2023-24 Results

Canada: My Country

Our total score was 137.0. The highest aggregate score was 144.5, and the highest image score was 27.0.

Peggy’s Cove Greg Alderson Atlantic 23.0	Cavendish PEI Doug Doede Atlantic 21.0	Canada Geese James Maguire Ontario 24.0
Whistling Swans Gotcha Victor Turczynski Ontario 24.0	Night Heron on a Ledge with Fish and Reflection Geoff Dunn Ontario 23.5	Canadian-built Lancaster Bomber Returns Home Jon Dun Ontario 21.5

Colour – Bronze Medal

Our total score was 146.5. The highest aggregate score was 151.0, and the highest image score was 26.5. Click the image to see full screen. You can review all the entries at the CAPA Winners Page.

The Administrator Bertin Francoeur Persons 22.5	Fabulous Fashionista Debbie Garbe Persons 24.0	Beyond the Door Doug Doede Man-made structure 25.0
Male American Goldfinch Feeding on Thistles Geoff Dunn Nature/Wildlife 25.0	Lenten Rose Judy Boufford Nature/Wildlife 24.5	Last of the Tulips Kathryn Martin Nature/Wildlife 25.5

Music – Honourable Mention

Our total score was 134.5. The highest aggregate score was 141.5, and the highest image score was 27.5. Click the image to see full screen. You can review all entries at the CAPA Winners Page.

The Jazz Man Bert Francoeur  22.0	Guitar Fantasy Doug Doede 22.0	Eye for Music Greg Alderson 23.0
Me with My French Horn Karen Blunt 23.0	Spring Mary Gilmour 21.0	Gord Downie Peter McCusker 23.5

Artistic – Honourable Mention

Our total score was 140.5. The highest aggregate score was 146, and the highest image score was 28.0. You can review all entries at the CAPA Winners Page.

Judy Boufford Poppy on Fire 21.5	Dan Copeland The Candy Striper 21.5	Doug Doede Shoot the Moon 26.5 2nd Merit Altered Reality
John King The Alien 23.5	Laura Nelson Paths 24.5	Kathryn Martin Follow the Bouncing Ball 23.0

Ontario Zone

Here are the images we entered in the competition. Our total score was 103.5. The highest aggregate score was 112, and the highest image score was 25.5

Andy Langs Little High Falls 21.5	Dan Copeland Early Morning on White Stone Lake 20.5	Don Poulton Tower through Skylight 21.0
Doug Doede Bay Wellington Tower 20.0	Loretta Monteleone Blue Patterns 20.5

2023 Black and White

Here are the images we entered in the competition. Our total score was 137.5. The highest aggregate score was 143.0, and the highest image score was 27.0.

Shoot for the Moon Doug Doede Architecture 25.0	Enjoying a Good Stogie Bertin Francoeur Persons 22.5	Over the Moon Debbie Garbe Landscape 24.0
Wasting Away John King Dilapidated 22.0	The Forgotten Pail Kathryn Martin Dilapidated 20.5	Abstract Corners Laura Nelson Architecture 23.5

2023 Nature/Wildlife: Bronze Award 147.5 points

Kathryn Martin earned a First Merit Award-Insect. Greg Alderson earned a First Merit-Wildlife.

Virginia Ctenucha Tiger-moth Kathryn Martin 27.5 1st-Merit-Insect	Peregrine Falcon Grasps Blue Jay Greg Alderson 26.0 1st-Merit-Wildlife	Male and Female Damselflies Judy Boufford Insects 24.0
Cooper’s Hawk with Prey Geoffrey Skirrow Wildlife 24.0	Wood Stork with Branch Herb McClelland Wildlife 24.0	Red-eyed Tree Frog Barbara Boles-Davis Insects 22.0

The album is also available on Trillium’s Flickr Page. All the winners can be seen on CAPA’s website. Geoff Dunn, John King and David Evans also won Honourable Awards in the Individual competition.

2022-23 Summary

For the 2022-23 season, Trillium participated in seven competitions. The club earned awards in four of them — Gold, Silver, and Two HMs — and in two others, members earned individual merit awards.

• Nature-Wildlife: Trillium earned Silver with individual merit awards for Debbie Garbe and Kathryn Martin
• Fall Monochrome
• Ontario Zone: Trillium earned an Honourable Mention and Debbie Garbe won a merit award.
• Artistic: Trillium earned a Gold Medal and Judy Boufford won a merit award.
• Photojournalism: Kathryn Martin earned a merit award.
• Fall/Winter Competition: Trillium earned an Honourable Mention and Judy Boufford and Greg Alderson won merit awards.
• Canada: My Country: Geoff Dunn earned a merit award.

2023 Canada: My Country ‘Club’ Competition

Young Red-Tailed Hawk with Prey by Geoff Dunn earned a 3rd-Merit-Ontario.

