“Salt Beach”, by Gary Kohn, won 3rd place in Advanced ... · Marc Riboud (1923-2016) a French photojournalist said “Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth

Marc Riboud (1923-2016) a French photojournalist said “Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.” Although, November is the month designated to celebrate gratitude it should be everyday of every month. As photographers, we have that unique ability to capture a moment that brings joy to others. What we photograph is how we use light and time to make an impact, it brings us satisfaction.

I am thankful that we are having a successful club year. Our membership is increasing which means we are attracting new energy, new ideas, new talent and new opportunities. Our Novice photographers are printing and having full competitions.

Fall is quickly upon us with winter not far behind. If you would like to find out more about shooting nature, then think about the 2018 Nature Visions Photo Expo taking place November 2 – 4, 2018 in Manassas, Virginia. Check out their website at www.

naturevisions.org for further information. Also visit sites such as PictureCorrect Photography Tips and Techniques (www.picturecorrect.com/), an excellent resource on anything photography, and B&H Photo Events just to name a few. In addition, there is much information available in this organization.

This is a short month for us. We have a Program presentation by Patrick Joust on Street Photography, November 19, and on November 26, Padma Inguva will do a How-To about photographing Places of Worship.

November is also Native American Indian month; The New York Times ran an article in May, 2018, entitled “Native American Photographers Unite to Challenge Inaccurate Narratives”, written by James

THE VIEWFINDER

Bowie-Crofton Camera Club Volume 38, Number 3 • November, 2018

Comments From the PresidentGratitude

by Jeanine Cummins, President

“Salt Beach”, by Gary Kohn, won 3rd place in Advanced Digital, in the October “Open” Competition. See more winners on pages 4 - 8.

November 5 No Meeting Meeting room set up for election November 12 No Meeting Meeting room set up for Warm NightsNovember 19 Program Meeting Patrick Joust - Fine Art PhotographyNovember 26 How-To Padma Inguva - Places of Worship

This Month’s Schedule

Picture This! p. 3Competition Results p. 4-8Upcoming Events p. 9Out & About p. 9How-To Meeting p. 10Program Meeting p. 10December Field Trip p. 11December Judge p. 12Autumn is Missing p. 13Field Trip Photos p. 14-15

Table of Contents:

Continued on page 3.

The Viewfinder • Bowie-Crofton Camera Club Volume 38, Number 3 • November, 2018

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THE VIEWFINDER is distributed via e-mail early in the month and at the first meeting of each month during the club year. Contributions of articles of interest to photographers are welcomed.

The deadline for submitting articles is the second Monday of the month prior to publication (ie, articles submitted in early October will be published in the November newsletter).

Articles should be sent via e-mail to [email protected]. Attachments as MS Word, .txt, or .rtf files are acceptable. Photos and illustrations should be separate attachments.

Photographs should be submitted electronically as JPEGs with a “high” quality compression setting. The optimal photograph will be no more than 800 pixels in its greatest dimension.

Membership Rates

Individual . . . . . . . . $40.00 Family . . . . . . . . . . . . $55.00

Meeting Nights

The Bowie-Crofton Camera Club meets the first through fourth Monday nights of each month September through May in the Fellowship Hall of the All Saints Lutheran Church at US 301 and Mt. Oak Road in Bowie. Meetings begin at 7:30. Visitors are always welcome.

Photographic Society of America (PSA)

The Bowie-Crofton Camera Club has been a member of the Photographic Society of America (PSA) since 1977. Denise Hill is B-CCC’s representative to PSA.

For information regarding the benefits of a PSA individual membership and for PSA-sponsored events contact Denise Hill (301) 809-1399 or e-mail [email protected].

Articles for The ViewfinderEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President Jeanine Cummins . . . . . . . . . . . . 240-461-2914 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

VP Programs Catherine Sheppard . . . . . . . . . . 301-262-2819 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

VP Membership Bill Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-827-3369 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

VP Competition Richard Chomitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

VP How-to Stefan Kaben . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-459-0955 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

VP Photo Talk Bob Matthews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-785-1151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

Treasurer OPEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Secretary Danni Downing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-452-5932 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

PSA Representative Denise Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) 809-1399 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

Newsletter Editor Vincent Ferrari. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-249-2210 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

Immediate Past President Roz Kleffman

STAFFCompetition Assistant JoAnn Mikellian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-216-9460 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

Database Manager Dick Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-923-2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

Field Trip Committee Leaders Vincent and Leslie Ferrari............301-249-2210 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

Webmaster George L. Smyth . . [email protected]

Web Editor Vincent Ferrari. . . . [email protected]

Exhibit Coordinator Bob Matthews . . . [email protected]

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Estrin (www.nyti.ms/2FwCvqV). This is also the month to vote, so make sure you do so. I’m sure there will be some photographic opportunities on Election Day.

