My Winning End of Year photos from 2023 Camera Club Competition

We are a small camera club, but it was very nice to have some winning photos in the End of Year competition 2023 (competing winning photos from earlier in the year).  Frankly, I think everyone in our club is quite talented and they all deserve recognition for their photography and their hard work helping with club activities.  See our website, https://www.smccc.org for more information about the club.

Final Note (River Concert Series) First Place Open

Izamal (city in Mexico) Honorable Mention Open

Honolulu First Place Theme (cityscape)

Honorable Mention Theme (water droplets)

Playing with Tulip Still Lifes

I bought a few tulips to photograph since they don’t grow well in our garden.  They are white with light pink edges that was subtle.   I played with window light, curtains and a pink wall.  These are all cell phone photos, edited with Snapseed on my phone.

Photographed in window light with lace in front of the window.


When the petals fell off, I liked the view of the stamens inside.

Camera Club May 2021 Winning Photos

1st place Macro theme.  One of the petals fell off after this one shot.  I called this tulip death, since I could see inside because the flower was wilting.


2nd place Macro theme. A nautilus shell.  I used a flash plus a small flashlight to light up the underside of the shell to add depth.

Tulip Still Lifes

I bought some tulips from the grocery store, not knowing what color they would be from curbside pickup.  Tulips don’t grow well in our yard, so I thought it would be fun to photograph some.  I played with still lifes using 2 flashes and a flashlight on black velvet.

This was about shapes.

I shined a flashlight on the tulip and tried to get a reflection in the lens ball.

I used a red flashlight pointed at the bowl.

And played with black and white.

Just playing with 3s. 3 groups, 3 books

Chanticleer's Lovely Gardens

We visited Chanticleer in Wayne, PA.  The gardens were lovely this time of year.  We were visiting a very ill relative, so seeing some flower gardens was a good distraction.

     I love curves.  The garden goes to the   Minder ruin.  

     Minder Ruin reflection

     Grape Hyacinth attached to a conveyor

     Mowing curves

     Yellow Tulips

     Daffodil