George Glennie Memorial Nature Salon Results:
March 27, 2010

Report:

The judging for the 30th George W. Glennie Memorial Nature Salon was conducted on March 27 at the Greater Lynn Photographic Association's club house. It was a challenging competition with 1100 images from clubs around the world. We had clubs representing the following 7 countries & 19 states (totals in parenthesis):

Australia (15) United States (73):    
Brazil (1) California (1) Maryland (3) Pennsylvania (5)
Canada (10) Colorado (1) Maine (2) Rhode Island (1)
England (7) Connecticut (9) New Hampshire (6) Tennessee (1)
New Zealand (2) Florida (5) New Jersey (7) Texas (3)
South Africa (2) Illinois (1) New York (9) Virginia (4)
  Iowa (1) Oregon (1) Wisconsin (1)
  Massachusetts (13)    


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 (30) Mammals (157) Botany (96)
Birds (381) Reptiles (39) Landscapes (212)
Invertebrates (132) Marine & Freshwater Life (53)  

Larry Warfield
Acting Glennie Chairman 2010

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. There is also a slide show of images from the 2010 Glennie.

Clubs will be emailed score cards detailing the scoring of their entries within a week of the competition. Thanks for entering!

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

Standing
Total Points
Club Location
1st
246
Cape Cod Viewfinders Camera Club MA
2nd
242
Krugersdorp Camera Club ZAF
3rd
240
Houston Underwater Photographic Society TX
4th
239
Amersham Photographic Society GBR
5th
238
Boston West Photographic Society MA
6th
236
New Haven Camera Club CT
236
North Sydney Leagues Photographic Society AUS
8th
234
Greater Lynn Photographic Association MA
9th
233
Oshawa Camera Club CAN
10th
232
Massachusetts Camera Naturalists MA
11th
231
Maritzburg Camera Club ZAF
231
Victoria Camera Club CAN
13th
230
Gateway Camera Club MA
14th
229
Dallas Camera Club TX
229
Ocean County Camera Club NJ
16th
228
Merrimack Valley Camera Club MA
228
North Bethesda Camera Club MD
228
Photographic Section of Pittsburgh PA
228
Sweetbriar Nature Photography Club NY
20th
227
Ridgewood Camera Club NJ
227
Toronto Camera Club CAN

 

Individual Awards
Categories Maker Club Title
Best of Show Jackie Reid Houston Underwater Photographic Society "Squid with Attitude"
Best Amphibian Gerrie Rhall Krugersdorp Camera Club "Green Tree Frog"
Best Bird Kerry Boytell North Sydney Leagues Photographic Society "The Wedding Gift"
Best Invertebrate Andrew Bailey Amersham Photographic Society "Female Demoiselle"
Best Mammal Peter Selig Cape Cod Viewfinders Camera Club "Mountain Lion On Guard"
Best Reptile Pierre Falzon Oshawa Camera Club "Emerald Tree Boa"
Best Marine & Freshwater Life Don Baxter Amersham Photographic Society "Elephant Seal Pups"
Best Botany Fran MacDonald Massachusetts Camera Naturalists "Hepatica"
Best Landscape Bruce Harper New Haven Camera Club "Light Curves"
Best Close-up James Phillips Nashville Photography Club "Dragonfly"
Best Wildlife Sheldon Farwell Quad City Photography Club "Fishing Reflections"
Judges' Choice and Chairperson's Choice
Judges Maker Club Title
Michael Di Stefano Gerry Ernest Oshawa Camera Club "Tombstone Mountain Valley Yukon Terr"
Joy Marzols James Wiseman Houston Underwater Photographic Society "Blowing Bubbles"
Wendy McIntosh Kent Mason North Bethesda Camera Club "Fawn Affection"
       
Larry Warfield, Acting Chairperson:
Charman's Choice Award Maker Club Title
Beth Luchner Boston Camera Club "Duck Trail"


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
Award Score Club Location
1st Place 144 Oshawa Camera Club Ontario, Canada
2nd Place 142 Victoria Camera Club British Columbia, Canada
3rd Place 141 Massachusetts Camera Naturalists Massachusetts, USA
4th Place 139 Redlands Uniting Camera Club Queensland, Australia
5th Place (Tie) 136 Gaithersburg Camera Club Maryland, USA
5th Place (Tie) 136 NIH Camera Club Maryland, USA
5th Place (Tie) 136 Ridgewood Camera Club New Jersey, USA

135 Nassau County Camera Club New York, USA

135 Nashville Photography Club Tennessee, USA

133 Castle Hill RSL Photography Club New South Wales, Australia

132 Tandridge Photographic Society Oxted, Surrey, England

132 Vienna Photographic Society Virginia, USA

131 Jacksonville Camera Club Florida, USA

131 Manchester Camera Club New Hampshire, USA

129 Whangarei Camera Club Inc. Whangarei, New Zealand

129 Plymouth Digital Photography Club Massachusetts, USA

129 Camera club of Central New england New Hampshire, USA

128 Colonial Nature Photography Club Virginia, USA

127 Urban Wildlife Photo Club Colorado, USA

126 Northern Tasmanian Camera Club Tasmania, Australia

124 Clube de Fotografia Gerson Bullos Bahia, Brasil

124 New Castle Camera Club Pennsylvania, USA

122 Mashonaland Photographic Society Dorking, Surrey, England

113 Keene Photography Club New Hampshire, USA

110 Camberwell Camera Club Victoria, Australia


 
 

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