2021 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 2021

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Digital Color 1st Place
High Surf
Chuck Uebele

Digital Color 2nd Place
Opolo
Chuck Uebele

Digital Color 3rd Place
Descending Spiral
Cheryl Decker

Digital Color Honorable Mention
Sand Shadows
Penni Powell

Digital Color Honorable Mention
Elegant Dining
Jeanne Sparks

Digital Monochrome 1st Place
Scotty's Demise
Elaine Calvert

Digital Monochrome 2nd Place
Curlew
Frank Tromp

Digital Monochrome 3rd Place
All Elbows
Cheryl Decker

Digital Monochrome Honorable Mention
Locked Out
Tony Martindale

 

 

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October 2021

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Digital Color 1st Place
A Little tree in Winter
Elaine Calvert

Digital Color 2nd Place
Winter Leaf
Penni Powell

Digital Color 3rd Place
Boy and Flute in Inca Ruins
Cheryl Decker

Digital Color Honorable Mention
Grand Nature, Mount Ranier Washington
Harold Litwiler

Digital Monochrome 1st Place
Bicycle Lane
Tony Martindale

Digital Monochrome 2nd Place
Brian May Band
Tony Martindale

Digital Monochrome 3rd Place
Restaurant at San Barnaba
Jim McKinniss

Digital Monochrome Honorable Mention
Shoreline
Ed E. Powell

 

 

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September 2021

Theme - Silhouttes

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Digital Color 1st Place
All Alone When The Pretty Birds Have Flown
Jeanne Sparks

Digital Color 2nd Place
Sunset on the Dunes
Elaine Calvert

Digital Color 3rd Place
All The Hoopla
Jeanne Sparks

Digital Color Honorable Mention
Looking West
Larry Decker

Digital Color Honorable Mention
Fly Away Home
Jeanne Sparks

Digital Monochrome 1st Place
Arrival #1-A
Jim McKinniss

Digital Monochrome 2nd Place
Evening at the Ghetty
Elaine Calvert

Digital Monochrome 3rd Place
Goodyear Blimp
Tony Martindale

Digital Monochrome Honorable Mention
On the Edge
Flavio Parigi

 

 

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August 2021

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Digital Color 1st Place
Keep Your Eye on the Prize
Jeanne Sparks

Digital Color 2nd Place
Melon Still Life
Elaine Calvert

Digital Color 3rd Place
Window
Chuck Uebele

Digital Color Honorable Mention
The Trail
Chuck Uebele

Digital Monochrome 1st Place
Jessie #7A
Jim McKinniss

Digital Monochrome 2nd Place
Last Light at Texas Springs
Ed E. Powell

Digital Monochrome 3rd Place
Window on Rhyolite Moon
Gregory Doudna

Digital Monochrome Honorable Mention
Outside Amaldi Wine Bar
Jim McKinniss

 

 

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July 2021

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Digital Color 1st Place
A Photographer's Playground
Elaine Calvert

Digital Color 2nd Place
End of Day
Harold Litwiler

Digital Color 3rd Place
Butterfly
Ed E. Powell

Digital Color Honorable Mention
Microburst
Frank Tromp

Digital Monochrome 1st Place
Steve Goff
Ed E. Powell

Digital Monochrome 2nd Place
Disney Composite
Jim McKinniss

Digital Monochrome 3rd Place
Samuel Beckett Bridge
Tony Martindale

Digital Monochrome 3rd Place
Cayucos Pier at NIght
Elaine Calvert

 

 

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June 2021

Theme - Machines

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Digital Monochrome 2nd Place
Boat at Anchor Morro Bay
Jim McKinniss

Digital Monochrome 1st Place
Carousel #1
Jim McKinniss

Digital Color 2nd Place
Sun Sets on an Era
Gregory Doudna

Digital Monochrome 3rd Place
1940's Workhorse
Elaine Calvert

Digital Color Honorable Mention
Retired
Ed E. Powell

Digital Color 1st Place
Quietly Passing Time
Elaine Calvert

Digital Color 3rd Place
Out to Pasture
Penni Powell

Digital Monochrome Honorable Mention
The Weaver's Room
Elaine Calvert

 

 

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May 2021

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Digital Monochrome 2nd Place
Sculpted & Shimmering Sands
Elaine Calvert

Digital Monochrome 1st Place
Woman in Window
Jim McKinniss

Digital Color 2nd Place
LensBaby Rose Bud
Chuck Uebele

Digital Monochrome 3rd Place
Lighthouse Steps
Ed E. Powell

Digital Color Honorable Mention
Morning Light on the Eureka Dunes
Penni Powell

Digital Color 1st Place
Abandoned
Gregory Doudna

Digital Color 3rd Place
Coastal Sunset
Elaine Calvert

Digital Color Honorable Mention
Reaching
Jeanne Sparks

 

 

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April 2021

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Digital Monochrome 2nd Place
Grandma's House
Ed E. Powell

Digital Monochrome 1st Place
And There She Goes Walkin on By, Singing Du Ah Whinny
Elaine Calvert

Digital Color 2nd Place
Little Surfer Girl
Penni Powell

Digital Monochrome 3rd Place
Valley View, Yosemite
Cheryl Decker

Digital Color Honorable Mention
Humpback in Avila
Chuck Uebele

Digital Color 1st Place
Time Waits for No One
Elaine Calvert

Digital Color 3rd Place
Ruffled
Frank Tromp

Digital Monochrome Honorable Mention
Chicago
Tony Martindale

 

 

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March 2021

Theme - Reflections

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Digital Color 1st Place
Mirrors on the Ceiling
Tony Martindale

Digital Color 2nd Place
The Red Boat
Elaine Calvert

Digital Color 3rd Place
El Cap
Larry Decker

Digital Color Honorable Mention
It's a Wonderful Life
Jeanne Sparks

Digital Color Honorable Mention
Reflections Near Annenberg
Chuck Uebele

Digital Monochrome 1st Place
Store Reflections #4
Jim McKinniss

Digital Monochrome 2nd Place
Wading Trees
Elaine Calvert

Digital Monochrome 3rd Place
Reflections in the Harbor
Rosie Brancacio

Digital Monochrome Honorable Mention
The Cathedral Upside Down
Flavio Parigi

 

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February 2021

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Digital Color 1st Place
Street Entertainer
Rosie Brancacio

Digital Color 2nd Place
The Stare Down
Frank Tromp

Digital Color 3rd Place
The Crossing
Elaine Calvert

Digital Color Honorable Mention
Frog
Ed E. Powell

Digital Color Honorable Mention
Smoke Break
Rosie Brancacio

Digital Monochrome 1st Place
Portrait of Performer in Net Hat with Birds 2010
Jim McKinniss

Digital Monochrome 2nd Place
Victorian Web
Cheryl Decker

Digital Monochrome 3rd Place
Skyline
Tony Martindale

Digital Monochrome Honorable Mention
Cafe Conversation
Cheryl Decker

 

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January 2021

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Digital Color 1st Place
Black and White in Color
Frank Tromp

Digital Color 2nd Place
Solo
Gregory Doudna

Digital Color 3rd Place
Ready to Go
Chuck Uebele

Digital Color Honorable Mention
Peeaboo
Larry Decker

Digital Color Honorable Mention
Muskegan Lighthouse
Larry Decker

Digital Monochrome 1st Place
Total Recall #6AM
Jim McKinniss

Digital Monochrome 2nd Place
Car Ferry as Seen from Vaporetto
Jim McKinniss

Digital Monochrome 3rd Place
Le Conti
Jim McKinniss

 

Digital Monochrome
Honorable Mention
Laylock Abbey
Tony Marttindale

 

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