September 2005 Photo Contest Winners: BetterPhoto Photography Inspires

Photo Contest: September 2005 Contest Winners

Check out the September 2005 contest winners in Wildlife and Pets photography, People photos and Candids, Graphic Elements and more.

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Contest Category: Nature & Landscapes

Photography Contest Grand Prize Winner - Ocean Fury!

Ocean Fury!
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I found this incredible vantage point that allowed me to overlook the crashing surf at nearly eye-level. The inherent danger, of course, was that I was risking a lot in camera equipment to take the shot. A huge wave could swamp me at any time. I kept looking over my shoulder, ready to flee the rock should the big one roll in. During my intervals on the rock I fired off rapid-bursts totalling around 150 shots in 10 minutes as the sun sank beneath the horizon illuminating the crashing waves. Of all those images only one was exactly what I was looking for, as an explosion echoed off the far rocks. I used only a polarizer to cut the coastal haze and water glare and shot every image at 1/4 seconds so the crashing waves had maximum visual impact. Captured on Fuji Velvia 50.
© Marc E. Adamus

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Details & Macro

threads
© Paul C. Gazzanigo
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Special Effects

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© Mike DeGasperis
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Travel & Place

Vernazza Evening
© Clark Crenshaw
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Monthly Theme

Old School
© Heather K. McFarland
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Flowers

Catching The Light
© Kristi A. Howson
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Nature & Landscapes

Candlestick Tower Overlook, Canyonlands NP
© Scott Villalobos
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Digital Darkroom

The One That Got Away
© Marla Lehr
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Animals

Siblings
© Robert Ganz
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Elements of Design

Desert Lines
© Sam M. Strgacich
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Contest Category:
People

wind dance
© Robert Storm Burks
stormpathphotography.com

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Second Place Winners
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Contest Category: Nature & Landscapes

September 2005 Photo Contest 2nd Place Prize Winner

Simply .. out of this world

© Abdullah AL Hazza
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Icy Reflection Wide View

© Tom Schmitt
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Bass Harbor Light

© Ravi Nori
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Outrigger on the Waters Of Paje

© John H. Macdonald
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In the Morning Light, Peggy's Cove

© Randall Nyhof
randallnyhof.com

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Moran Barn, Wyoming

© Bryant C. Gregory
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Toscane

© Siete Meeter
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Moss-Rock

© Jan K. France
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Sun rise

© Pierre Slabber
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Harvest Time

© Evy Johansen
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Contest Category: Animals

eagle soaring

© Kara Kalacay
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Harmonizing...

© ThroughTheLensGallery .
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Wild And Free

© Bill Houghton
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Final Stretch

© Robert Leverton
levertons.com

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Sunbird

© Roie Galitz
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Hedgehog

© Jonna Bergström
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Running Horses

© David Stearn
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Mating Game

© Michael J. Fischer
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Caught in the act

© Jean Papo
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Young Goldfinch

© Karen Talasco
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Contest Category: People

Brown Eyed Girl

© Terrill Province
provincephoto.com

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Swingshine

© Katie Kunzelman
hip-n-humble.com

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Day Dreamy

© Cristina I. Navarro
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one last wave

© Pierre Leclerc
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Color My World

© Nicole Grimsley
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Fairy Tale beginnings

© Erin Lynne Wallis
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Love

© Jean-Bernard Augier
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~ Sant ~

© Rudra Mandal
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Ears Of Innocence

© Marvin H. Gohlke, Jr.
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Late Afternoon Ride

© Alton I. Vance
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Contest Category: Elements of Design

Lamp shade

© Arunan Chandravarkar
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De Vine

© Wendy Stevenson
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Colours in the Shade

© Jason Gehrman
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Along The Wall

© Dan J. Holm
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Grinding Gold - Photo Essay

© Wanda Judd
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A Closer Perspective

© Victoria L. Hutson
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Painting With Light

© Moira E. Groeneveld
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Balloon fest

© Caroline M. Harris
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Study of Whites

© Tammy McAllister
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Contest Category: Digital Darkroom

After Sunset, Eh...

© Allan L. Whitehead
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Watering Flowers 2

© Julie A. Abston
julieabstonphotography.com

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HAWK AT SUNSET

© Irv Goldman
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NeoNostalgia

© Jill M. Flusemann
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Lissa's Garden

© Beverly A. Burke
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Clouds

© Mike Wehrman
mandrphotoart.com

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Window to the Past

© Sanjay Pindiyath (SJ)
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Shoebox crane

© Marsha S. Smith
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Fushia

© Susan T. Evans
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cherry cascade

© Amy N. Cappelli
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Contest Category: Travel & Place

Namibian Quivertrees

© Marsel van Oosten
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Before The Storm

© Donna W. Neal
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Hot air balloons over the White Sands (1)

© Stefan Ganev
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Catching Light to Shine at Night

© Viktors Rotanovs
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Astoria Bridge Over Columbia River

© Ron Heusser
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Triple Play

© Jay Patel
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Once Upon A Time

© Cora Miller
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Meandering

© Chuck Inglefield
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Ascention on the Sky

© Olga Gabay
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traveling

© Khaled Almarzoqi
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Contest Category: Flowers

Adorned

© Robert Mann
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Untitled

© Mario Cornacchione
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Poppy
© Jeff Grabert

© Jeff Grabert
grabertimages.com

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Beauty And The Beast

© Heather K. McFarland
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Natural Beauties

© Sanjay Pindiyath (SJ)
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summers' end

© Karen Bacon
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Calla on Blue

Untitled

Late Summer Colors

Contest Category: Details & Macro

Colorful Drops

Landscape in Macro

Self-Centered

whitness #8 (chestnut)

The fly

Blacktail swallowtail catepillar

Pinky

Fruit of the Limb

What colors are my eyes ?

Hello

Contest Category: Special Effects

Burst of speed

Hop On

Mystical Mushrooms

Electric Daisies

Happy Birthday

Spin

Rush Hour (2)

Recurring Dream

Coming or Going?

Classic Infrared View

Contest Category: Monthly Theme

meditate on...

Deep In Thought

mehr licht

~ Bus STOP! ~

This is our way out!

home schooled...finding food

ENGULFED BY THE CLOUDS OF ILLITERACY

Old School Days

Back to School

Little Fingers

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Photo Contest: September 2005 Contest Winners

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Photo Contest: September 2005 Contest Winners

First Place WinnersPrize: BetterPhoto Self-Paced Photography Class

Second Place WinnersPrize: Joy of Great Achievement, Pride, Honor, Recognition

Contest Category: Nature & Landscapes

Contest Category: Animals

Contest Category: People

Contest Category: Elements of Design

Contest Category: Digital Darkroom

Contest Category: Travel & Place

Contest Category: Flowers

Contest Category: Details & Macro

Contest Category: Special Effects

Contest Category: Monthly Theme

First Place Winners
Prize: BetterPhoto Self-Paced Photography Class

Second Place Winners
Prize: Joy of Great Achievement, Pride, Honor, Recognition