2018 Nature Wildlife Photography Contest Parker River ... Nature Wildlife Photography Contest Parker River National Wildlife Refuge

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