Flagpole Photographers Share Their Best Shots

By Kaaren Valenta

Bob Berthier’s photo, “An Almost Grown Bald Eagle,” won three awards including Best In Show at the Flagpole Photographers Camera Club’s annual members exhibition and competition at C.H. Booth Library last weekend. The exhibition, in the library’s Olga Knoepke Meeting Room (the lower meeting room), will remain on view through the month of April.

Mr Berthier’s bald eagle photo, taken with an 80-400 telephoto lens, won the 11th Annual Dave Kriger Nature Award, Best Black and White Photo, and Judges’ Best In Show. He also took Best Black and White Photo for his “Bird and Berries,” which also won the People’s Choice Award.

The Bruce Allen Open Print Award went to Jim Talarino for his photo “Duh Bronx,” a Photoshop-enhanced view that has received a total of three firsts and a best in show in photography competitions. Mr Talarino also won a third place in the color division for “Iridescent Red Spool,” a photo that had won two first place awards in other competitions.

Anne Martin’s “Draped in Bubbles,” received the Jeanette Talarino Best Flower Award. The photo of a rose was taken through the glass of an aquarium that had been filled with water and seltzer. She also took second in the black and white category with “Dream of Love.”

Ed Scilano’s “Tomatoes On The Vine” took second in the color division. Honorable mentions went to Tom Coryat for “Courtship” and Brian O’Dywer’s “Conflagration.” Mr Coryat also received two honorable mentions in the black and white category for his “Mormon Row Barn” and “Pacific Northwest Coast.”

Barry Connolly received third place in black and white for  “Ready for a Spin.”

The judges were Jan Sanserva and Bill Snellings.

The Flagpole Photographers meets monthly at the library in the lower meeting room. Meetings are free of charge and open to the public. The next meeting will be on April 21. Guest speaker Wayne Chou will talk about scanning/digital programs. The monthly subject will be prints, “Leaves/Fall Colors.”

For more information about the Flagpole Photographers call Bob Berthier at 364-1719 or Jim Talarino at 426-0558.