Best of N4C 2024
 

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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 2023-2024 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
Contest in 2024

 

                           List of 2024 Best of N4C Award Winners

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                                            v 10/24/2024

Contest Category

Year End Award

Photographer

Name of Club

Title

Digital – Altered Reality 

1st

Teresa Hofer

Black Hills

Where the Buffalo Roam

2nd

Allen Kurth

Omaha

Team Roping

3rd

Melissa Anderson

Western Wisconsin

Hiding from My Predator

HM

Bob Rude

Iowa City

Mystery at Midnight

HM

Mike Barker

Omaha

Turning on the Lights

HM

Stephonie Schmitz

Dubuque

It Was All Just a Dream

Digital - B&W 

1st

Chap Achen

Western Wisconsin

Trees, Versailles, France

2nd

Mark Gromko

Iowa City

Great Sand Dunes NP

3rd

Allen Kurth

Omaha

I'm Watching You

HM

Deb Zimmerman

Black Hills

Harsh Yellowstone Winter

HM

Anna Frissell

Fargo-Moorhead

Mom and Pups

HM

Doug Conrad

Sioux City

Weathered Gaze

HM

Sharon Watson

Fargo-Moorhead

My Favorite Perch

HM

Margaret West

Omaha

Farmer 2

Digital - Journalism 

1st

Ken Cheung

Minnesota Valley

The Dig

2nd

Markus Erk

Black Hills

(MMIW) Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women

3rd

Steve Hansen

Black Hills

Who's Riding Who

HM

Patricia Konyha

Wichita Area

Motocross Rider and Army Vet Amputee John Cleary

HM

Bob Felderman

Dubuque

Truck Crash Flames Under Dubuque Street Overpass--1

HM

Bruce Danuser

Fargo-Moorhead

The Hands of Hospice

HM

Gordon Court

Fargo-Moorhead

Paynesville Airshow Features the Red Baron Stearman

Digital - Nature 

1st

Dorothy Sansom

Omaha

Love

2nd

Ronnie Hartman

Saint Paul

Bunny at Breakfast

3rd

Allen Kurth

Omaha

Yellow Warbler Gathering Nesting Material

HM

Anne S Olson

Great River

Froggy Moore's Model #2

HM

Markus Erk

Black Hills

Proving Dominancex

HM

Sheldon Farwell

Great River

Poison Dart Frog

HM

Barry Mullin

Saint Paul

What Is Up Ahead

HM

Bonnie Law

Black Hills

Eagle

HM

Anna Frissell

Fargo-Moorhead

Loon Family

Digital - Pictorial 

1st

Mike Barker

Omaha

Struggle Against the Wind

2nd

Cindy Carlsson

Saint Paul

Juggling Artist at Work

3rd

Diane Lowry

Des Moines

Night Lights

HM

Diane Lowry

Des Moines

Shining Light

HM

Martha Farwell

Great River

Booted Rackettail and Bee

HM

David Perez

Minnesota Valley

Solo 5-6 Inverted Reflection Pass

HM

John Corey

Minnesota Valley

Iceland Icebergs

HM

Martha Farwell

Great River

Doubles

HM

Anna Frissell

Fargo-Moorhead

Together

Digital - Travel 

1st

Melissa Anderson

Western Wisconsin

Sunrise, Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile

2nd

Dorothy Sansom

Omaha

Camino in the Fog-Spain

3rd

Diana Borash

Iowa City

Rush Hour In Havana Cuba

HM

Ron Tigges

Dubuque

Roaring Fork Creek Great Smoky Mountains NP TN

HM

Doug Conrad

Sioux City

Bourbon Street New Orleans LA

HM

Diane Sisko

Western Wisconsin

Yellowstone Geyser WY

HM

Elliott Lindgren

Saint Paul

Magenta Twilight St Paul's Urban Glow, MN

HM

Dorothy Sansom

Omaha

Bali Indonesia Temple Sunrise

Print – Pictorial -
B & W

1st

Robert Lahti

Duluth-Superior

Pre-Flight Check

2nd

Ken Epstein

Saint Paul

Wolf beneath the fray

3rd

Mitch Keller

Sioux City

Carbide and Carbon Building

HM

Steve Guns

Des Moines

Familial Bond

HM

Crystal Johnson

Minot

The Gathering

HM

Ron Tigges

Dubuque

The Guardian

Print – Pictorial - Color

1st

David Abernathy

Minot

Post Tree

2nd

Patty Foster

Des Moines

Dewy Clover

3rd

Tim Zeltinger

Minot

Ghosts of ND Rail Car

HM

Stephonie Schmitz

Dubuque

Lenticular Clouds (Early Morning)

HM

Peggy Boike

Saint Paul

Clematis Fascination

HM

Robert Lahti

Duluth-Superior

Morning Badlands Colors

Print – Altered Reality

1st

Kevin McTague

Dubuque

Where Is Jaclyn?

