This competition was open to students of my "Introduction to Digital Photography" class that I taught October-December 2005. The theme was "Spring in the Triangle" (we live in the Triangle area of NC). Entrants could submit up to ten pictures, any size up to 16"x20", mounted or not (no prejudice either way in judging), B&W or color. Work submitted was to be entrants' own original work, taken with a digital camera at any time; no photo editing other than sharpening, cropping, other standard optimizations like digital artifact reduction and contrast adjustment, or panoramic processing was allowed. I judged the (physical and not these later submitted electronic) pictures on criteria of creativity, aesthetics, and interpretation of the theme. Note that the second and third prize winning pictures were both from Laura Shmania. Her photography can be seen on <a href="http://butterflites.smugmug.com">smugmug</a>, as well, including her <a href=http://butterflites.smugmug.com/gallery/1336429/2/63992495">third prize</a> image. http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/DSCF3173/66469899_CP5fv-Ti.jpg http://dilipb.smugmug.com/gallery/1403515_NwTSJ/ 2006-08-08T13:18:34Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://dilipb.smugmug.com">Dilip Barman (dilipB)</a><br />1st prize winner - Mary Bradford: Duke Gardens [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]</p><p><a href="http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/1403515_NwTSJ#66469899_CP5fv" title="1st prize winner - Mary Bradford: Duke Gardens [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]"><img src="http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/DSCF3173/66469899_CP5fv-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="1st prize winner - Mary Bradford: Duke Gardens [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]" title="1st prize winner - Mary Bradford: Duke Gardens [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-08T00:53:11Z Dilip Barman (dilipB) http://dilipb.smugmug.com http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/DSCF3173/66469899_CP5fv-Th.jpg 2006-04-18 17:46:38 <p><a href="http://dilipb.smugmug.com">Dilip Barman (dilipB)</a><br />Ed Bradford, Duke Gardens [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]</p><p><a href="http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/1403515_NwTSJ#66762197_h982P" title="Ed Bradford, Duke Gardens [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]"><img src="http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/IMG1601/66762197_h982P-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Ed Bradford, Duke Gardens [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]" title="Ed Bradford, Duke Gardens [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T05:01:53Z Dilip Barman (dilipB) http://dilipb.smugmug.com http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/IMG1601/66762197_h982P-Th.jpg 2006-04-18 17:52:51 <p><a href="http://dilipb.smugmug.com">Dilip Barman (dilipB)</a><br />Ed Bradford: Catawaba County, N.C. [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]</p><p><a href="http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/1403515_NwTSJ#66763533_7cmT9" title="Ed Bradford: Catawaba County, N.C. [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]"><img src="http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/IMG1424/66763533_7cmT9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Ed Bradford: Catawaba County, N.C. [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]" title="Ed Bradford: Catawaba County, N.C. [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T08:16:02Z Dilip Barman (dilipB) http://dilipb.smugmug.com http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/IMG1424/66763533_7cmT9-Th.jpg 2006-04-14 09:57:30 <p><a href="http://dilipb.smugmug.com">Dilip Barman (dilipB)</a><br />Ed Bradford: Orton Plantation [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]</p><p><a href="http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/1403515_NwTSJ#66831347_qauNg" title="Ed Bradford: Orton Plantation [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]"><img src="http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/IMG1310/66831347_qauNg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Ed Bradford: Orton Plantation [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]" title="Ed Bradford: Orton Plantation [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T04:52:26Z Dilip Barman (dilipB) http://dilipb.smugmug.com http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/IMG1310/66831347_qauNg-Th.jpg 2006-04-01 16:26:48 <p><a href="http://dilipb.smugmug.com">Dilip Barman (dilipB)</a><br />Mary Bradford: Haw River [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]</p><p><a href="http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/1403515_NwTSJ#66611147_uNbQF" title="Mary Bradford: Haw River [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]"><img src="http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/DSCF2758/66611147_uNbQF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Mary Bradford: Haw River [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]" title="Mary Bradford: Haw River [200510-12 class, 20060423 competition]" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T05:02:10Z Dilip Barman (dilipB) http://dilipb.smugmug.com http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/DSCF2758/66611147_uNbQF-Th.jpg 2006-04-09 12:56:58 <p><a href="http://dilipb.smugmug.com">Dilip Barman (dilipB)</a><br />Mary Bradford; Duke Gardens 200510-12 class</p><p><a href="http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/1403515_NwTSJ#66459044_nbrng" title="Mary Bradford; Duke Gardens 200510-12 class"><img src="http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/DSCF3178/66459044_nbrng-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Mary Bradford; Duke Gardens 200510-12 class" title="Mary Bradford; Duke Gardens 200510-12 class" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T05:11:46Z Dilip Barman (dilipB) http://dilipb.smugmug.com http://dilipb.smugmug.com/Photography/Photography-Competitions-I/20060423-Spring-in-the-1/DSCF3178/66459044_nbrng-Th.jpg 2006-04-18 17:47:54