Gratitude to those of you, who have stepped up to help within the club. Gratitude… this month is about tradition, family, culture and “savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.”

Notes From the PresidentContinued from page 1

by Jeanine Cummins, President

Picture This!A request for articles, and a bit about the “Slow Mo Guys”

by Karen Ackermann

Odd angles purposefully chosen can bring a new look to your photographs. They can bring the smile of an “ah-ha!” moment to people who thought they knew what they were looking at but now notice that things aren’t quite what they seemed at first glance. Here are some examples.

The Feather: I held my camera about one inch above the ground at water’s edge. I’m flat on the ground.

The Landscape: I’m actually standing on sloping ground. For the shot, I angled my camera to set the sloping ground as the horizontal line. Thus, the rest of the landscape is skewed. See the person to the far right?

The Tree: I’m looking straight up at branches that are coming off a large tree whose trunk is immediately to my right.

The Truck: I chose to follow the line of the paving at the bottom of the photo.

I took these pictures to just play with the camera.

It’s fun to think of possible odd or unusual angles or new ways of looking at something. At the time I took these photos, I had no intention of submitting them to one of the club competitions. But one odd-angle image I did dare submit a couple of years ago. I believe the category was “movement” or something similar. See the ship. The judge said, “Helluva shot!” [Pause.] “Out.”

But don’t discount the possibility of winning at B-CCC with a “different” sort of photo. The open category is a

perfect opportunity to submit odd-angle shots, of course. In October 2018, we had, for instance, the camel’s nose seen straight on at eye level and the birdhouse viewed upwards from just below its base.

When you shoot, consider not just the typical positions of standing or kneeling to capture your image. Get a little wild and crazy! Try

looking straight up or down, following a line the scene provides you, getting an eye-level shot (even if you have to lie down on the ground). One’s own backyard is a great place to practice taking atypical shots. B-CCC field trips are, too!


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Competition CornerOctober Competition Results

by Dick Chomitz, VP Competition

More Competition Results

on

page 5.

The competition for October 1 was a great success. The total number of entries was 177 and that allowed all six competitions to take place. It was great to see the novices participating in prints. Hopefully this is the start of a great competitive year, which in turn should raise the learning bar creating better and more knowledgeable photographers. Janet Little Jeffers was our competition judge for the Theme of “Open” and I think she did a great job critiquing the prints and digital presentation. Also, thanks to the many club members who helped the evening go smoothly – those who set up and cleaned up the meeting hall; those who accepted and handled the prints, and our projectionist who ran the digital competition. Without these people there would be no competition. Congratulations to the winners of the Open Competition. Keep up the great work. We ask that competitors follow these few procedures to help ensure that prints are handled smoothly and efficiently• Digital entries need titles (names) (not file numbers).• Have your entry slip filled out completely before

stepping up to the table to submit your prints. We recommend printing the entry form from the B-CCC website. It is found under the competition tab. There is a date window on the entry form which will provide you the correct date if you press the “down” arrow.

• To help the competitions run smoothly, the Competition

Committee strongly suggests the following order of required information, written legibly on the back upper-left of each print: 1st line: Class and Category (e.g. Adv. Monochrome, Novice Color). 2nd line: Photographer’s name (as it appears on the club membership roster). 3rd line: Title of the image

• Make sure to include an UP arrow and the submission class (Novice or Advanced) on the back of each print, to the right of the above information.

• When reusing mounting, remove any extraneous notation including labels, etc. Exception: Honorable Mention winners which are entered into a second monthly competition, and all Award Winners entered into the End-of-Year competition, must leave the original award label attached until those competitions are completed.

• Make sure the information on the back of your prints is legible and dark enough to be read in dim light.