2nd

Kevin McTague

Dubuque

The Ghost of the Castle

3rd

Kevin McTague

Dubuque

Hunters

HM

Stephonie Schmitz

Dubuque

Land and Sea Coexist Series #2

HM

Tom Kedzie

Dubuque

Two Days after the Asteroid

HM

Doug Conrad

Sioux City

Spanish Stallion

Print - Journalism

1st

Stephonie Schmitz

Dubuque

Aftermath of Fun Travel Adventures with Dad

2nd

Robert Lahti

Duluth-Superior

Looking for the Next Barrel

3rd

Ron Tigges

Dubuque

Run Boy, Run!

HM

James Durrant

Dubuque

Throwing Smoke

HM

Todd Johnson

Minot

Steer Wrestling Gone Wrong

HM

Todd Johnson

Minot

World Champion Zuni Hoop Dancer w/Drummer

Print - Nature

1st

Debbie Carroll

Duluth-Superior

Hide 'n Seek Pine Marten

2nd

Paul Rogne

Saint Paul

Spruce Grouse in the Boundary Waters

3rd

Stephonie Schmitz

Dubuque

Bull Moose in Water

HM

Peggy Boike

Saint Paul

Cactus Flower and Five Buds

HM

Ken Epstein

Saint Paul

All Aboard

HM

Stephonie Schmitz

Dubuque

Underwater World of Moorea

Print - Travel

1st

Stephonie Schmitz

Dubuque

Dramatic Skies Bring Bright Rainbows - Capital Reef, UT

2nd

Stephonie Schmitz

Dubuque

Iconic Overwater Bungalows Moorea of French Polynesia

3rd

Stephonie Schmitz

Dubuque

Golden Gate Bridge at Dusk- CA

HM

Henry Matthiessen II

Dubuque

Moody Oregon Coast

HM

Marv Vikla

Saint Paul

A Table Beckons Toulouse France

HM

Roy Hakala

Saint Paul

Breakfast Time at the Opera, Sydney Australia

Panorama Print

1st

Stephonie Schmitz

Dubuque

Tranquil Surface

2nd

Tom Kedzie

Dubuque

Down by the Farm

3rd

Henry Matheissen

Dubuque

Hole in One

HM

Ron Nichols

Sioux City

Sunset on the Beach

HM

Bob Felderman

Dubuque

Winter Sparkles in Dubuque

HM

Ed Hohenstein

Sioux City

Pacific Panorama

Photo
Journalism Story

1st

Tom Schoening

Sioux City

Feeding Third World Countries

2nd

Bob Rude

Iowa City

Jingle Cross

3rd

Mike Magna

Black Hills

Badlands Bombing

Photo Essay

1st

Bob Rude

Iowa City

Out of the Shadows

2nd

Tim Zeltinger

Minot

Welcome to North Dakota

3rd

Robert Felderman

Dubuque

Composition of Family Poses for Magazine Covers

HM

Nancy Heather Brown

Des Moines

Wild Imaginings

Video Essay

1st

Kathleen Wolleat

Duluth-Superior

Unplug in Nature

2nd

Tom Schoening

Sioux City

Railroad Song #9

3rd

Eric Williamson

Des Moines

Meet the Red Fox Family

Club Communications – Newsletter

 

1st

Kevin Segrud

Black Hills

Black Hills Expressions

2nd

Laurie McShane

Duluth-Superior

Snapshot

3rd

Carl Hardy

Sioux City

Sioux Scope

Club Communications - Web

1st

Terry Butler

Western Wisconsin

https://wiphotoclub.com/

2nd

Joe Santos

Minnesota Valley

https://minnesotavalleyphotoclub.org/

3rd

Doug Conrad

Sioux City

https://www.sccameraclub.com/

Small Club of the Year

 

 

Minot Camera Club

 

Large Club of the Year

 

 

Dubuque Camera Club

 

Photographer of the Year

 

Stephonie Schmitz

Dubuque Camera Club

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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