AIS Photo Contest:
2006 Contest winners and runners up all categories
2006
AIS Photo Contest Report By Kitty Loberg, California
Photo: One of the photos of the 2006 AIS
Photo Contest accorded an honorable mention in contest category 4:
Close-up of an Iris or Irises. The photo is of "I. tectorum". Exhibitor:
Carol Ann Moyer, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
The photos received were judged by three
judges; Ellen Gallagher, Editor of The Siberian Iris bulletin from
Berlin, New Hampshire (Region 1); Glenn Corlew, past RVP of Region 14,
Emeritus Judge and avid photographer who resides in Walnut Creek,
California, and Kenneth Coleman of Boise, Idaho (Region 11), another
avid photographer who has a website, C. Iris on Pond.
The photos were
numbered without identification of the exhibitor’s name and shipped to
each of the judges. The judges’ scores were combined and tallied to
determine the Winners and Runner Ups. Each of our winners are receiving
a newer introduced iris from a Region 13 hybridizer and the 1st place
winners are receiving an AIS annual membership or extension.
Entries were selected and judged in six (6) categories:
Category 1 Irises used in Landscaping
Category 2 Irises in the Garden
Category 3 Irises with a Person or People
Category 4 Close up of an Iris or Irises
Category 5 Photos of Events or Shows (including arrangements)
Category 6 Youth, any photo with irises
Congratulations to our winners! They have been chosen from hundreds of
photos.
Thanks so much to everyone who submitted a photo. Due to the number of
excellent photos received in this contest, The American Iris Society is
very pleased to exhibit a number of photos as Honorable Mentions.
One of the judges comments: "When Kitty asked me to be one of the three judges for the AIS Photo
Contest, I thought that sounds like fun... sure, be glad to do it.
Little did I know how much difficult work it would entail mainly because
of the volume of photos but, more importantly, because of the high
quality of the photos. We have a lot of fine photographers in AIS and
they submitted some of their finest work. All in all, it was a heady job
and over 90% (in my estimation) were extraordinarily fine photos. They
captured interest, they were exceedingly well presented and the quality
was humbling to this very amateur photographer." Ellen Gallagher,
Berlin, New Hampshire, AIS Region 1
2006
AIS Photo Contest Photos of winners and runners up
Category: Irises used in Landscaping
Winner: "Chasing Rainbows"
Exhibitor: Becky B. Fain, Waynesville, North Carolina
Runner Up: "Cowabunga"
Exhibitor: Tova Johnson, Centerville, South Dakota
Category: Irises in the Garden
Winner: "Field of Iris"
Exhibitor: Margie Valenzuela, Oro Valley, Arizona
Runner Up: "Sue Jo"
Exhibitor: Donald Delmez, St. Charles, Missouri
Category: Irises with a Person, or People
Winner: "Laughing Ladies" (MaryAnn
Holman, Kitty Lack, and Judy Nunn at AIS Convention)
Exhibitor: Lee Whitebay, Ponca City, Oklahoma
Runner Up: "AIS participant, Riley Probst,
w/High Chaparral"
Exhibitor: Ruthmary Jackson, Hills, Minnesota
Category: Close up of an Iris or Irises
Winner: "Blushing Maiden"
Exhibitor: Sherman J. Sussman, New York, New York
Runner Up: "Red Tessa"
Exhibitor: Terry Aitken, Vancouver, Washington
Category: Photos of Events or Shows
Winner: "Mid America Garden, AIS
Convention"
Exhibitor: Lowell Baumunk III, Littleton, Colorado
Runner Up: "Cooley's Gardens, AIS
Convention"
Exhibitor: Lowell Baumunk III, Littleton, Colorado
Category: Photo taken by a Youth
Winner: close-up
Exhibitor: Aaron P. Skiles, New Mexico
Runner Up: black iris
Exhibitor: Aaron P. Skiles, New Mexico
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