Thank you to all of our entrants for our Spring Photo Contest! We received a great response with hundreds of submissions, and we are pleased to announce the results. Click thumbnails to view larger images.
| 1st Place-won a Really Right Stuff BH-55 LR |
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Sea of Purple
Choon-Chern Lim
Location: Mount Vernon, Washington
Date of Image: 11 April 2010 |
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
RRS Equipment Used: B20D-L L-Plate, B2 LR II clamp
Exposure Info: 3 bracketed shots
Details: "This composition was taken in a tulip farm during the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Since the bright sun would cause some parts of the tulips to become "white-out", I decided to shoot bracketed shots." |
| Honorable Mention (6)-won a TQB-80 Tripod Bag |
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Aerial Dancer
Graham Owen
Location:San Luis Obispo County, California
Date of Image: 3/22/2010 |
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens:Nikon 300mm/f4 with TC-14 tele-extender
RRS Equipment Used: B2 LR II clamp
Exposure Info: f/8 @ 1/1000 sec, ISO 640
Details: "I dropped to my knees, then onto my belly, and carefully slid down the hill while tracking the hummer as it flitted from flower to flower, drinking sweet nectar, while transferring pollen from blossom to blossom." |
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Baltic Sunrise
Zymantas Morkvenas
Location: Lithuania
Date of Image:Spring 2010 |
Camera: Canon 30D
Focal Length: 200mm
RRS Equipment Used:
Exposure Info: f/5.6 @ 1/80 sec, ISO 100. |
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Self Portrait
Scott Spiker
Location: Double O Arch in Arches National Park in southern Utah
Date of Image:Spring 2010 |
Camera: Canon 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon 16-35mm @ 16mm
RRS Equipment Used: BH-25 PF ballhead
Exposure Info: f/22 @ 1/20 sec, ISO 50
Details: Exposure made via radio slave.
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Hypera zoilus Kaldari
Francis Zera
Location: Burien, Washington
Date of Image:03 March 2010 |
Camera: Canon 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 180mm f3.5L USM Macro
RRS Equipment Used: B5D2-Lplate, L84 lens plate, B2-Pro clamp.
Exposure Info: 1/80 sec @ f3.5, ISO 50
Details: Hypera zoilus Kaldari, aka clover leaf weevil, caught in a dewdrop on a tulip leaf in Burien, Washington. I found the insect exactly as it was photographed; no alteration was done to either the subject nor to the image in post-production. |
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Verdant Green
Bill Boswell |
Camera: Nikon D2X
Focal Length: 24mm T/S
Exposure Info: f/9.5 @ 1/40 sec, ISO 100. |
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Dinner Date
Jonathan Mandel
Location: San Francisco, California
Date of Image:
12 Feb 2010 |
Camera: Canon 5D
Lens: Canon 50mm
RRS Equipment Used: B52 plate
Exposure Info: 1/8 @ f/11, ISO 200 |
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