CAP TRIP 5-20-33 POSTPONED

  With 100% rain predicted for this Sat...
  CAP TRIP for 5-20-33 POSTPONED
  Walnut Hill Park, New Britain
  Reschedule date TBA

CAP Field Trip to Walnut Hill Park

 

 CAP Field Trip

Saturday May 20th, 2023

9:00 AM

Walnut Hill Park

184 West Main Street

New Britain, Ct. 06052

Come join us for a fun day at the park! Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted developed the park in the 1980’s. There are winding lanes, trails, a band shell, stairways, the city’s monument to WWl soldiers, and a beautiful rose garden.

Contact Linda Thomas to sign up.
Please include your cell number.
humbrd001@yahoo.com

More details to those who sign up.

Results of the 2023 Tops in Connecticut Competition

 

Yesterday Sunday March 19^th the TOPS in CT 2023 competition took place. 114 photographers entered 544 images that were scored by our three talented judges Art Vaughn, Dennis Goulet and Silvana Della Camera. You can watch the replay of the competition via YouTube. Here is the link 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=888UtRqD9-4

Congratulations to the winners:

Best in Show: Nowhere to go by Lori Labrecque

Best Cityscape: 9/11 Memorial and the Crescent Moon by David Henkel 

Best Creative: American Bald Eagle by Maryann Flick 

Best Landscape: South Rim of the Grand Canyon at Sunrise by Deena Spector 

Best Monochrome: Floating Crystals by Joanne Sibicky

Best Nature: Dinner was Delicious by Susan Case 

Best Open Color: Nature's Nourishment by Joanne Sibicky

Best Photojournalism: The Last Jew of Tbilisi by Steven Labkoff

Best Portrait: Is This a Good Smile? by Chane Cullens 

Best Waterscape: Moraine Lake by Darrell Harrington

Judges Choice: Diamonds on the Beach by Lori Labrecque

Judges Choice: Nomade by Richard Kunsch 

Judges Choice: Floating Feather by Mary Ann Lewis

Thank you to all who entered the competition. Watch for the announcement of the top 100 along with slideshow and commentaries to be released in a few weeks.

TOPS 2023Judging

This Sunday March 19^th at 2pm will be the TOPS in CT 2023 competition. 114 photographers entered 544 images to be scored by our three qualified judges Art Vaughn, Dennis Goulet and Silvana Della Camera. You can watch the competition live via YouTube. Here is the link 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur9pWAPOVDY

This is a great opportunity to see hundreds of amazing images by photographers in your area. There will be a total of 13 medal awards plus the top 100 images will receive a ribbon. All of the top images will be highlighted in a slide show presentation with commentaries that will air this Spring. 

Good luck to all who entered and we hope you will join us.

CAP Field Trip to Walnut Hill Park

 CAP Field Trip

Saturday May 20th, 2023

9:00 AM

Walnut Hill Park

184 West Main Street

New Britain, Ct. 06052

Come join us for a fun day at the park! Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted developed the park in the 1980’s. There are winding lanes, trails, a band shell, stairways, the city’s monument to WWl soldiers, and a beautiful rose garden.

Contact Linda Thomas to sign up.
Please include your cell number.
humbrd001@yahoo.com

More details to those who sign up.

Tops in Connecticut Deadline on Sunday, March 12

This Sunday March 12th at 10pm is the deadline for the 2023 TOPS in CT digital photography competition. All Connecticut photographers are invited to submit up to five digital images for $10. The photographs will be juried by three qualified judges; Art Vaughn, Dennis Goulet and Silvana Della Camera on Sunday March 19th at 2pm. You can enter and watch the judging at the CAP TOPS in CT competition website https://cap.photocomp.org/ The award-winning images and approximately 100 top scoring images will be organized into the 2023 TOPS in Connecticutprogram. A slide show presentation highlighting the winners will be available on the CAP YouTube channel in the coming months.

Tops in Connecticut

 

TOPS IN CONNECTICUT 2023

TOPS IN CONNECTICUT 2023

A Photography Competition for Individuals Presented by the
Connecticut Association of Photographers

All Connecticut photographers are invited to submit up to five digital images to the 2023 TOPS in Connecticut competition. The photographs will be juried by three qualified judges. The award-winning images and approximately 100 top scoring images will be organized into the 2023 TOPS in Connecticut program. The presentation will be shown online. 

Awards: Makers of all selected photographs will receive ribbons. A Best in Show Award will be given to the highest scoring photograph. In addition, special awards will be given for Best Portrait (either formal or informal), Best Landscape, Best Waterscape, Best Open Subject, Best Cityscape, Best Monochrome, Best Creative, Best Photojournalism, and Best Nature (PSA rules). Also, each of the three judges will be asked to select a Judge’s Choice award.

Entry Fee: $10.00 for up to 5 digital images. Fee paid via Paypal at upload or make checks payable to “CAP, Inc.” If paying by check, it must be sent to Antoinette Gombeda, APSA, HonNEC, 817 Chickadee Lane, Stratford, CT  06614 by March 15, 2023.

Deadline for Entering: The website for submissions opens Feb 12, 2023. All photographs must be uploaded by 10pm Sunday, March 12, 2023. Photographs must be uploaded at https://cap.photocomp.org/

Judging: Sunday, March 19, 2023 via a virtual presentation. The public is invited to view live at https://cap.photocomp.org/ The competition will begin at 2:00 pm

Contest Rules:

1.     Only photographs taken and edited exclusively by the entering photographer may be submitted. In the case of composites all components must have been taken by the entering photographer.

2.     Identical photographs, near duplicates, different color or B&W versions of same image, or more than one photograph of the same subject (for example the same landscape, same bird or animal species, same portrait subject, etc.) may not be submitted.

3.     Photographs entered in previous TOPS competitions are not eligible. Photographers are urged to enter new work.

4.     Entries may display a realistic rendition of the subject(s) or be creative, having been manipulated using in-camera techniques or an image editing program. The judges will be asked to judge the photographs for overall photographic impact, not the amount of manipulation required to achieve the effect.

5.     Photographs must be in the JPEG format, SRGB profile and will be automatically scaled to a maximum of 1920 pixels wide and 1080 pixels high. The aspect ratio will be preserved.

6.     Photographs must be uploaded to https://cap.photocomp.org/ by 10pm on Sunday, March 12, 2023. 

7.     The photographer may enter one image per category in up to 5 categories.

8.     Fees paid by check must be received by March 15th or the images will be disqualified.

Reminder: Two CAP Field Trips Coming Soon

Just a gentle reminder that there are two CAP field trips coming later this month.

The first is to Pierson Park and Tarrytown, NY, for Revolution on the Hudson, to meet revolutionary war soldiers, military encampments, and all that goes with them. This trip is scheduled for Saturday, October 22, 2022. To sign up contact Art Yost at arty43@comcast.net.

The second is to the Danbury Railroad Museum on Saturday, October 29, 2022. Please contact Linda Thomas for more information and to sign up. humbrd001@yahoo.com

For more information see the blog postings at http://capinct.blogspot.com/.

Trip to Danbury RR Museum Rescheduled

CAP TRIP

DANBURY RR MUSEUM 

Rescheduled 
October 29th, 2022

Due to inclement weather the trip on 
10-1-22 to the Danbury Railroad Museum had to be postponed. The new date is Saturday October 29th, 2022.
Hope you can make it.

Please contact Linda Thomas to sign up.
humbrd001@yahoo.com
Details closer to the time.