• Don’t submit double-matted prints.

October 29 Theme: “The Magic Hour”: That time, in and around sunset or sunrise, when the light is distinctly different—almost magical. Any subject during that time frame, but the light, or atmosphere, must feel that way, and be a dominant factor. Judge: Terry Popkin

Bike Race, HM Advanced Digital, Warren E. Wilson


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Competition CornerOctober Competition Results, continued

More Competition Photos on page 6.

Novice Digital (33 Entries)

1st Vacancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Henry Turner2nd Gray Tree Frog . . . . . . . .Monica Hawse3rd Everyone Loves a Parade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brian BellamyHM Guggenheim . . . . . . . . . .Theresa HarrisonHM Heron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Christine FisherHM Long Horn Bee . . . . . . . .Monica HawseHM Unite the Right . . . . . . . .Jeanine CumminsHM WineTime . . . . . . . . . . . . .Henry Turner

Novice Monochrome Prints (14 Entries)

1st Mirror Mirror on the Truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Karen Ackermann2nd Ocracoke Light . . . . . . . .Alice Collins3rd Fresh Window Air . . . . . .Karen CarkhuffHM Storm Coming Toward Bay Bridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Monica Hawse

Novice Color Prints (22 Entries)

1st Morning Dew . . . . . . . . .Monica Hawse2nd Wavy Sandstone . . . . . .Jin-chung Hsu3rd Garage Art at Night . . . .John RogersHM Artist at work . . . . . . . . .Harry SmithHM Oh dragon Fly . . . . . . . . .Monica Hawse

Advanced Digital (48 Entries)

1st Walmart_Parking . . . . . .Bill Whitcher2nd A steady hand . . . . . . . . .Jennifer Heinz3rd Salt Beach . . . . . . . . . . . .Gary KohnHM Chip_off_the_old_block Bill WhitcherHM Bike Race . . . . . . . . . . . . .Warren E. WilsonHM Circles & Squares . . . . . .Jim RogersHM Concord Light Reflection 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill ConwayHM Got My Goat . . . . . . . . . .Bill CollinsHM St. Francis de Asisi . . . . .Bob MatthewsHM Camel Snout . . . . . . . . . .Jim Rogers

Advanced Monochrome Prints (27 Entries)

1st Clocking out . . . . . . . . . .Bill Whitcher2nd Danielle Niemeier . . . . .Mike Thomas3rd Where is the Harley? . . .Mike ThomasHM Mountain Refuge . . . . . .Bill CollinsHM Towering over the Glacier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vincent FerrariHM Monochromatically . . .Bill Whitcher SpeakingHM World of the Watermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stefan Kaben

Advanced Color Prints (33 Entries)

1st Accented Pink . . . . . . . . .Bill Whitcher2nd Stars Over the Dove . . .Glenn Thompson3rd Sea Shell Motel . . . . . . . .Steve AbramowitzHM Swamp Light . . . . . . . . . .Bill CollinsHM Arts and Industry Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stanley TurkHM Canon Brook Trail Fall 2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert HowardHM Fly ing Fortress . . . . . . . .Frank LeeHM Gold Grill . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bernard M. GrossHM HUMMING Bird Buddy .Glenn Thompson

Everyone Loves a Parade, 3rd Novice Digital, Brian Bellamy

Danielle Niemeier, 2nd Advanced Monochrome Prints, Mike Thomas

Monochromatically Speaking, HM Advanced Monochrome Prints, Bill Whitcher


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Ocrakoke Light, 2nd Novice Monochrome Prints, Alice Collins

Got My Goat, HM Advanced Digital, Bill Collins

Mountain Refuge, HM Advanced Monochrome Prints, Bill Collins

Swamp Light, HM Advanced Color Prints, Bill Collins

Clocking Out, 1st Advanced Monochrome Prints, Bill Whitcher Walmart Parking, 1st Advanced Digital,

Bill Whitcher


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Chip Off the Old Block, HM Advanced Digital, Bill Whitcher

Accented Pink, 1st Advanced Color Prints, Bill Whitcher

Salt Beach, 3rdAdvanced Digital, Gary Kohn

Unite the Right, HM Novice Digital, Jeanine Cummins

Mirror Mirror on the Truck, 1st Novice Monochrome Prints, Karen Ackermann

Grey Tree Frog, 2nd Novice Digital, Monica Hawse



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Where is the Harley?, 3rd , Advanced Monochrome Prints, Mike Thomas

