2018 SMCC Competition Awarded Images

Photographs displayed here are among the award-winners. Only winning images submitted for posting on this web site are shown. Other printed winning images may be seen each month in the Santa Maria, CA Public Library.

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November 2018 - Open Theme

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Monochrome Print 1st Place
Wave of Contemplation
Janine Bognuda

Monochrome Print 2nd Place
Beckoning Dunes
Elaine Calvert

Monochrome Print 3rd Place
Winter
Richard Russ

Digital 1st Place
The Grass is Always Greener
Nyla James

Digital 2nd Place
Fall Along the River
Gregory Doudna

Digital 3rd Place
Learning to Lasso
Nyla James

Digital Honorable Mention
Prospect Harbor Lighthouse
Gregory Doudna

Small Print 1st Place
French Corral Depot
Cheryl Decker

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October 2018

Open Theme

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Monochrome Print 1st Place
All I Have is Love
Scott Clark

Monochrome Print 3rd Place
Three Horses on the Beach
Jim McKinniss

Digital 1st Place
Special Delivery
Jeanne Sparks

Digital 2nd Place
English Countryside
Nyla James

Digital 3rd Place
Exploding
Nyla James

Small Print 2nd Place
Portland Head Lighthouse
Gregory Doudna

Small Print 3rd Place
Abandoned Infirmary
Tony Martindale

Small Print Honorable Mention
Pier at Old Orchard Beach
Gregory Doudna

Large Print Honorable Mention
Free Flowing
Janine Bognuda

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September 2018

Close-Ups

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Large Print 1st Place
Myth or Monster
Janine Bognuda

Digital 1st Place
Step Lightly
Nyla James

Digital 2nd Place
Time is Relative
Dave Clary

Digital 3rd Place
X's and O's
Nyla James

Digital Honorable Mention
Blue Duster
Cheryl Decker

Small Print 1st Place
Alien Antennae
Cheryl Decker

Large Print 2nd Place
Ancient Art
Janine Bognuda

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August 2018

Open Theme

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Digital 1st Place
Launch Over Avila
Chuck Uebele

Digital 2nd Place
Forest In Fall
Nyla James

Digital 3rd Place
Wave
Chuck Uebele

Digital Honorable Mention
Cool Passion
Chuck Uebele

Monochrome Print 1st Place
Standing in the Morning Fog from the Academia Bridge
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome Print 2nd Place
Sleeping Giant
Elaine Calvert

Monochrome Print 3rd Place
Morning on Grand Canal
Jim McKinniss

Small Print 1st Place
The Ferryman Smoker
Tony Martindale

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July 2018

Birds

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Large Print Honorable Mention
Building a Green Home
Jeanne Sparks

Monochrome Print 1st Place
Graceful Flight
Jeanne Sparks

Digital 1st Place
Waiting
Chuck Uebele

Digital 2nd Place
Proud as a Peacock
Larry Decker

Digital 3rd Place
Woodpecker in a Century Plant
Cheryl Decker

Digital Honorable Mention
Peacock
Chuck Uebele

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June 2018

Open Theme

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Monochrome Print 2nd Place
Spring RunOff
Gregory Doudna

Digital 1st Place
Voodoo
Chuck Uebele

Digital 2nd Place
Meyer Lemon
Alan Upshaw

Digital 3rd Place
Once Upon a Time
Nyla James

Digital Honorable Mention
Millstone
Tony Martindale

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May 2018

Open Theme

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Digital 1st Place
Storm Brewing
Nyla James

Digital 2nd Place
Electric Insulators
Nyla James

Digital 3rd Place
The Ivy Room
Alan Upshaw

Digital Honorable Mention
Mirrors on the Ceiling
Tony Martindale

Monochrome 1st Place
Vernal Falls @ 1 second
Gregory Doudna

Small Print 2nd Place
Escalator
Tony Martindale

Small Print 3rd Place
Lift Bridge on the Snake River
Ramona Cashmore

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April 2018

Open Theme

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Digital 1st Place
Night Sky at Jumbo Rocks
Larry Decker

Digital 2nd Place
Space X
Chuck Eubele

Digital 3rd Place
Flower Power
Chuck Eubele

Digital Honorable Mention
Swamp Water Lily
Gregory Doudna

Monochrome 1st Place
Iris #2
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome 2nd Place
Doesn't Give a Hoot
Elaine Calvert

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March 2018

Pets

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Digital 1st Place
Brooklyn K
Chuck Uebele

Digital 2nd Place
Pierre
Ed E. Powell

Digital 3rd Place
The Bird & The Boss
Nyla James

Large Print 3rd Place
Metozens
Tony Martindale

Monochrome Print 3rd Place
Horse Impression #2
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome Print 2nd Place
Bad Lands Horse
Jim McKinniss

Small Print 1st Place
I'm Done
Ramona Cashmore

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February 2018

Open Theme

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Digital 1st Place
Sand Blown
Nyla James

Digital 2nd Place
Grover Station
Alan Upshaw

Digital 3rd Place
Looking North
Alan Upshaw

Digital Honorable Mention
Underneath it All
Nyla James

Large Print 3rd Place
World Trade Center
Tony Martindale

Large Print 2nd Place
Sea Foam Sunset
Janine Bognuda

Large Print 1st Place
Under the Stars in Palouse
Elaine Calvert

Small Print 3rd Place
Sunset Kayaker on Salt River
Ramona Cashmore

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January 2018

Open Theme

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Digital 1st Place
Pizza Stone Portrait
Jim McKinniss

Digital 2nd Place
Just Watching
Nyla James

Digital 3rd Place
Swimming with Stella
Nyla James

Large Print 3rd Place
Spring is just a Blur
Elaine Calvert

Monochrome Print 1st Place
Windswept
Janine Bognuda

Small Print 2nd Place
Docking Into Seattle
Ramona Cashmore

Digital Honorable Mention
Graceful Beauty
Jeanne Sparks