…All images submitted in this category must have been captured in Georgia, no limit as to when the image was captured.
  2. Close-up and macro…No limits on where/when this image was captured but it must be either a close-up or macro image.
  3. Landscape, no restrictions on where captured….In this category, there is no limit as to where the images were captured or when captured.

 We will have more than ribbons, certificates, and bragging rights!  A Best of Show will be awarded from across all categories. Each category will have a First, Second, and Third Place. Honorable Mention will be awarded at the discretion of our judge, up to 5 in each category.

Division Definitions and Entry Fees:

Advanced Division:  A more experienced member who has PLACED in the top 3 or Best of Show awards in at least 3 or more photography competitions anywhere. Not just GNPA competitions!

Enthusiast Division: A member with 3+ years as a photographer hobbyist.  May have competed in previous photographic competitions but has NOT placed in the top 3 or Best of Show awards in more than 1 or 2 photography competitions, not just GNPA competitions!

Novice Division: A less experienced member, a beginner, who may have competed in but has never placed in any photographic competition. Not just GNPA competitions!

However, any photographer has the OPTION to compete in a division above their experience level.  For example, a Novice member can choose to compete in either the Enthusiast or Advanced Division. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Entry Fees:  Per entry $5.00 each.

Best of Show will receive an EXPO registration Coupon ($195 value) OR a $150 gift card, winner’s choice.

In each Division and Category:

First place will receive a Gift Card ($100 value)

Second place will receive a Gift Card ($50 value)

Third place will receive a Gift Card ($25 value)

Enter the Competition

The GNPA service uses zealous.co to manage submissions to the competition.(Link will appear when you are signed in).

5th Annual OIWC/GNPA Photo Contest Winners

5th Annual OIWC/GNPA Photo Contest Winners

The winners of the 5th Annual OIWC/GNPA Photo Contest were announced on October 21st, 2023 at a Photographers Award/Reception event at Oatland Island Wildlife Center.

The winners of the contest were as follows:

Landscape Category

1st – River Dragon, William Harrell (shown above, © all rights reserved)

2nd – Driftwood Milky Way, Morey Gers

3rd – Looking over the Marsh, Marti Shriver

Honorable Mention – Driftwood Beach – Jekyll Island State Park, Caleb Caudill

Honorable Mention – Ossabaw – Main Road, Morey Gers

Honorable Mention – Cypress Splendor, Ruth McCully

Minimalism Category

1st – Adrift, Ruth McCully (shown above, © all rights reserved)

2nd – Sunrise, Jacqueline Bedell

3rd – Weaver’s Web, Ruth McCully

Honorable Mention – Great Egret – Modern Dance, Susanne Swing Thompson

Honorable Mention – Preening Egret, Morey Gers

Honorable Mention – Sticking a Landing, Ray Silva

Found at Oatland Island Wildlife Center Category

1st – The Tree, Morey Gers (shown above, © all rights reserved)

2nd – Window Reflection, Marti Shriver

3rd – Wolf, Lynne Daley

Honorable Mention – Flower on Oatland Island, Jack Watts

Honorable Mention – Pensive Wolf, Morey Gers

Honorable Mention – Showing Off, Jack Watts

Wildlife Category

1st AND Best in Show – Banded Water Snake w/ Blue Dasher Dragonfly, Susanne Swing Thompson (shown above, © all rights reserved)

2nd – Little Blue Family Portrait, Morey Gers

3rd – Tybee Manatees, William Harrell

Honorable Mention – Pelican at First Light, Jack Watts

Honorable Mention – Salacia’s Bonnet, Jill Howard Church

Honorable Mention – Singular, Alyson Betz

A Gallery of all these winning photos was hung at the Oatland Island Wildlife Center. The framed photos are for sale with 25% of each sale going to the Friends of Oatland Island.

To Access the Online Gallery of All Winners CLICK HERE.

To Access the Video Announcement with the Judge’s critiques CLICK HERE.

Thanks to all the participants of this contest. There were so many awesome photos that were entered! Your participation is appreciated.

 

2023 Double Vision – “Water Through Georgia: From Mountains to the Sea” Photo Exhibit and Competition Winners

2023 Double Vision – “Water Through Georgia: From Mountains to the Sea” Photo Exhibit and Competition Winners

Best in Show – Cypress Fog by Barry Vangrov. Article by Kathy Aspy.

 

Each fall, GNPA partners with the Chattahoochee Nature Center (CNC) and the Roswell Fine Arts Association (RFAA) for an event in the annual citywide Atlanta Celebrates Photography.  Twenty-four (24) photographic images were selected to be exhibited in the CNC River Resource Gallery in Roswell, Georgia, from over 180 photos submitted by GNPA photographers.  These photos were then given to RFAA be interpreted by their member artists. When brought to the CNC for hanging, the photographic image and the artist’s interpretation were hung side-by-side…thus the Double Vision title.

The theme of this year’s gallery is “Water Through Georgia: From Mountains to the Sea.”

In previous years, this exhibit has been very well received.  From the opening reception for the artists, to the walk-through traffic at the CNC, visitors were very enthusiastic of the concept.

Please come by the nature center and see the full gallery and enjoy some photography while you are there. (https://www.chattnaturecenter.org/)

First Place – Lotus Position – Thomas Yackley

This year winners are:

People’s Choice – Linda Coatsworth

HM – The Mirage- Sara Aspy

HM – Jekyll Sunset – Annamarie Rewal

Third – Fiery Sky Over Lake Lanier – Cory Huntington

Second – Golden Cypress Forrest – Barry Vangrov

First Place – Lotus Position – Thomas Yackley

Best in Show – Cypress Fog – Barry Vangrov

Click here to view all the winning images.