• Peggy’s Cove NS Peter McCusker Atlantic 20.0
• Young Red-Tailed Hawk with Prey Geoff Dunn Ontario 27.0 3rd-Merit-Ontario
• Little High Falls – Fall Flow Andy Langs Ontario 24.0
• Large Leaf Bellwort Colleen Bird Ontario 22.0
• Canada Geese Formation Bela Acs Ontario 20.0
• Still Standing Tall Don Poulton Prairie 22.5

The album is now available on Flickr.

2023 Canada: My Country ‘Individual’ Competition

In the Individual competition, Geoff Dunn won the Gold Medal for his three images in the Ontario theme, Golden Digger Wasp, Resignation: Coopers Hawk Overpowers Chipmunk Prey, and Caspian Terns Vying for a Fish. There were two highest aggregate scores of 76.5, and Geoff won the tie-breaker. The Wasp also won the First Merit Award-Ontario.

2023 Golden Horseshoe Results

Trillium placed second with total scores of 465 and 9 Honour Awards (HA).

The entries are in the Trillium Flickr Album.

McKellar #4 – February 2023

Trillium placed second for the overall McKellar. 

The McKellar #4 album is now up on Flickr.

2023 CAPA Fall/Winter ‘Club’ Competition Honour Award

Judy Boufford’s Damselfly earned a First Place Merit-Nature and Greg Alderson’s Broken Stick Attack earned a Third Place Merit-Cold.

• Damselfly Judy Boufford Nature 28.0 1st-Merit-Nature
• Broken Stick Attack Greg Alderson The Cold 26.5 3rd-Merit-The-Cold
• White Egret Snags a Fish Geoff Dunn Nature 25.0
• Chipmunk on Sunflower John King Nature 24.0
• Weeping Willow Tree After Snowstorm Bela Acs The Cold 20.0
• Ski Lift Ariel Andres The Cold 19.5
• Trillium Photographic Club Total 143.0 Honour Award

The album is now up on Flickr.

2023 CAPA Photo Journalism ‘Club’ Competition

Kathryn Martin’s image “Retired Rudolph’s Replacement” earned a Second Place Merit in the Animal theme.

• Retired Rudolph’s Replacement Kathryn Martin Animal 23.5 2nd-Merit-Animal
• A Resourceful Thirsty Goldfinch Geoff Dunn Animal 21.0
• Mexican peasant demonstration against prime land expropriation Ed Espin Contemporary 25.0
• A day on the Street in Downtown Hamilton Debbie Garbe Contemporary 22.5
• Discarded Fishing Line John King Environmental 23.5
• Aftermath of Freezing Waves Bela Acs Environmental 21.0
• Trillium Photographic Club Total 136.5

The album is now up on Flickr.

2023 CAPA Artistic ‘Club’ Competition: Gold Medal

Judy Boufford earned a Second Place Merit Award for her image, The Journey, in the Abstract theme. Congratulations to the entrants:

• The Journey Judy Boufford Abstract 26.5 2nd-Merit-Abstract
• Cosmic Egg Doug Doede Altered 25.5
• Delirium Bela Acs Altered 24.5
• Hypnotizing Bertin Francoeur Creative 26.5
• Colourful Lightbulb Reflection Geoffrey Skirrow Creative 24.0
• Falling Colour Mary Gilmour Creative 21.0
• Trillium Photographic Club Total 148.0

The album is now up on Flickr.

The McKellar #3 album is now up on Flickr.

2023 CAPA Ontario Zone ‘Club’ Competition: Honourable Mention

The album is now up on Flickr. 

McKellar #2 – November 2022

The McKellar #2 album is now up on Flickr.

2022 Fall Monochrome ‘Club’ Competition

• The Old Shed Douglas Doede Architecture 20.5
• Tranquility Geoff Dunn Nature 22.5
• Milkweed Pod Reflection Geoffrey Skirrow Still life 24.0
• I’m the Only One Bela Acs Person 23.5
• Fanny Ted Buck Person 23.5
• Determination Marino Favretto Person 22.0

Entries may be viewed on our Flickr page.

2022 CAPA Nature-Wildlife ‘Club’ Competition: Silver

Debbie Garbe earned a Second Place Merit Award for Tandem Damselflies Laying Eggs and Kathryn Martin earned a Third Place Merit Award for Eastern Forktail Damselfly, both in the Insect category.

• Golden-crowned Kinglet Andy Langs Nature-Le nature 24.5
• Grizzly and Cub Carey Hope Wildlife-Vie sauvage 24.0
• Tandem Damselflies Laying Eggs Debbie Garbe Insects-Insectes 27.0 2nd Merit Insect
• Watersnake Catches Fish Geoffrey Dunn Insects-Insectes 25.5
• Peregrine Fledglings Training Greg Alderson Wildlife-Vie sauvage 25.0
• Eastern Forktail Damselfly Kathryn Martin Insects-Insectes 27.0 3rd Merit Insect
• Trillium Photographic Club Total 153.0 Silver Medal

McKellar #1 – October 2022

Judging Club:  PSA Judges Oklahoma Camera Club

The McKellar #1 album is now up on Flickr.