Robert Thoresen
A photo shoot to Mount Lemmon this past July generated the theme for the August photo contest Wildflowers. None of the winning photos were derived from the photo shoot. Helen Phillips’ first place picture of Mount Gardner’s Wildflowers in eastern Washington was taken from Sun Mountain Lodge. The flowers around the lodge were so beautiful that she focused on them with the mountain as the background for contrast. The result was one of those photos that didn’t need any enhancements with Photoshop. Canon PowerShot A2000 IS. 1/400 sec, f/9, ISO 200. 6.4 mm focal length (38.6 mm equivalent in 35 mm camera).
Pete Murphy’s second place photo was taken on a vacation trip to London, UK, in May 2012. The bright flowers were photographed in a public park within the city. Peter keeps what he shoots and never does enhancement or editing of his pictures. Nikon Coolpix 500. 1/500 sec, f/4.4, ISO 160. 14.9 mm focal length (84 mm equivalent in 35 mm camera).
John Strandquist latched onto third place with his Flower with Bee taken last September of the Carrie Nation Trail in Madera Canyon. John finds the late summer an excellent time of the year to shoot wildflowers locally and fortunately found an added attraction of a small bee collecting pollen. John gives credit to Doug Moore, Education Director for The Friends of Madera Canyon, for the proper name of the plant, Nodding Onion. Nikon D300. 1/350 sec, f/11, ISO 400. Tamron SP AF 60 mm f/2.0 Di II Macro 1:1 (G005) Lens (90 mm equivalent in 35 mm camera).
The Photography Club of Quail Creek has a monthly photo contest for its members and schedules photo field trips throughout the course of the year. The club meets the second Wednesday of the month in the Gold Room of the Madera Clubhouse at 6:30 p.m. There are no meetings in July and August. Guests are welcomed. For current events and details visit the club’s website at http://www.pcqc.org.