Best of N4C 2022
 

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Annual Best of N4C Contest Winner Galleries:

Winners of the annual "Best of N4C" contest and were picked from the winners 
of the monthly contests of the 2021-2022 season in each contest category.

INDEX OF GALLERIES
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Digital Images
  - B&W Digital
  - Altered Reality Digital
  - Journalism Digital
  - Nature Digital
  - Pictorial Digital
  - Travel Digital
   
Prints
  - Black & White Prints
  - Pictorial Color Prints
  - Altered Reality Prints
  - Nature Prints
  - Journalism Prints
  - Travel Prints
   

Panorama Prints
No contest in 2022

                           List of 2022 Best of N4C Award Winners

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                                            v 9/26/2022

Contest Category

Year End Award

Photographer

Name of Club

Title

Digital – Altered Reality 

1st

David Zuhr

Black Hills

Lucid Dreams

2nd

Bob Rude

Iowa City

Walking in the Moon Light

3rd

Mike Barker

Omaha

Imagination and the Old Attic Chest

HM

Tim Beaulier

Duluth-Superior

Clean humor

HM

Julia Ackerman

Minnesota Valley

Too Much Blue Moon Apple Cider

HM

Bob Rude

Iowa City

Midnight Walk

HM

Bob Rude

Iowa City

Danger on the Road

Digital - B&W  

1st

Sharon Watson

Fargo-Moorhead

Shake It All Off

2nd

Jason Dierdering

Minnesota Valley

Feeding the Pigeons

3rd

Cindy Carlsson

Saint Paul

In the carpet shop

HM

Mike Barker

Omaha Camera Club

Right on Time

HM

Kim Walter

SW Iowa Shutterbugs

Eye to Eye Wolves

HM

Allen Kurth

Omaha

Perfect Landing

HM

Mark Gromko

Iowa City

Morning Chores

HM

Linda Rutherford

Women’s Color

Gotcha

Digital - Journalism 

1st

Steve Hanson

Black Hills

Looking Up for a Hand

2nd

Karen Leonard

Saint Paul

Miesville out

3rd

Tom Ward

Iowa City

Game Winner

HM

John Larson

Shutterbug

Did She Make it over the Bar

HM

Doug Conrad

Sioux City

Ghostcat Plays at SITP

HM

Gordon Court

Fargo-Moorhead

They call the thing rodeo

HM

David Gonzalez

Saint Paul

Guardrail Repair

HM

David Perez

Minnesota Valley

Barnstorming Wing Walker

Digital - Nature  

1st

Keith Anderson

Sioux Falls

Snow Bird

2nd

Anna Frissell

Fargo-Moorhead

Strength in Family

3rd

Deb Zimmerman

Black Hills

Delivering Dinner Adult Burrowing Owl

HM

Paul Grillo

Des Moines

Rival Air Fight

HM

Deb Zimmerman

Black Hills

Dragonflyte

HM

Marianne Diericks

Western Wisconsin

Violet Sabrewing

HM

Joni Welda

La Crosse Area

great-gray-ghost

HM

Ryno W Olson

Great River

Wolf in the River

HM

Janie Lawson

Des Moines

Wicked

Digital - Pictorial  

1st

Marianne Diericks

Western Wisconsin

Hummingbird Challenge

2nd

Mark O'Loughlen

Sioux Falls

Swimming Duck

3rd

Chuck Hackenmiller

Lincoln

Light of Day

HM

Marianne Diericks

Western Wisconsin

Monarchs On Blazing Star

HM

Paul Grillo

Des Moines

Indigo Sun

HM

Allen Kurth

Omaha

The Dance of Life

HM

Sharon Watson

Fargo-Moorhead

Blue Jay Reflection

HM

Keith Anderson

Sioux Falls

Free ride

HM

Rick Graves

Minnesota Valley

Lakewood Chapel

HM

Suzy Adams

Black Hills

Blue Water Lily

Digital - Travel 

1st

Diane Herman

Western Wisconsin

Serengeti Cheetah Brothers (Tanzania)

