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SERA Photo and Art Salon
The SERA Photo and Art Salon is an annual event held at the SERA Winter Business Meeting. If you are interested in submitting entries to the SERA Photo and Art Salon, willing to help organize it, or willing to be a judge, please contact:Don Hunter
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Notice of 2020 SERA FINE ARTS SALON - "Bring Your Best!"
The 2020 SERA Fine Arts Salon will take place at this year's SERA Winter Business Meeting, hosted by the Dogwood City Grotto on February 22, 2020 in LaFayette, Georgia, at the Bank of LaFayette Community Center. This year's salon, featuring entries in both photographic and creative arts categories, will again be a "bring your best" event. As described in more detail below, and in keeping with the "bring your best" theme each year, each entrant will be allowed a maximum of six entries in both the photo and art salons, and no more than two entries in any sub-category (a sub-category is a category within one of the three broad categories for photos, i.e., Color Print - Humor). All photos should be of caves or cavers in the SERA region.
The main categories and sub-categories for the photo and art salons remain unchanged from past years and are described below. Each photographer or artist is responsible for determining the category/sub-category for each entry. You do not need to be present to enter but if you send your entries in with a friend, make sure you have your name and entry category/sub-category (as described in this notice) clearly marked on the back of the image or work of art. We are not responsible for returning entries. They will be available for pick-up by the entrant or entrant's agent in the salon areas after the banquet. Any unclaimed entries will become the property of any lucky person who claims them. Direct any questions regarding the salons to Don Hunter at: caverdon24@gmail.com
2020 SERA PHOTO SALON
This is a photographic print salon. No slides will be accepted. Also excluded from entry are electronic image files stored on compact disk, thumb drives or other electronic data storage devices. Photographic art outside the scope of print entries, such as slide transparencies or holographic presentations, may be recognized and offered for viewing by the meeting attendees but they will not be judged. The three main categories to be judged are black and white photographs, color photographs and digitally enhanced photographs. Entries in the Color Print category are expected to have a certain, but minimal, amount of photo editing, such as adjustments of brightness, contrast, color and hue, for example, to provide the most pleasing rendering of the image. The Digitally Enhanced category, however, represents photos which have been significantly altered (i.e., "photo-shopped"), with heavy application of effects tools and even digital super-imposition of multiple images.
Special considerations for High Dynamic Range (HDR) entries: HDR photographs are typically rendered from multiple images, of identical composition, exposed over a range of EV values. If the entries are minimally processed, to simply provide photographs with nice color and great shadow detail and tonal range, for example, it would be appropriate to enter these images in the Color photograph category. If, however, the entries are highly processed with strong application of tone balancing and mapping and other elements of HDR processing, with the end goal of producing a surrealistic image, for example, it would be more appropriate to enter these in the Digitally Enhanced category.
Within each of the three broad categories (B&W, Color and Digitally Enhanced), photos will be judged in the following subcategories:
People - People are the central focus or theme of the image. The cave or cave entrances are secondary.
Macro/Close-up - Will typically apply to subjects such as fossils/micro-fossils or crystalline formations, such as gypsum flowers or needles, and fossils such as crinoids, brachiopods or sharks teeth. Also includes close-ups of biota, such as salamanders, crickets or other animal life captured in a manner not harmful or disturbing to the subject.
Artistic/Interior Cave Scenes - Cavers may be present in the image but the cave is the star or central focus of the image. This sub-category could include isolation of individual cave formations, too large to be included in the Macro/Close-up sub-category, and large passage shots. To do well in this sub-category, photos should present an artistic bent, with the use of effective or dramatic lighting, striking composition or other creative or innovative photographic technique.
Entrances/Exterior Scenes - Cave or pit entrances, photographed from either the interior or exterior of the cave, are the central focus.
Humor - Humor is the obvious central focus of the photograph.
