Month: December 2025
Judge: Tom Cuchara
Theme: Close-up, Not Macro
| Class & Category | Images Submitted | Number of Awards |
| DIGITAL IMAGES | ||
| Novice Color | 8 | 2 |
| Intermediate Color | 11 | 3 |
| Advanced Color | 32 | 8 |
| Novice Monochrome | 6 | 2 |
| Intermediate Monochrome | 11 | 3 |
| Advanced Monochrome | 32 | 8 |
| Award | Person | Image Name |
| NOVICE COLOR DIGITAL IMAGES | ||
| 1st | Bill Kang | Cinders |
| 2nd | 2nd Place Image Disqualified Post-Competition | |
| INTERMEDIATE COLOR DIGITAL IMAGES | ||
| 1st | David M Miller | Splinter Surgery |
| 2nd | Lidia Slominski | Pilling And Rope |
| 3rd | Nick Bournas | Faces Of The Play |
| ADVANCED COLOR DIGITAL IMAGES | ||
| 1st | Judy Guenther | Badger Eyes |
| 2nd | Rena Schild | Time Out In Times Square |
| 3rd | Thu Huynh | The Moose |
| HM | Bill Corbett | Brazilian Blue-throated Conure |
| HM | Art Rose | That One |
| HM | Clark Barker | Nice Dog |
| HM | Joan Barker | Cheers |
| HM | Mike Whalen | Feed Me |
| Award | Person | Image Name |
| NOVICE MONOCHROME DIGITAL IMAGES | ||
| 1st | Bill Kang | Lizard |
| 2nd | Rebeca M Ervin | Desert Camel |
| INTERMEDIATE MONOCHROME DIGITAL IMAGES | ||
| 1st | Jennifer Kang | Owl |
| 2nd | Lidia Slominski | All Eyes |
| 3rd | David M Miller | Branch Dance |
| ADVANCED MONOCHROME DIGITAL IMAGES | ||
| 1st | Don Little | Gorilla Hand |
| 2nd | Rena Schild | Muddy Ride |
| 3rd | Wayne Guenther | Working The Angles |
| HM | Art Rose | String Lights |
| HM | Ginger Werz-Petricka | Getting Up In The Grill |
| HM | Kimxuan Nguyen | Got Kokanee Salmon |
| HM | Thien Nguyen | Ecuador Iguana |
| HM | Thu Huynh | Ocean Waves |