Shoot to Thrill

Winners of Adirondack Life’s annual photography contest

 

This year’s batch of contest entrants wowed us with composition and technique, but also with one of the most eclectic collections of Adirondack geography—photographs that captured not just the usual along-the-road hot spots, but also backwoods critters and bushwhacking-only vistas.

 

Zack Clothier, of Athol, shot his grand-prize winning scene at daybreak from Little Recluse Island, just a spit of land within Lake George. Our judges were moved by the photograph’s dramatic perspective, its subtle color palette and its serene-Adirondack-morning-invoking vibe.    

             

First- through third-place honorees will receive a commemorative bowl made by Jay-based potter Sue Young. The grand-prize winner earns this trophy plus free admission to the signature fall workshop sponsored by the Adirondack Photography Institute (www.adkpi.org), based in Inlet.

 

 

 

Grand-Prize Winner

Zack Clothier, Athol, NY

View from Little Recluse Island, Lake George

 

 

 

First-Place Color

Dave Crudele, Ballston Spa, NY

Otter Bay, Raquette Lake

 

 

 

Second-Place Color

Ken Rimany, Niskayuna, NY

Blue Mountain Lake

 

 

 

Third-Place Color

Justin Michau, Batavia, NY

Rush at Buttermilk Falls, Long Lake

 

 

 

Honorable Mention Color

Ronald Larsen, Canton, NY

Autumn scene from Lows Ridge

 

 

 

Honorable Mention Color

Karl Fisher, Cary, NC

Rock Island Bay, Tupper Lake

 

 

 

Honorable Mention Color

Henning Vahlenkamp, Matawan, NJ

Flowed Lands and Mount Colden

 

 

 

First-Place Macro

Mark Buck, Albany, NY

Stones in Sand Creek, town of Day

 

 

 

Second-Place Macro

Andrew Beigh, Bridgewater, NY

Bald Mountain fire tower

 

 

 

Third-Place Macro

Carl Rubino, Elizabethtown, NY

Along Beaver Pond, Wilmington

 

 

 

Honorable Mention Macro

Susan Kiesel, Sauquoit, NY

Kayaker reflected in a bubble, Second Lake

 

 

 

First-Place Wildlife

Marion Bayly, Speculator, NY

Metamorphosis of a dragonfly in Speculator

 

 

 

Second-Place Wildlife

Don Polunci, Queensbury, NY

Short-eared owl, Fort Edward

 

 

 

Third-Place Wildlife

Pat McGuire, Washington, DC

Loon on Bear Pond, town of Long Lake

 

 

 

Honorable Mention Wildlife

Kathryn Behuniak, Latham, NY

Cubs in Newcomb

 

 

 

Honorable Mention Wildlife

Jim Leach, Hamilton, NY

Loon, Limekiln Lake, Hamilton County

 

 

 

Honorable Mention Wildlife

Zack Wakeman, West Monroe, NY

“Gray Jay”

 

 

 

Honorable Mention Wildlife

Glenn Mason, Wyndmoor, PA

Bald eagle, Upper Chateaugay Lake

 

 

 

Honorable Mention Wildlife

Richard Gonyea, Vermontville, NY

Two bucks, Vermontville

 

 

 

First-Place Black and White

William Cohea, East Bangor, PA

View from Wakely Mountain fire tower

 

 

 

Second-Place Black and White

Steve Auger, Malone, NY

Whiteface Mountain and Little Cherry Patch Pond

 

 

 

Third-Place Black and White

Emily Miluski, Wallingford, PA

On Lake George, town of Hague

 

 

 

Honorable Mention Black and White

Derek Mitchell, Lake George, NY

“The Duke of Lake Henderson”

 

 

 

Honorable Mention Alternative Process

Gary Larsen, Edinburg, NY

Copeland Covered Bridge, town of Edinburg