2nd

Allen Kurth

Omaha

Marby Mill at Dusk - Virginia

3rd

Mark Guinn

Black Hills

Milky Falls, Spearfish, Black Hills, SD

HM

Wayne Wellan

Saint Paul

Totem Pole, UT

HM

Janie Lawson

Des Moines

Court House Tower, Arches National Park, UT

HM

Diane Herman

Western Wisconsin

Migration Tanzania

HM

Dorothy Sansom

Omaha

Days End Iceland

HM

Lori Burrows

Dubuque

Charleston SC

Print – Pictorial -
B & W

1st

Mark Gromko

Iowa City

Elegant Staircase

2nd

Wilford Yoder

Iowa City

Hole Full of Raccoons

3rd

Robert Lahti

Duluth-Superior

Morning at Mammoth Hot Springs

HM

Diana Borash

Iowa City

Pelican Leaving the Water

HM

Mark Gromko

Iowa City

Steam Engine

HM

Ed Lorson

Iowa City

After the Fire

Print – Pictorial - Color

1st

Ryno W Olson

Great River

Lexie

2nd

Ryno W Olson

Great River

Badland's Sunrise

3rd

Ryno W Olson

Great River

Matthiessen Lake Waterfall

HM

Mark Gromko

Iowa City

Roozen Gaarde

HM

Robert Lahti

Duluth-Superior

Tucked in for the Winter

HM

Randy Schoener

Sioux City

Loess Hills Barn

Print – Altered Reality

1st

Bob Rude

Iowa City

Electric Kitty

2nd

Ryno W Olson

Great River

Catwoman

3rd

Wilford Yoder

Iowa City

Bygone Days

HM

Johnny Brian

Iowa City

The Melted Sky

HM

Mark Gromko

Iowa City

He Fought the Law and the Law Won

HM

Mark Gromko

Iowa City

Descending Stair

Print - Journalism

1st

Wilford Yoder

Iowa City

OH Bubbles

2nd

Randy Moyer

Iowa City

The Proposal, She Said Yes

3rd

Doug Conrad

Sioux City

Open Your Eyes

HM

Mitch Keller

Sioux City

Evading a Tackle

HM

Wilford Yoder

Iowa City

Keep the Beat

HM

Wilford Yoder

Iowa City

Six Horse Hitch in Step

Print - Nature

1st

Ryno W Olson

Great River

Two Red Fox

2nd

Ryno W Olson

Great River

Lynx Staring

3rd

Wilford Yoder

Iowa City

Painted Lady Butterfly

HM

Bob Rude

Iowa City

Fall Leaves

HM

Ty Smith

Mitchell

Pasque Trio

HM

Wilford Yoder

Iowa City

Protecting Her Young

Print - Travel

1st

Wilford Yoder

Iowa City

Grant Wood   Amish Country, IA

2nd

Wilford Yoder

Iowa City

Cabin in Fog, Blue Ridge Parkway, VA

3rd

Joann Kuntemeier

Kuntemeier Kamera Club

Walk on the Beach, HI

HM

Stephonie Schmitz

Dubuque

Fiery Sunset at Garden of the Gods

HM

Doug Conrad

Sioux City

Dusk on the Sonoran Desert, AZ

HM

Bob Rude

Iowa City

Stream in the Smoky Mountains

Photo Essay

1st

Linda Rutherford

Women’s Color

Penguins On Parade

2nd

Mark Gromko

Iowa City

To Win Has Many Meanings

3rd

Bob Rude

Iowa City

Black and White Photography

HM

Nancy Heather Brown

Des Moines

Sun Fun

HM

Bob Lahti

Duluth Superior

The Story of Two Hours

Club Communications – Newsletter

 

1st

Lisa Kerner

Black Hills

Expressions Newsletter

2nd

Carl Hardy

Sioux City

Sioux Scope

3rd

Laurie McShane

Duluth-Superior

DSCC Snapshot

Club Communications - Web

1st

Marty Welter

Omaha

https://www.omahacameraclub.net

2nd

Bev Kiecker

Minnesota Valley

http://minnesotavalleyphotoclub.org/live/ 

3rd

Doug Conrad

Sioux City

http://www.siouxcitycameraclub.com/

HM

Terry Butler

Western Wisconsin

https://wiphotoclub.com/

HM

Patty Foster

Des Moines

https://www.dmcameraclub.com/

HM

Michelle Cox

La Crosse Area

https://lacrosseareacameraclub.org/

N4C Lifetime Achievement Award

 

Ken Johnson

Des Moines Camera Club

 

N4C Founder’s Award

 

Lynda Richards

Image Makers

 

N4C Service Award

 

Mark Gromko

Iowa City Camera Club

 

Small Club of the Year

 

 

Great River Camera Club

 

Large Club of the Year

 

 

Iowa City Camera Club

 

Photographer of the Year

 

Mark Gromko

Iowa City Camera Club

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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