Join us at our next Club Meeting:

Date: Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 9 a.m.

Location: Ft Snelling State Park

June & July Challenge: "Outdoor Saturated Color"

2022 Fort Snelling State Park Photo Contest

Open to everyone – up to 3 entries. The photos must be taken within park boundaries.

The four photo categories are:

1. Flora-landscape (flowers, trails, trees, people, structures).

2. Fauna-wildlife

3. Macro-magnified (enlarged, close-up; used Macro feature or lens).

4. Fun-abstract (photoshopped, composite, artistic filters, digitally altered beyond standard optimization).

The winners will be chosen by a trained judge on the following merits:

Originality, technical execution, interest, and composition.

First, second and third place winners will be announced on New Year’s Eve and all entries will be displayed in the visitor center.

Drop off matted or mounted photo at the Ft Snelling State Park Visitor Center from Oct. 1 to Nov. 20

No larger than 16” X 20” or 24” for panoramic photo. No frames or hangers.

*A digital copy is also required. Submit a JPEG file (5-10 MB) on a flash drive along with your mounted photo or e-mail the file to: FSSPCameraClub@gmail.com

One photo per e-mail please.

For ENTRY FORMS go to: 2022 FSSPCC Photo Contest

2022 Interclub Competition Results

The results for the 2022 Interclub Competition were announced!

Please go to the Camera Council page for complete details

CONGRATULATIONS!

Digital Altered Reality:

Thunder Before the Storm Image of the Year J. Arthur Anderson

Shelby Super Snake Honorable Mention J. Arthur Anderson

Turbulence Over the Tower Acceptance Tom Moehn

Digital Monochrome:

Rusted and Tired Acceptance J. Arthur Anderson

Fenceline Acceptance J. Arthur Anderson

Falzarego Pass Acceptance Lou Plevell

Digital Nature:

Splash Acceptance J. Arthur Anderson

Sage Strut Acceptance J. Arthur Anderson

Blackbird Display Acceptance J. Arthur Anderson

Monarch Pollinator Acceptance Lou Plevell

Vibrant Cardinal Acceptance Lou Plevell

Digital Realistic:

Down the Stretch Honorable Mention Ali Plevell

Smoken Honorable Mention J. Arthur Anderson

Prairie Memory Acceptance J. Arthur Anderson

Lindholm Service Station Acceptance J. Arthur Anderson

Got Hay Acceptance Tom Moehn

Sand Swept Beach Acceptance Tom Moehn

Italian Rainbow Acceptance Ali Plevell

Evening Gondola Acceptance Ali Plevell

Reflection in Burano Acceptance Lou Plevell

Lago di Braies Acceptance Lou Plevell

Dragonfly Acceptance Jane Stonich

2020 Fort Snelling State Park Photo Contest

Congratulations to all the winners. Photos were judged in the following categories:

Fauna (wildlife)

1. Judy Collopy

2. John Arthur Anderson

3. Judy Collopy

Flora (landscape, flowers, trails, trees, people, structures...)

1. Ali Plevell

2. John Plut

3. Christa Rittberg

Macro

1. Lou Plevell

2. John Plut

3. Deb Johnson

Fun (abstract/photoshop/composite/in-camera artistic filters...also photos that have been digitally altered beyond standard optimization (removal of dust, cropping, sharpening, reasonable adjustments to exposure, color, and contrast etc...)

1. Ali Plevell

2. Ali Plevell

3. Judy Collopy

FSSPCC generally meets the first Saturday of the month, 9 a.m. at:

Fort Snelling State Park - Thomas C. Savage Visitor Center

101 Snelling Lake Road

St. Paul, MN 55111

For directions, please see our Contact Us page or visit the park website

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