George W. Glennie Memorial Nature Salon Results:
March 26, 2011

List of Winners
List of Awards
2011 Slide Show

Report:

The judging for the 31st George W. Glennie Memorial Nature Salon was conducted on March 26 at the Greater Lynn Photographic Association's club house. It was a challenging competition with 959 images from clubs around the world. We had clubs representing the following 6 countries & 18 U.S. states (totals in parenthesis):

Australia (17)

United States (73):



Canada (9)

California (2)

Massachusetts (15)

Pennsylvania (4)

England (5)

Colorado (1)

Maryland (2)

Rhode Island (1)

New Zealand (2)

Connecticut (9)

Maine (2)

Texas (2)

South Africa (2)

Florida (4)

New Hampshire (3)

Virginia (3)


Illinois (1)

New Jersey (3)

Washington(1)


Iowa (1)

New York (6)

Wisconsin (1)





Judging was challenging due the number of high quality images submitted across a wide range of categories. The totals for each category follow:

Animals


Other Categories

Amphibians (28)

Mammals (153)

Botany (62)

Birds (331)

Reptiles (27)

Landscapes (182)

Invertebrates (116)

Marine & Freshwater Life (60)


Larry Warfield & Larry Picardi
Glennie Chairmen 2011

For a complete listing of the winners (including Merit Awards in each category), please see this pdf. And for the complete list of clubs and scores, open this pdf.
This year we also have a Diversity Award. Clubs with entries in at least 6 categories were considered, and the sum of their 6 highest scores in 6 different categories were tallied. And please see the Winning Images Slide Show.

Following are the top 20 club standings and top awards summary for the competition.

Standing
Total Points
Club Location
1st
246
Camera Naturalist Photo Club NJ
246
Greater Lynn Photographic Association MA
3rd
237
Cape Cod Viewfinders MA
4th
234
Toronto Camera Club CAN
5th
231
Krugersdorp Camera Club ZAF
6th
230
Boston West Photographic Society MA
230
Merrimack Valley Camera Club MA
8th
227
Amersham Photographic Society GBR
9th
222
Photographic Society of Rhode Island RI
222
Poulton Le Fylde Photographic Society GBR
11th
221
Cannock Photographic Society GBR
221
Nassau County Camera Club NY
13th
220
Camera Club of Brevard FL
220
Redlands Uniting Camera Club AUS
15th
218
New Haven Camera Club CT
218
Richmond Hill Camera Club CAN
218
Welland Camera Club CAN
18th
217
Houston Underwater Photographic Society TX
217
North Sydney Leagues Photographic Society Aus
217
Quad City Photography Club IA


Note that Judges' Choice awards were made following Best of Show, and Best of Category awards were assigned thereafter.

Individual Awards
Categories Maker Club Title
Best of Show Amanda Reid Cape Cod Viewfinders "Pair of Northern Ganets"
Best Amphibian Monica Verma Greater Lynn Photographic Assoc. "Red Eyed Tree Frog"
Best Bird Susan Candelario Camera Naturalists Photo Club "Eastern Bluebird Feeding Chick"
Best Invertebrate Guy Rogers Cannock Photographic Society "Newly Emerged Four Spotted Chaser"
Best Mammal Chris Bower Photographers Forum "Lioness and Cub"
Best Marine & Freshwater Life Gill Morgan Amersham Photographic Society "Elephant Seal Pups Playfighting"
Best Reptile Cliff Homerwood Richmond Hill Camera Club "Northern Watersnake with Catch"
Best Botany Craig Hill Colonial Nature Photography Club "Lotus"
Best Landscape Jacki Dickert Camera Naturalist Photo Club "Milky Way and Tree"
Best Wildlife Garry Revesz Toronto Camera Club "Grizzly with Catch"
Judges' Choice and Chairperson's Choice
Judge Maker Club Title
Ed McGuirk Karl Schanz Greater Lynn Photographic Society "Musk Oxen Alaska"
Diane Robertson Earl Reinink Welland Camera Club "The Dispute"
Gail Hansche-Godin Gill Morgan Amersham Photographic Society "Elephant Seal Pups"
       
Larry Warfield, Chairperson:
Charman's Choice Award Maker Club Title
Frank Forward Boston West Photographic Society "Red Eyed Tree Frog"


This year we also have a Diversity Award. Clubs with entries in at least 6 categories were considered, and the sum of their 6 highest scores in 6 categories were tallied.

 

Diversity Award
Rank Score Club Location Country
1 151 Greater Lynn Photographic Association Massachusetts United States
2 148 Toronto Camera Club Ontario Canada
3 142 Mount Gravatt Photographic Society Queensland Australia
4 140 Photographic Society of Rhode Island Massachusetts United States
5 139 Nassau County Camera Club New York United States
6 138 Cannock Photographic Society Staffordshire England
7 137 Oshawa Camer Club Canada Ontario Canada
8 134 Camera Club of Brevard Florida United States
134 Poulton le Fylde photographic Society Lancashire England
10 133 Colonial Nature Photography Club Virginia United States
133 Redlands Uniting Camera Club Queensland Australia
12 131 Castle Hill RSL Camera Club New South Wales Australia
13 130 Dallas Camera Club Texas United States
14 128 Gaithersburg Camera Club Maryland United States
15 127 Northern Virginia Photographic Society Virginia United States
16 126 Photographic Section of Pittsburgh PA Pennsylvania United States
17 123 Brisbane Camera Group Queensland Australia
18 119 Plymouth Digital Photographers Club Massachusetts United States
19 118 Princeton Photography Club New Jersey United States
20 116 National Institutes of Health Camera Club Maryland United States


 

 
 

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