2018 Nature & Wildlife Photography Contest
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
Image Judging Criteria
Technical: • Exposure
• Under or over? • Compliment or interfere with image’s impact?
• Appropriately sharp?
Composition: • Effective use of “classic” rules ie. leading lines, framing, level
horizons, etc.? • Placement of main subject? • Depth of field? • Distractions?
Image Judging Criteria
Other considerations • Tell a story or convey a message? • Illustrate animal behavior or relationship with habitat
vs. “static” portrait (if wildlife image)? • Creative treatment of a common subject? • Original? • Impact: eg. visceral or emotional response? • Dynamic?
Third Place Martin Culpepper
Youth Category
Second Place John Owens
Youth Category
Youth Category
First Place Tie
Youth Category
First Place Rory O’Connor
Youth Category
First Place Martin Culpepper
Plum Island Nature & Wildlife
Third Place Alan B. Ward
Plum Island Nature & Wildlife
Second Place Russell Seidel
Plum Island Nature & Wildlife
First Place Robert Bissett
Connecting People with Nature
Third Place Mark Helton
Connecting People with Nature
Second Place Ben Achtenberg
Connecting People with Nature
First Place Karen Cameron
New England Wildlife
Third Place Wayne Wetherbee
New England Wildlife
Second Place Tom Spine
New England Wildlife
First Place Ken Jordan
New England Nature
Honorable Mention Edward Stapel
New England Nature
Third Place Irene Mueller
New England Nature
Second Place Robert Bissett
New England Nature
First Place Will Putnam
Best in Show
Ken Jordan
Thank you!