Juror Michael Di Stefano
Best in Show:
Rick Branscomb, Resting Among the Columns
The black and white media is an excellent choice for this image. The processing and print are exquisite. Rich dark black with details and crisp clean whites. The 3-dimensional feeling is wonderful and the sense of scale is impactful/
Best Street Scene:
Michael Klehm, Taking Time
The highly detailed scene is conveyed superbly in the black and white media. The composition is primarily symmetrical with the building and doorway but thrown off balance by the woman sitting.
Best Color:
Michael Corthell, Quineboquin Autumn
The entire composition is filled with bright beautiful varied colors. The depth of scene is brought out by the soft mist in the background. Tree branches bisect and connect the full frame nicely.
Best Motion:
Greg Anderson, Blustery Nobska
The stark contrast of the sharp detailed lighthouse with the soft blurry motion of moving clouds makes each seem even stronger together.
Most Impactful:
Walter Knox, Averill Lakes Streamer II
The colors show more vividly with the black background. The tack sharpness is a stand out high point of this image. The composition is cropped intently with space to breathe and a nice balance of negative space.
Honorable Mentions:
Jennifer Kano, Walking in Wonderland: The sense of isolation comes through extremely strong in this image. The cool tones of the image give a sense of lonely moodiness. The image composition has nice soft detail in sky and water with the person as an anchor point.
Milt Williamson Fence & Shadows: The sepia tone to the image matches the subjects of sand and wood perfectly. The composition is entwined with straight lines and implied curves.
Kristin Alexander Nobska at Dusk: Absolutely perfect use of the extreme panorama format. The wide view shows the four elements of earth, land, sea and sky.
Manny Dimaculangan Accipiter striatus: The image is tack sharp where it needs to be and soft in the wing feather to accentuate the details of the head and eye of the hawk.
Overall comment:
The original set of images entered was overwhelming in quality and varied in types of photography. It was extremely hard to eliminate images that I thought were worthy of being accepted. I hope that my wide ranging interests in photography helped me to select a diverse collection of images for this exhibition.
About the Juror:
Michael Di Stefano, APSA HonNEC, is deeply involved in photography, originally an “old style” film photographer. Now he has joined the high-tech digital world of Lightroom and Photoshop. Michael’s images have been exhibited domestically and internationally. He has earned many awards and recognitions and has judged four PSA International Exhibitions. Michael’s time for exploration of Photography now that he’s retired. Some of his favorite endeavors are B&W printing, judging photography competitions, creating multi-media slide presentations, and presenting educational programs to help teach and promote photography.
All Accepted Artwork:
Congratulations to all those accepted!
| Ken Alexander | Santiago de Cuba |
| Kristin Alexander | Nobska at dusk |
| Greg Anderson | Blustery Nobska |
| Judy Miller Bailey | Untitled |
| Barry Beder | Monomoscoy Lights |
| Carrie Ann Belcher | The Field |
| James Bowen | Stealing a Kiss |
| Rick Branscomb | Resting among the Columns |
| Judd Brotman | Boys playing in a fountain – London, England |
| Alicia Buccino | Sphere |
| Michael Buccino | Mooi |
| Pamela Chmielinski | Mummelsee, Germany |
| Michael Corthell | Quineboquin Autumn |
| Manny Dimaculangan | Accipiter striatus |
| Joyce Drane | Street Tango, Feria de San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Sandra Faiman-Silva | Boat in Snow |
| Erin Fischell | Modern Dinosaur |
| Joe Goodman | Kitchen Window |
| Howard Hill | Josué Pérez, flamenco guitarist |
| Wendy Hill | Swans |
| Melissa Hofer | Fierce Beauty |
| Christina Jacobi | OUT OF THE BLUE |
| Jennifer Kano | Walking In Wonderland |
| Jean Kirby | Cowgirl |
| Michael Klehm | Taking Time |
| Carol Knox | Glasswing Butterflies Greeting (Greta oto) |
| Walter Knox | Averill Lakes Streamer II |
| Kenneth Kolpan | Brothers in Arms |
| Lori Lafargue | Colorful Umbrellas |
| Gregory Lauer | Game Farm Sunset |
| David Long | Storm Over Lake Louise |
| Michael Mcdonnell | Feather |
| David Michaelson | Becalmed |
| Barrie Mirman | Luminescent Paris: Rain-Kissed Dreams |
| Ilya Mirman | High Noon at White Sands National Park |
| Philip Mondeau | Heavens Above |
| Paul Murray | Life Is Good! |
| Phillip Nardozzi | Separation |
| Darline Nelson | Sunset |
| Jeffrey Nestel-Patt | Mending the Net |
| Diane Pacl | Feather with droplets |
| Marilyn Pageau | Night frost frames the morning sunrise |
| Carolyn Pelkey | Space and Lines |
| Philip Richardson | Great Sippewissett Marsh |
| Linda Sattel | Death Valley |
| Susan Simon | Parrot Tulip #2 |
| Clay Tarver | Icy Window |
| Karen Teeley | Colorado Chaos |
| Richard Tranfaglia | Marshall Point Reflection |
| Milt Williamson | Fence & Shadows |
