2011 Central Illinois Camera Club Association (CICCA) Fall Salon Results

Four of the five images submitted were accepted in last weekend’s competition. This is my third year as a member of the Champaign County Camera Club, so this competition marks the second anniversary of my participation in club and PSA photography competitions. Results of the 2009 CICCA competition were a good indicator of which images [...]

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2011 Entomological Society of America Insect Photographic Salon Results

Results from the 2011 ESA International Insect Photography Salon arrived this morning. I love this particular salon. It allows me to see how a subset of four of my images stack up to those of many of the world’s best arthropod photographers. I diverged completely from my normal international nature photography strategy, entering a set [...]

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2011 Entomological Society of America North Central Branch Insect Photographic Salon

I decided to do something a little different when I selected images for this salon. Because the number of entomologists on the judging committee for this salon is higher than any other international PSA salons (I think), I entered two images with a proven track record in general PSA Nature competitions (strong detail and background, [...]

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Ridgewood Camera Club Nature/Wildlife Results

New Jersey’s Ridgewood Camera Club sponsors one of the best international nature photography competitions. The number of entries is huge, and the accepted images are stunning. Last year I entered the competition and was thrilled to have an image accepted. Just got the results for this year – two images were accepted. “At the Sanapdragon’s [...]

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2010 National Insect Salon Images Now Up

National Insect Salon 2010 accepted images are now accessible at http://www.peoriacameraclub.com/insectsalon/Insect%20Salon.html.

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2010 National Insect Salon

The Entomological Society of America’s international photography competition, the National Insect Salon, attracts many of the world’s top nature photographers. Each entrant may submit up to four images for judging. Regular entrants include Alfred Preuss (http://www.fotoinsekt.de/home.htm), Dre Van Mensel (http://users.telenet.be/drevanmensel/), and Pawel Bienlewski (http://benas.atspace.com/homeenglish.html). Last year, at the urging of Hiram Paley, I entered the [...]

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4 Month Anniversary of “Things Biological”

In honor of four months of blogging I’m making public the National Writing Project version of “The Accidental Blogger,” a video account of how this blog came to be. Go to https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/stone2/uiwp/video.html . It’s the second video on the page. Enjoy!

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Great Lakes Digital Salon

The Photo Gods continue to look favorably on my most recent photos. In this competition, “Nature” included photos taken in zoo or wildlife park settings, while “Wildlife” required the species be photographed in its natural habitat. Since almost all of my photos (except my early mantid shots) are taken in the subject’s natural setting, I [...]

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System for Selecting Images for Competition

At my first Champaign County Camera Club meeting (September, 2009) Hiram suggested I enter several images in the 2009 National Insect Photo Salon. I did. It was fun, and now I’m enjoying playing the International Photo Salon game! Shortly after entering, I purchased  a copy of Charles H. Benton’s “Guide to International Photographic Competitions.” The [...]

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Fresno International Nature Exhibition

Just received results from the Fresno International Exhibition. Two of four images submitted were accepted. The image above (one of my favorites) wasn’t accepted this time, but has been a solid performer this year.  This image was taken at my favorite photography location, the University of Illinois Arboretum. Double click the image to see a [...]

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