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PCQC Monthly Contest: Funny

1st place, entry 13, Shari Rogers’ “Mr Ed and Friends”

Jim Burkstrand The Photo Club of Quail Creek continued with its monthly member’s contest, with June having the topic of Funny. Each club member could enter up to three photos taken in the last three years. This subject was a difficult one for the members and drew 21 entries. All of the photos can be…

PCQC Quarterly Challenge: Nature

1st place, entry 30, Monte Hudson’s “Bobcat at Fountain”

Jim Burkstrand The Photo Club of Quail Creek just completed its sixth quarterly photo challenge which had a theme of nature. Each club member could enter up to three photos which had to be taken within the calendar quarter, and the photographer/artist could post process the photo in any way, including using Photoshop filters and manipulation.…

PCQC 2019 Quarterly Challenge – Free Study

Jim Burkstrand The Photo Club of Quail Creek just completed its fifth quarterly photo challenge which had a theme of Free Study. Each club member could enter up to three photos which had to be taken within the calendar quarter. And the photographer/artist could post process the photo in any way, including using Photoshop filters…

Correction to PCQC July photo contest

Larry Phillips’ First Place image, South Arch Landscape

Robert Thoresen Larry Phillips’ image, South Arch Landscape, was posted as the second place entry in the PCQC July 2016 Photo Contest reported (Theme: Bridging the Gap), in the September 2016 Quail Creek Crossing. In reality, Larry placed first. This is the South Window of the North and South Window Arches in Arches National Park…

Dramatic Skies

Robert Thoresen There were a few common denominators in February’s PCQC Photo Contest. The top finishers took advantage of southern Arizona’s summer monsoon season and all the photographs were taken in Quail Creek. Club President Jeff Krueger took the top honor with his image The Electric Sky. Since Jeff and Sharon came to Quail Creek…

Photographers Trek Tanque Verde Ranch

Sylvia Butler - The Watering Hole

Robert Thoresen At the western foothills of the Rincon Mountains and the eastern terminus of Speedway Boulevard is Tanque Verde Ranch (Green Tank or Pool). Pima Indians first settled here in the 1600s near the Cottonwood Grove. Ranching commenced in the 1860s. Dude ranching came to the wash in the 1920s. Twenty members of the…

PCQC photo contest: “Take to the Streets”

First Place: Jim Burkstrand, Tucson Celtic Festival

September’s theme, Street Photography, found the winners on the streets of Tucson, San Diego and Chicago, at horse tracks, interstate overpasses and municipal parks. Jim Burkstrand’s, Tucson Celtic Festival, gets the honor of the first place finish and the revered wall location outside the Madera Clubhouse’s Crystal Ballroom entrance for a two month mounting. Jim…