Photography
The Well-Traveled Path Discovering New Jersey’s Iconic Imagery
Class 3
Towering Cliffs
A black and white photograph. Plant material optional.
Six Entries
Follow the pathway through one towering cliff and you find another cliff, taller and more rugged.
Stephanie Young
Paducah Garden Club
Successful use of leading lines and contrast guide the viewer through the cave; intriguing shapes create a sense of mystery.
“BEST IN SHOW”
Untitled
Gerry Fisher
Planters GC Zone V
An effective use of full tonal ranges from white to black.
Increasing the foreground detail would ground the viewer.
Dawn on the Distant Cliff
Soulmate, tripod, I reach for my camera to capture this silhouette. In that instant, he is gone - Into the mystic.
Peg Codey
Garden Club of Madison
This is a bold and strikingly balanced image.
The lack of detail in the top right hand corner creates a void.
Sculpted by Mother Nature
“The world is a book and those that do not travel, read only one page” - St. Augustine
Phyllis Russell
Paducah Garden Club
Effective variety of layers of textures and patterns.
Preponderance of midtones limits the perception of depth.
Chocolate Cliffs of the Grand Staircase -Utah
While there does not exist a substitute for witnessing Nature’s splendor firsthand, I am nonetheless drawn to take the shot for memory’s sake.
Karen Hoffman Coakely
Fort Orange Garden Club
“The effective use of line and pattern are successful.”
“The fence in the foreground introduces confusion”
The beauty stopped me in my tracks
Carolyn Martel
Fort Orange Garden Club
The image shows pleasing mastery of high value grays.
The scale with downhill skiers is perplexing.