PSA Nature Image of the Year

The judging for the PSA Nature Division Image of the Year Competition took place at Merrimack Valley Camera Club in North Andover, MA. The judges were Tom Briere, Paul Buckley and Henry Weisenburger.

There were thirty one clubs that participated in the PSA Nature Competition this year. All individual club members who earned an Award of Merit ribbon in one of the season’s three competitions were eligible for the annual Image of the Year Competition. Individual Award of Merit ribbons are awarded for the five highest individual scores given to images in each class of each contest.

The judges took many rounds of “In and Out” judging which it was by no means an easy or quick decision to make. After carefully consideration of all eligible images, the judges chose Frank Forward’s image Albino Tree Frog 1 as the PSA Nature Image of the Year.

Congratulations Frank on receiving this distinctive award.

BWPS Image of the Year

Congratulations to Class B member Jean DiBatista for winning the 2009 image of the year competition with her image, Bird of Paradise, as chosen by judge Ray Guillette. Ray took many rounds of "In and Out" judging to finalize this image as the image of the year.

Jean won a 16x20 print of her image as the 1st place prize!

Another great year, hope everyone has a great summer and see you in September!