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Month:        December 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge:         Tom Cuchara<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theme:       Close-up, Not Macro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2025-2026 Competition Winners<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Class & Category<\/strong><\/td>Images Submitted<\/strong><\/td>Number of Awards<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
DIGITAL IMAGES<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Novice Color<\/td>8<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
Intermediate Color<\/td>11<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Advanced Color<\/td>32<\/td>8<\/td><\/tr>
Novice Monochrome<\/td>6<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
Intermediate Monochrome<\/td>11<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Advanced Monochrome<\/td>32<\/td>8<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Award<\/strong><\/td>Person<\/strong><\/td>Image Name<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
NOVICE COLOR DIGITAL IMAGES<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1st<\/sup><\/td>Bill Kang<\/td>Cinders<\/td><\/tr>
2nd<\/sup><\/td>2nd Place Image Disqualified Post-Competition<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
INTERMEDIATE COLOR DIGITAL IMAGES<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1st<\/sup><\/td>David M Miller<\/td>Splinter Surgery<\/td><\/tr>
2nd<\/sup><\/td>Lidia Slominski<\/td>Pilling And Rope<\/td><\/tr>
3rd<\/sup><\/td>Nick Bournas<\/td>Faces Of The Play<\/td><\/tr>
ADVANCED COLOR DIGITAL IMAGES<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1st<\/sup><\/td>Judy Guenther<\/td>Badger Eyes<\/td><\/tr>
2nd<\/sup><\/td>Rena Schild<\/td>Time Out In Times Square<\/td><\/tr>
3rd<\/sup><\/td>Thu Huynh<\/td>The Moose<\/td><\/tr>
HM<\/td>Bill Corbett<\/td>Brazilian Blue-throated Conure<\/td><\/tr>
HM<\/td>Art Rose<\/td>That One<\/td><\/tr>
HM<\/td>Clark Barker<\/td>Nice Dog<\/td><\/tr>
HM<\/td>Joan Barker<\/td>Cheers<\/td><\/tr>
HM<\/td>Mike Whalen<\/td>Feed Me<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Award<\/strong><\/td>Person<\/strong><\/td>Image Name<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
NOVICE MONOCHROME DIGITAL IMAGES<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1st<\/sup><\/td>Bill Kang<\/td>Lizard<\/td><\/tr>
2nd<\/sup><\/td>Rebeca M Ervin<\/td>Desert Camel<\/td><\/tr>
INTERMEDIATE MONOCHROME DIGITAL IMAGES<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1st<\/sup><\/td>Jennifer Kang<\/td>Owl<\/td><\/tr>
2nd<\/sup><\/td>Lidia Slominski<\/td>All Eyes<\/td><\/tr>
3rd<\/sup><\/td>David M Miller<\/td>Branch Dance<\/td><\/tr>
ADVANCED MONOCHROME DIGITAL  IMAGES<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1st<\/sup><\/td>Don Little<\/td>Gorilla Hand<\/td><\/tr>
2nd<\/sup><\/td>Rena Schild<\/td>Muddy Ride<\/td><\/tr>
3rd<\/sup><\/td>Wayne Guenther<\/td>Working The Angles<\/td><\/tr>
HM<\/td>Art Rose<\/td>String Lights<\/td><\/tr>
HM<\/td>Ginger Werz-Petricka<\/td>Getting Up In The Grill<\/td><\/tr>
HM<\/td>Kimxuan Nguyen<\/td>Got Kokanee Salmon<\/td><\/tr>
HM<\/td>Thien Nguyen<\/td>Ecuador Iguana<\/td><\/tr>
HM<\/td>Thu Huynh<\/td>Ocean Waves<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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