Morning Dew, 1st Novice Color Prints, Monica Hawse

Arts and Industry Security, HM Advanced Color Prints, Stanley Turk

World of the Waterman, HM Advanced Monochrome Prints, Stefan Kaben

Towering Over the Glacier, HM Advanced Monochrome Prints, Vincent Ferrari


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Upcoming EventsNews about non-club related photographic events

by Vincent Ferrari, Editor

The annual Nature Visions Photo Expo will be taking place November 2-4, at the Hylton Center in Manassas, Virginia. Nature Visions brings together a wide variety of speakers and presenters who provide either extremely informative presentations to a large audience or who provide specialized training in smaller workshops. Register at: www.naturevisions.org/

There will be an exhibit of the works of Gordon Parks at the National Gallery’s West Building, from Nov. 4 through Feb. 18. Gordon Parks (1912–2006) grew from a self-taught photographer making portraits and documenting everyday life in Saint Paul and Chicago to a visionary professional shooting for well-known publications. For the first time, the formative

decade of Parks’s 60-year career is the focus of an exhibition, which brings together 150 photographs and ephemera—including magazines, books, letters, and family pictures. For more information, visit: www.tinyurl.com/ybqn88wf

Sixteen Exceptional Photographers convene in Newark, Delaware, on Nov. 3 & 4 for the Horizon Photography Summit. Two days of presentations—landscapes, travel, B&W, printing, Photoshop, photojournalism and much more. Plus one-day workshops on Friday, Nov 2.

www.horizonworkshops.com/

Out and AboutWhat B-CCC members are up to this month


Jeanine Cummins will have a photograph on exhibit at The Arts Barn in Gaitherburg, 311 Kent Square Road, from Nov. 23 through Feb. 3. The artist’s reception is on December 15, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

George Smyth is part of an exhibit in Frederick, Maryland, called “Photographica: The Art of Photography”. This is a collaborative photography exhibit inspired by Helen Gee’s memoir entitled “Limelight, a Greenwich Village Photography Gallery and Coffeehouse in the Fifties”. The exhibit features 19 artists working in a variety of photographic media from wetplate to iphoneography. The opening reception is on Saturday November 3, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Artist Angle Gallery, on 124 S. Carroll Street.

Clarence Carvell has three images being displayed as part of UMBC’s photography collections show from “Depth of Field”. The photographs on view highlight the breadth and depth of a collection of over one hundred images, and illustrate the range of forms, technology, and artists that historically shaped the medium and are

presently impacting its ongoing evolution. The show will be up through December 19. Clarence’s images are show in the photo above.

www.artscalendar.umbc.edu/2016/06/15/depth-of-field/

Vincent Ferrari has a photograph being presented as part of the Maryland Arts Council’s “Art on the Fly” program in Baltimore. The exhibit is of art works depicting the state of Maryland. Vincent also has images in two other shows, one is in a Black & White show at the 311 Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina, and the other is in a portrait show at the Black Box Gallery in Portland, Oregon.


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How-To Meeting - November 26Padma Inguva: Photographing Sacred Spaces

by Stefan Kaben, VP for How-To

In a previous program, Padma Inguva shared with us her incredible love and talent for photographing flowers. Her passion for photography goes well beyond flowers, however, and extends to encompass the architectural world and all its wonders including places of worship, especially the interiors. As a photographer and a student of Civil Engineering, she has managed to combine the two disciplines into an art form. Her appreciation of Neoclassical Architecture has led her to travel the world to capture some of its magnificent religious structures.

While countless photographers attempt to photograph churches, few succeed in capturing images that are as breathtaking as the churches themselves. The reason is simple: Photographing the inside of a church is hard. It takes an unusual skill-set

to capture the beautiful three-dimensional reality with its incredible dynamic range, and convey the same level of emotion in the two-dimensional plane of a photograph.

In this program, Padma will showcase her portfolio of images of places of worship. She will also discuss the equipment she uses, how she plans her visits, the research she does, proper etiquette to be observed while photographing, what settings to use when using a tripod vs. shooting handheld, how to process the images after the capture to bring life to the images, and more.

