Dale King and his image Solitary Cloud entered in the Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas Category took top honors receiving Best In Show. Category Winners acknowledge the top image in each of the seven competition categories and will receive Mast General Store prize packages with a retail value of $275.
| Adventure | | Stone Mountain Climbers by Patrick Pitzer |
| Blue Ridge Parkway Journey | | Beneath the Viaduct by Colby Rabon |
| Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas | | Rough Ridge 360 by Rick Rapfogel |
| Culture | | Dave Duke Sorts Tobacco by Robert & Shiiko |
| Environment | | Venus by Brad Douglas |
| Flora & Fauna | | Hosta 800 by Pat Pilchard |
| Landscape | | Rainy Woods by Rick Rapfogel |
This year marked the largest participation in the People's Choice Award sponsored by Footsloggers Outdoor and Travel Outfitters with more than 1,100 individually registered voters casting nearly 2,400 total votes. In the end Scott Hotaling and his image Mountain Calm will take home the $350 cash prize.
Judges were also asked to identify images of distinction and merit to receive Special Mention honors and an additional ten photographers have been recognized.
| Adventure | | Meadow Nap by Heidi Hatcher |
| Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas | | Valley Farm by Tommy Shine |
| Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas | | Bird's Eye View by Dale Forrest |
| Culture | | French Swiss Ski Rental by Roger Bodo |
| Culture | | Neal's Grocery by Robert and Shiiko Alexander |
| Environment | | Pumping Station by Kerry Puckett |
| Flora & Fauna | | Brook Trout by Scott Brown |
| Landscape | | Sunrise After Ice Storm by Bob Peterson |
| Landscape | | Elk Mountain by Charles King |
| Landscape | | Angry Morning by Neal Auspitz |
jessica after going again through the photos i don't agree with the list.the one that came top yes and two others, but the rest didn't do anything for me.what do i know after a lifetime in art.i know jessica it's in the doing and the result.it's nice win.be like me,who cares at the end of the day.life is to short.don't look back at life get on with the things that make you happy.God as bless me i can do the art i want within my illness.He healed my right foot two weeks ago.i have no pain no more. the Doc's have been try for 18 months but didn't have a clue.having Charcot Marie Tooth disease.to find out more go to www.cmt.org.uk iwas born with it but didn't find out till i was 54 took all those year to find what was wrong with me but over those years my art changed.had to give up sport at 18 the years after were hard to get through i mist out playing why me then i got it to gether as i say life is to short.last year i did well over a hundred works of art.God as blessed me.Don't be hard on yourself you are not perfect no is anyone else.you know what i think of your work.Love from the old man POD.
ReplyDeletePod: I appreciate it, believe me.....moving on I am.......
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