5th “Nature in the Pioneer Valley” Photo Contest/ Juried Exhibit
Dec 1, 2010 - Jan 31, 2011 | Themes: Nature, Abstract, Macro
Juried exhibit from The Floyd Photo Gallery's nature contest winning images selected from Pioneer Valley photographers.
Juried exhibit from The Floyd Photo Gallery's nature contest winning images selected from Pioneer Valley photographers.
Juried photo exhibitors:
Dot Barnard, North Hatfield Donald David, Amherst
Paula Johnson Granby, CT
Barbara Krawczyk, Westfield Bernie Kubiak, Amherst
Karen Lemoine, Amherst
Anne Monahan, Southampton Betsy Pelz, New Salem
Carol Pike, Northfield
Diane Savioli Chase, Feeding Hills Gene Suponski, Granby, CT Michael Whittemore, Easthampton
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The 5th "Nature in the Pioneer Valley" Photo Contest Winners' Awards
Sunday many eager Gallery Visitors drove though icy conditions to create a full house at our Contest Award Ceremony. Then everyone crossed the street to witness the winning images and plates of celebratory cake in The Gallery.
Our Pioneer Valley Contest Award Winners come from New Salem to Granby, CT, Feeding Hills to Northfield, Easthampton to Amherst, Southampton to Westfield and North Hatfield. Congratulations Contest winners!
Congratulations to all our contest participants!
Over $2,400 in prizes awarded this year. No other similar contest exists in all of Southern New England.
The Nature Photo Contest Award Winning images will be exhibited thru DEC 29. Come be inspired!
Thank You First Congregational Church of Southampton for you consistent kind hospitality.
Thank you to our three judges…without them there would be no contest...true professionals indeed...
Arthur Mange, Amherst
Dick Simmons, Westfield
Karen Tetrault, Belchertown
Thank you Eastmont Custom Framing, Easthampton. Jean-Pierre and Cindy are our longest and most strong supporters. We and many Gallery Exhibitors are where we are thanks to their highly professional service, not to mention their exquisite framing.
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Novice_Landscapes
2nd Place “Lighting” Michael Whittemore, Easthampton
Award: $100 One-on-One Consultation/ Coaching Session with Robert Floyd.
1st Place “Forest with Sun Bursts” Dot Barnard, North Hatfield
Award: $200 plus an invitation to enter a Group Exhibit plus one image entry fee for the Group Exhibit.
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Novice_Close Ups
2nd Place “Milkweed Pod” Anne Monahan, Southampton
Award: $100 One-on-One Consultation/ Coaching Session with Robert Floyd.
1st Place “Spring Flower” Betsy Pelz, New Salem
Award: $200 plus an invitation to enter a Group Exhibit plus one image entry fee for the Group Exhibit.
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Novice_Wildlife
2nd Place “Winter Cardinal” Paula Johnson Granby, CT
Award: $100 One-on-One Consultation/ Coaching Session with Robert Floyd.
1st Place “Bee on White Flower” Dot Barnard, North Hatfield
Award: $200 plus an invitation to enter a Group Exhibit plus one image entry fee for the Group Exhibit.
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Advanced_Landscapes
Honorable Mention “Birches” Bernie Kubiak, Amherst
Award: $50 Gallery Gift Certificate
2nd Place “Winter Landscape” Karen Lemoine, Amherst
Award: $100 Gift Certificate from Eastmont Custom Framing, Easthampton
1st Place “Waterscape” Gene Suponski, Granby, CT
Award: $200 plus an invitation to enter a Group Exhibit plus one image entry fee for the Group Exhibit.
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Advanced_Close Ups
2nd Place “White Trillium” Diane Savioli Chase, Feeding Hills
$100 Gift Certificate from Eastmont Custom Framing, Easthampton
1st Place “Ice Jellies” Donald David, Amherst
$200 plus an invitation to enter a Group Exhibit plus one image entry fee for the Group Exhibit.
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Advanced_Wildlife
Honorable Mention “Eastern Kingbirds” Donald David, Amherst
Award: $50 Gallery Gift Certificate
Honorable Mention “Female Hummingbird” Barb Krawczyk, Westfield
Award: $50 Gallery Gift Certificate
2nd Place “Two Great Blue Herons, Nest” Carol Pike, Northfield
Award: $100 Gift Certificate from Eastmont Custom Framing, Easthampton
1st Place “Great Blue Heron” Donald David, Amherst
Award: $200 plus an invitation to enter a Group Exhibit plus one image entry fee for the Group Exhibit.
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Best in Show
The judges wanted a Best in Show based on the level of talent shown in the winning images. Instantly agreed and they asked to see again…all the first place Novice and Advanced winners. Very unique award…FREE participation in the limited enrollment “Master Printing Workshop” by Stan Sherer.The investmentof this sold-out high level experience is $375.
Best in Show: “Great Blue Heron” Donald David, Amherst
With Donald’s permission, The Gallery will position this image in all advertisements and publicity for the 6th “Nature in the PioneerValley” Photo Contest.
The Gallery will, also, maintain the image in a Portfolio box for future sales. It’s an awesome image and we want to assist Donald in presenting it as far as it can go…
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The Midnight Guidelines for The Gallery's Fifth "Nature in the Pioneer Valley" Photo Contest
Listen my photographers and you shall attest to
The midnight guidelines of The Gallery's Fifth "Nature in the Pioneer Valley" Photo Contest,
On the nineteenth of April, in ten;
Hardly a one is now awake in their den
Who remembers that famous day and year.
He said to his friend, "If the "So You Want to Exhibit Workshop"
Participants photo exhibit is extended to-night,
Turn on the porch light and the neon open sign that rests
By the Gallery Window as a signal light,
One if by a day, and two if by a week;
And I on the opposite side of the street will seek,
Ready to email and spread the alarm
Through every Pioneer Valley village and tree,
For the photographers to be up and to drink coffee."
Meanwhile, impatient to buckle and ride,
Socked and sandled, with a swift stride
On the opposite side of the road strode Robert.
Now he patted his mini van's side,
Now he gazed at the landscape with great comfort,
Then, impetuous, stamped the ground,
And turned and listened to any sound;
But mostly he watched with eager search
The neon open sign by The Gallery porch,
As it rose above the stalks of the dill,
Lonely and spectral and sombre and still.
And lo! as he looks, on the Gallery window's height
A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!
He springs to the bucket seat, the steering wheel he turns,
But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight
The porch light and the open sign in the The Gallery window both burn.
It was twelve by the village clock,
When he came to the bridge in Southampton town.
He heard the bleating of the flock,
And the twitter of birds among the trees,
And felt the breath of the morning breeze
(eeekk...wrong guy!)
Blowing over the meadow brown.
You know the rest. In the articles you have read
How the Novice and Advanced entered and fled.
And so through the night went the cry of enter
To every Pioneer Valley village and renter,
A cry of defiance, and not of fear,
A voice in the darkness, a "you have mail",
words that shall echo for evermore!
For, borne on the night-wind of the Past,
Through all The Gallery's history, to the last,
In the hour of darkness for him and her,
The photographers will waken and read to attest
The hurrying mouse-clicks of their computer,
And the midnight message for The Gallery's “Fifth Nature in the Pioneer Valley” Photo Contest.
The Contest deadline for students 18 and under, NOVICE, and ADVANCED photographers
is Sunday, May 23, 6pm.
Attached is your advanced copy! Please pass this on to a friend and/ or associate...even a neighbor!
Final copy (only tweaked) will arrive this weekend.
Cheers and good night, Robert
P.S. Any similarity to the famous poem written exactly 150 years ago to the day is "a shape in the moonlight."