Here is a link to her portfolio:

www.padmasworld.com/religious-spaces

Program Meeting - November 19Patrick Joust - Fine Art Photographer

by Catherine Sheppard, VP Programs

Our November Program Speaker is Patrick Joust, a Baltimore-based photographer. Many of his images are of scenes in Baltimore, imbued with a meaning that Joust hopes will reach the viewer on a higher, more complex level that goes beyond the image itself. This is one of the reasons why Joust finds photography to be so interesting. And while much of his work could be said to “document” Baltimore, Joust hopes that what comes through in his images is that which he finds special about the city.

In this month’s Program Meeting, Joust will display a selection of his portfolio and describe how he

approaches his work and seeks to develop a unique style in his art. A self-taught photographer, Joust has won awards from the Maryland State Arts Council and has shown in his work in both solo and group shows throughout the State of Maryland and beyond. Joust works in and enjoys all kinds of photographic formats, but medium format film photography makes up most of what he does. He finds framing an image through his TLR (medium format twin lens reflex) camera to be, “a beautiful way to look at the world.”

www.patrickjoust.com/


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First December Field TripEastern Neck Wildlife Reguge - December 1

by Stefan Kaben - Field Trip Leader

Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge will offer many photo ops, and we are especially hoping to see tundra swans. Beginning around mid-November, thousands of them arrive to spend the winter. There are also nesting bald eagles at the refuge year-round as well as many other birds. Several varied habitats will offer late autumn vegetation, landscapes, and waterscapes as more fodder for your camera. There is a visitor’s center with exhibits and seven trails for your wanderlust (two of them wheelchair-accessible) along with four miles of paved roads.

The weather could be chilly so dress appropriately and bring extra batteries for your camera. Get there as early as you like after the refuge opens at 7:30 a.m. We will officially gather at about 12:30 for lunch in Rock Hall, Maryland. There will be updates and a sign-up sheet at our regular club meetings.

Eastern Neck is a solid hour-and-a-half drive from Bowie, on the Eastern Shore past Chestertown. From there, follow Route 20 into Rock Hall. Turn left at the flashing

light onto Main Street, a.k.a. Route 445. Go 8 miles to bridge. The refuge entrance is at the foot of the bridge. The address for your GPS is 1730 Eastern Neck Road, Rock Hall, MD 21661.

Website: www.fws.gov/refuge/Eastern_Neck/

Trails and Boardwalks: www.fws.gov/refuge/Eastern_Neck/visit/trails.html

Taking Competition to the Next LevelA workshop to help you improve your photography - Tuesday, November 20, 7:00 p.m.

by Clarence Carvell

Most of the time we are working in the dark until the judge says “OUT”. Here is a chance to get one up on the judge (and your competition). Learning to create and critique your own work is one of the most difficult skills for an artist to develop and group practice is most often the best approach. Here is a workshop session that will help raise you above the competition and encourage you to build on your own ideas.

Bring a print to talk about, preferably an “Insides of Anything”, preferably B&W but color is okay. It can be a print that you plan to enter in the December competition.

The workshop will be held at my home studio, near Columbia, Maryland, at 7:00 p.m. on November 20. Contact me for more information.


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December 3 Competition JudgeOur judge for the December competition, with theme “Insides of Anything”, will be Lewis Katz

by JoAnn Mikellian, Competition Assistant

Lewis Katz will be our judge for the December competition, “Insides of Anything”. Lewis Katz started with an Olympus OM-1 back in 1970 and is still an avid and passionate photographer. After working the art show circuit for some years he now spends his time teaching and shooting with his fellow photographers from the Baltimore Camera Club. He now teaches photography for the Hopkins Odyssey program, the Roland Park Country Schools Kaleidoscope program, and at CCBC.

