Congratulations to our 2022 Contestants!

Judging was done by photographer Jessica Carnochan from West St. in Seaforth. We added a fifth category for this year to celebrate our 50th Anniversary! Viewers' Choice was done by the members attending our November meeting, and Dianne Wood receives the trophy to keep for the year!
Jessica's comments are below the photos.
You can click on any photo to get the full size and see the photographer's name and placing. Thank you all for participating!
Overall Winners:
  1. Nick (16)
  2. Cobe (11)              (1st = 5, 2nd = 3, 3rd = 2.)
  3. Laurel (10)
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Dianne's Viewers' Choice winning photo
1. "Calendula(s)!"
2. "Podcast"
Seed Pods
3. "Lady in Red"
Red Flower(s)
4. "Dazzling Dahlia(s)"
5. "We're 50!" photo from our 50th events
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1st - Nick
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2nd - Cobe
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3rd - Dianne
Calendulas are the official flower of Seaforth & our Society.
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1st - Laurel
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2nd - Cobe
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3rd - David
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1st - Laurel
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2nd - Nick
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3rd - Dianne
Plant Red was a theme for the Canada-wide Year of the Garden in 2022.
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1st - Cathy M. Should display as portrait
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2nd - Nick
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3rd - Cobe
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1st - Nick
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2nd - Cobe
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3rd - Dianne
Jessica Carnochan's Comments, a learning opportunity!
Category 1 – Calendula(s)!
  1. Nick – Detail, focus and colour, great contrast and composition
  2. Cobe – Natural sunlight – highlights, capture of the bee
  3. Dianne – Inclusion of greenery, well framed using rule of thirds
Category 2 – Podcast – Seed Pod(s)
  1. Laurel – Beautiful composition with contrasting blue sky – great texture in the wispy seeds
  2. Cobe – Visually appealing colour, fills the frame front and centre
  3. David – Great use of frame – contrast of colour and texture
Category 3 – Lady in Red – Red Flower(s)
  1. Laurel – Looks exactly like a ‘Lady in Red’, soft, feminine, light fragment on the bloom – beautiful
  2. Nick – great focus on the bloom with a beautiful depth of field (out of focus background)
  3. Dianne – Love the placement of the rock as an added focal point – great contrast of the bloom
Category 4 – Dazzling Dahlia(s)
  1. Cathy – The combination of texture between the bloom with brick/wood, placement in frame of blooms – gorgeous colour combo
  2. Nick – Full single bloom really focuses on flower
  3. Cobe – Great focus on bloom in foreground, rich contrasting colour
Category 5 – Were 50! – Photo of one of our 50th Anniversary events
  1. Nick – Who doesn’t love cake? Well composed, highlights the category
  2. Cobe – Great capture of colour including the arrangements
  3. Dianne – Composed nicely with the subject framed in the centre