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Contest #1 2003

(announced Jan. 23, 2004)

 

First Place - Dolores Neilson Second Place - Mundy Hackett Third Place - Amy Gonzales Honorable Mention - Terry Cervi

First Place "Driven Snow" Dolores Neilson

Second Place "Winter's Demand" Mundy Hackett

Third Place "Winter Sun" Amy Gonzales

Honorable Mention "Frozen Mist" Terry Cervi

(See judge's comments at bottom of page)

Photographer's Comments First Place - Dolores Neilson Photograph: Driven Snow Date taken: January, 2003 Location: Cheshire, CT, USA Equipment used: Canon Powershot G1 Comments: This image was not happenstance. My vision was to create a simple photo with simple colors using a sandpit I had discovered in a neighboring town over the summer. Patience is a virtue... today was the perfect day for my vision to materialize....freshly fallen snow, a perfect blue sky and a gusty wind.   Second Place - Mundy Hackett Photograph: Winter's Demand Date taken: Winter 2003 Location: Missouri, USA Equipment used: Canon Eos3 Website: Mundy Hackett Nature Photography   Comments: Having recently moved to the midwest (Missouri), I was captivated by this scene of trees covered in a thick layer of frost and snow during 2003. Third Place - Amy Gonzales Photograph: Winter Sun Date taken: December 2002 Location: Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, Alaska, USA Equipment used: Minolta XG 1 Comments: I took my dog for a walk, and brought my camera along when I took this shot. I had hoped that it would come out as nice as it looked that day. I did not use filters or change the film or shot in any way.     Honorable Mention - Terry Cervi   Photograph: Frozen Mist Date taken: Winter 2003 Location: Niagara Falls, USA Equipment used: Minolta Dimage 7i Comments: Most tourists don't get to see just how beautiful this park is when the mist from the falls covers the trees and landscape and freezes into a thick coating of ice.

Judge's Comments: General Comments: This contest was peculiar. No thought was given to the type of images chosen. We merely selected the best of the entries. In the end we had chosen four images, each a winter landscape. This is the first time that one type of image, landscape, has won in every place. It was an exceedingly difficult judging. That is why these images are not being commented on individually in our usual way of doing things. There was a mere snowflake's width between them. Any of these images could have taken first place. Alas, we had to choose a selection. There is no particular reason why one was named first and another third. In the end, the selection came down to feeling and mood. Each judge was moved in a different way with each photograph. So, in the final analysis we have little to say but congratulations to each photographer for some very fine work. About the Judges:   Judges for this contest were: David Leeson, Kim Ritzenthaler and Darnell Jean David and Kim are founders and owners of www.fieldandforest.com. Darnell Jean is a Dallas freelancer.  For more about them please visit: About Us e-mail: David Leeson e-mail: Kim Ritzenthaler e-mail: Darnell Jean