Second December Field TripNational Cathedral, Washington, DC - December 29

by Beth Fabey - Field Trip Leader

Come join us at the beautiful National Cathedral on Saturday, December 29. At this time of year, the sun should be pouring through the stained glass windows on the right side of the sanctuary, spreading a beautiful rainbow of colors over the marble leading down an arched passageway. For this reason, if rain is forecast the trip might be postponed until January. Parking is available at the Cathedral in its underground garage which you can enter via Wisconsin Avenue at the traffic signal just south of Woodley Road. Garage hours are 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Pay stations by elevator lobbies on B1 and B2 levels and also at Wisconsin Avenue exit. Cash or credit cards only. Change is issued in coins. $9.00 flat rate. At 10:00 a.m., we will meet for brunch at the Open City Cafe, across South St. from the Cathedral and garage, before proceeding to the Cathedral. Please let me know if you will be joining us at the cafe.

www.opencitycathedraldc.com/ Admission to the Cathedral is $12/$8 for Seniors, and typically includes a Highlights Tour, though the Holiday

season often impacts the tours that are available. www.cathedral.org/visit-us/

In addition to any additional tours that you might want to purchase ahead of time online, check out the floor below the sanctuary to explore the chapels and labyrinth-like hallways, the 7th floor for the views, the gardens and the building next door, as well as the gargoyles (one of Darth Vader), the stained glass windows (one commemorates the Apollo XI mission with moon rocks embedded in the glass) and the upper terrace view.

Tripods CAN be used as long as they do not impede other visitors. NO photos are to be taken during a service so as to protect the privacy of those worshipping.


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When the Autumn Leaves Don’t ShowWhat to photograph when the fall season lets you down


October has come and gone, but the usual autumn display of color hasn’t shown up this year. So what do you do when nature lets you down? Usually by now, photographers have been out capturing the fall beauty in places like Shenandoah National Park. But this year, it’s a bust. So what do you do? Do you just stay home and hope for a better season next year? No! There is still plenty out there to photograph if you just take a look. No, you won’t get those pretty colors from all the leaves this year, but a plethora of nature’s beauty still waits for those who pay it a visit. Here are some examples and tips. 1. Waterfalls! Shenandoah National Park has lots of waterfalls. Some, like White Oak Canyon, require some strenuous hiking to get to. Others, like Dark Hollow Falls, are just a short, easy hike from Skyline Drive. Remember, to capture a waterfall properly, you’ll need to carry your tripod with you.

2. Scenic Views. There is no shortage of great views from the overlooks along Skyline Drive. Even if the leaves don’t cooperate, some great photographs can be made.

3. Old Structures. Shenandoah National Park was created in the 1930’s on land that was inhabited by many people. If you know where to look, you can find

plenty of old structures, cemeteries, and other relics of those times. Ask a park ranger where to look, or just do some research on the internet before you head out. There are lots of great treasures to be found.

4. Landscape Panoramas. If you get out to the Big Meadows area of the park, you will find a wonderful, big, open landscape just waiting to be photographed.

5. Everything else. There’s no end to the photo opportunities in Shenandoah National Park, whether autumn shows up or not!


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Top 6 photographs by Karen Ackermann

Bottom 2 photographs by Warren Wilson More Field Trip Photos on page 15.

Field Trip PhotographsImages from our October field trip to the Mt. Calvert Historical Site and surrounding area


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Field Trip Photographs, continuedImages from our October field trip to the Mt. Calvert Historical Site and surrounding area

Top 2 photographs

by Leslie Ferrari

Middle 4

photographs

by Stefan Kaben

Vertical

photograph above,

and bottom 2

photographs by

Vincent Ferrari


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Parting Shot

This month’s Parting Shot is from Zolt Levay. If you would like your image and story presented here, send it to: [email protected].

I was in Capitol Reef National Park last June as an Artist-in-Residence for three weeks. Capitol Reef is a certified International Dark Sky Park. This photo is a composite of 30 frames, each a 30-second exposure at ISO 800 with a Nikon D800 and 14-24mm f/2.8 lens set at 14mm and f/2.8. The raw frames were post-processed in Lightroom and combined in Photoshop (using “lighten” layer blend mode). A setting crescent moon provided ambient illumination of the landscape. In the 15 minutes time-lapse, the stars moved around the North Pole in the sky as the Earth rotated below to create the concentric streaks. In one frame a car drove along the road leaving a trail from its lights. A passing aircraft also left a dotted red line across the star trails, and signs along the road appear as dots in the distance reflecting the car’s headlights. -- Zolt Levay

Documents

“Salt Beach”, by Gary Kohn, won 3rd place in Advanced ... · Marc Riboud (1923-2016) a French photojournalist said “Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth