Friday, June 7, 2013

Massachusetts Camera Naturalists’ Nature Exhibition Show

Massachusetts Camera Naturalists’ Nature Exhibition Show
This beautiful showcase of the accepted images from the “CamNats” International Nature Exhibition which was judged on May 18 & 19 will be shown at the Greater Lynn Photographic Assoc. headquarters. The show will be produced and shown by Charlie Burke, APSA, EPSA, MNEC, who was chairman of the exhibition. This beautiful showcase set to music will consist of the images that scored high enough to be accepted during the judging of the four nature sections in the exhibition: Nature Open, Wildlife, Botany, and Natural Land/Seascapes, which came from 24 states and 31 different countries, including Australia, France, Belgium, Hong Kong, Canada, China, Israel and Finland to name a few. They received 236 entrants, many of who entered in at least 3 of the 4 sections that were offered, judging over 2700 nature images in the two days. Please go to the Camnats website at www.camnats.org  to see the medal winning images, a link to map to GLPA hall and further information about all the winning images.

      A number of New England entrants were successful in winning some of the top honors: A PSA Gold for Best in Show in the Wildlife section went to Myer Bornstein of Taunton, MA. Best Marine Medal went to Jim McGahan of Greater Lynn. Each section had a Les Campbell Award that went to a CamNats member whose total aggregate score for their 4 images was the highest. In Open this went to Karl Schanz, APSA, MNEC of Greater Lynn; in Botany this award went to Art Vaughan, MNEC of the Merrimack Valley CC.; in Natural Scapes, it went to Ed McGuirk of the Boston West CC.

There were also two Diversity Awards given. These were given to an entrant who had at least 3 of their 4 images accepted and show diversified subject matter. Ed McGuirk  of Boston West CC was the recipient in the Open Section.

The most successful entrant from New England was Mike Goodman, MNEC of the Gateway CC and Boston West CC. Mike won 2 individual medals: a PSA Silver Medal and a PSA Bronze Medal. He also won 2 other medals for the total body of his work submitted: A Les Campbell Award in Wildlife, and the NECCC medal, which went to the Best New England Entrant for highest aggregate score for the open and wildlife sections combined.

14 New England entrants also were awarded Honorable Mentions.

This presentation is open to the public at no charge. We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to see the best and most beautiful nature images from around the world. The show will last approximately an hour. If you love nature or would just like to see the beauty of the world around us, mark your calendar and plan to be there.


If you have any questions please e-mail Susan Mosser at s.jmosser@comcast.net