Massachusetts Camera Naturalists’ Nature Exhibition Show
Saturday, June 22, 2013, 2:00 P.M.
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
