SECOND PLACE GROUP A - SCORE 96

JUDGES: Pat Ford 96 | Sandy Levy 96

THIRD PLACE GROUP A - SCORE 95

 JUDGES: Pat Ford 92 | Sandy Levy 98

We were on another Camera Club field trip, and this deer family just walked in front of us, it was fantastic timing.

HONORABLE MENTION GROUP A - SCORE 94.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 93 | Sandy Levy 96

HONORABLE MENTION GROUP A - SCORE 93.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 90 | Sandy Levy 97

Close encounter on the trail at Glacier National Park

FIRST PLACE GROUP B - SCORE 93.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 91 | Sandy Levy 96

Taken in my Garden with an iPhone 7

SECOND PLACE GROUP B - SCORE 93.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 91 | Sandy Levy 96

This chill but proud bird posed for me at the Aviary of Zoo Miami last month. It was a great model, sitting perfectly still so I could capture the colors and details of its beautiful feathers. Not pictured in this portrait are the other jealous birds who wish they had feathers like these. 

THIRD PLACE GROUP B - SCORE 93.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 90 | Sandy Levy 97

HONORABLE MENTION GROUP B - SCORE 91.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 88 | Sandy Levy 95

Taken at Animal Kingdom. Sony RX100VII

HONORABLE MENTION GROUP B - SCORE 91

JUDGES: Pat Ford 90 | Sandy Levy 92

Saw this solitary young deer at Sawmill Ponds nature preserve trail near Boulder, CO. The deer was on the run but stood staring back for a couple of seconds behind the wiregrass. Shot with a Nikon D5600 at 220 mm focal length set on automatic. I liked the transparency glow of the ears as the sun hit them.

GROUP A - SCORE 86

JUDGES: Pat Ford 87 | Sandy Levy 85

I had fun playing with the background colors in this image.

GROUP A -  SCORE 84

JUDGES: Pat Ford 80 | Sandy Levy 88

Dusk at Glacier, moose beginning to cross the lake

 GROUP A - SCORE 92.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 96 | Sandy Levy 89

GROUP A - SCORE 89

JUDGES: Pat Ford 91 | Sandy Levy 87

This was taken at the Homestead Rodeo. I was shooting in burst mode to capture the fast action. I picked out this frame because the bull is entirely airborne. The dirt is flying off the ground. The bright sunlight adds interest. The colors are vibrant. I also like the look on the cowboy's face to the left of the bull and rider. He looks like he is grimacing in fear of what might be coming his way, an eight-hundred-pound bull.

GROUP A - SCORE 90.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 89 | Sandy Levy 92

This was taken at the Homestead Rodeo. I was using the burst mode on the camera to capture the moment of peak action. I shot over 1051 images this day. Each burst would take 8 to 15 frames in a few seconds. This image was chosen because of the action of the rider, horse, and calf. There is action everywhere. The calf is totally airborne. The rope is flying through the air. The horse is running a full speed kicking up the sand in the arena. The cowboy has the lariat end in his teeth and is throwing the lasso end with his arm. The lasso is just around the neck of the calf, and it is about to be tightened for the takedown. I was panning when I took this image to freeze the subjects and to blur the people in the grandstands in the background. The live-action is over in mere seconds, but a photograph freezes time so we can study all that is going on in those fleeting action-filled split seconds. The rodeo is a magical place to capture animals and humans in a daredevil ballet of life, possible injury, and maybe even death.

GROUP B - SCORE 89

JUDGES: Pat Ford 89 | Sandy Levy 89

I took this picture at the Aviary of Zoo Miami last month. This cute but rude bird had just flown in to scare off a group of doves from the feeder and then started to stuff its beak when it gave me this look

GROUP B - SCORE 90.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 89 | Sandy Levy 92

Horses at the Homestead Rodeo 2022. Camera -Sony RX100VII.

 GROUP A - SCORE 90

JUDGES: Pat Ford 93 | Sandy Levy 87

 GROUP A - SCORE 85

JUDGES: Pat Ford 82 | Sandy Levy 88

GROUP B - SCORE 90.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 91 | Sandy Levy 90

GROUP A - SCORE 93

JUDGES: Pat Ford 92 | Sandy Levy 94

GROUP A - SCORE 86.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 86 | Sandy Levy 87

Mini donkeys getting food

GROUP B - SCORE 84.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 83 | Sandy Levy 85

GROUP A - SCORE 88.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 89 | Sandy Levy 88

GROUP A - SCORE 92.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 97 | Sandy Levy 88

GROUP B - SCORE 90

JUDGES: Pat Ford 90 | Sandy Levy 90

Two prairie dogs protecting their den below a white flower thistle poppy at Davidson Mesa - Louiseville, CO, as I was hiking along the trail. Shot with a Nikon D5600 w/300 mm focal length. The camera setting was automatic

GROUP B - SCORE 88.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 89 | Sandy Levy 88

Shot with Olympus camera and 60mm macro lens 1/60sec at f5

GROUP A - SCORE 83.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 81 | Sandy Levy 86

Hereford cross breed cow in the farm.

GROUP A - SCORE 92.5

JUDGES: Pat Ford 91 | Sandy Levy 94