Fog, Haze, Smoke Competition, February 2013.

Rachelle Carriere
Colourful Zipper, Rachelle Carriere
The judging for this competition had a record number of 4-point spreads, according to John Elliot, Competition Chair. When such a spreads occur, the judges are customarily given a second chance to score the entry. In this competition however, the spread, more often than not, stayed at 4 points apart. The judges were Lois Siegel, Gord Weber and Chris Klus. Click here for their bios.

There were 121 entries, resulting in 25 ribbons. Robert Steklasa won promotion to Intermediate. The no-Print-and-no-Slide-of-the-Night drought of the last two competitions was broken by Rachelle Carriere with her 26-point slide in the General Category.

The first-place winners are:

ON-TOPIC PRINT
Andy Fraser, Intermediate, Robin Waiting For Picnic, 25 points
David Wray, Intermediate, Feathered Fog, 25 points

ON-TOPIC SLIDE
George Kovar, Junior, Bird Feeder, 24 points
Gerald Bloch, Senior, Ganga Aarati At the Dashashwamedh Ghat, 25 points

GENERAL PRINT
Luc Delorme, Intermediate, Sandstone Tumbleweed, 24 points
Jeff Sanderson, Intermediate, Dark Sentinels, 24 points

GENERAL SLIDE
Rachelle Carriere, Intermediate, Colorful Zipper, 26 points, Slide-Of-the-Night
Darren Boucher, Junior, Peggy’s Cove, 23 points
Lok Ping Ng, Junior, Wild Flowers, 23 points
Daniel Parent, Junior, Bye Bye Birdie, 23 points

For a full list of the winning images, after signing in, click here  The next competition is Faces & Figures, due March 19.

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