There is no minimum or maximum limit on print size. Prints should be mounted on poster paper or foam core board, but framed and unmounted entries will be accepted. The photographer's name should not be visible on the front of the entry. Please have all entries printed prior to entering the salon. Print services will not be provided. Each entrant is allowed to enter a total of six photographs in the salon, with a limit of two entries per sub-category, as described earlier in this notice. It is the responsibility of the photographer to determine which category is appropriate for his or her entry, however, the salon director may, with sufficient reason and upon consultation with the entrant, if present, request or suggest assignment to a different category/sub-category. No photos of unsafe caving or poor conservation practices will be accepted for judging.
2020 SERA ART SALON
The following categories will be judged:
Textiles - For example, weavings, needlepoint and other construction using fabric, thread or yarn.
Graphic Design - Generally, this category is for computer generated imagery or CGI, and includes art images, and symbolic entries such as t-shirts, banners and coffee mugs.
Paintings/Drawings - Generally refers to art applied to a medium, such as canvas, paper or wood, by hand. Includes, among other things, oil, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, charcoal and pen and ink.
Sculpture/Ceramics - Includes carvings of wood, stone or other material, as well as other fabrications using stone, wood, metal or other material. Includes ceramic or clay fabrications, such as tiles, bowls, and non-CGI mugs.
Other - Applies to entries that may fall outside of the mediums or categories listed above.
A limit of two entries per category please for each of the above categories and no more than six total entries in all categories combined.
Previous SERA Photo Salon Results:
1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2001 2006 2011 2016
Category Award Photographer Title Photo
Best of Show
Warren Wyatt
"Helictite"
Color - People First Place Ashley Atkin Irons "If the Helmet Fits, you Fit" Color - People Second Place Warren Wyatt "Lunch Box Cave" Color - People Third Place Warren Wyatt "Crabtree Cave" Color - People Third Place Jason Lovvorn "Kid Kavers" Color - People Honorable Mention Alan Hatcher "Muddy Hell"
Color - Macro/Close-up First Place Warren Wyatt
"Helictitel" Color - Macro/Close-up Second Place Taylor Lynn "Sally"
Color - Artistic First Place Chuck Sutherland "Mega Junction, Blue Spring Cave" Color - Artistic Second Place Warren Wyatt "Little Hell Hole" Color - Artistic Third Place Chuck Sutherland "Mt. Stromboli, Gourdneck Cave" Color - Artistic Honorable Mention Alan Hatcher "Catacombs"
Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes First Place Kelli Lewis "Jay Creek Spring Cave" Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes Second Place Anabelle Dempsey "Morgan Pit" Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes Third Place Jason Lavender "Calfkiller Saltpeter Cave" Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes Honorable Mention Anabelle Dempsey "Capshaw Cave"
Art Salon - Graphic Design First Place / Best of Show Kyle Evans "Caver on Rope"
Category Award Photographer Title Photo
Best of Show
Jim Fox
"Tilted Well"
ColorPrint, People First Place Warren Wyatt "Wolf River" ColorPrint, People Second Place Warren Wyatt "Run to the Mill #2" ColorPrint, People Third Place Warren Wyatt "OV 44"
ColorPrint, Artistic First Place Jim Fox "Tilted Well" ColorPrint, Artistic Second Place Warren Wyatt "Water Well" ColorPrint, Artistic Third Place Jim Fox "Run to the Mill #3" ColorPrint, Artistic Honorable Mention Warren Wyatt "Secret Cave" ColorPrint, Artistic Honorable Mention Warren Wyatt "Run to the Mill #1"
Category Award Photographer Title Photo
Best of Show
Chuck Sutherland
“China Cave”
B & W - People First Place Al Swain "Passing The Torch" B & W - People Second Place Al Swain "Time To Climb"
Color - People First Place Chuck Sutherland "Allie, Armour's Cave" Color - People Second Place Chuck Sutherland “Cathedral Room” Color - People Third Place Mendy Swain “Smile”
Color - Macro/Close-up First Place Mendy Swain
“Eyes In The Dark” Color - Macro/Close-up Second Place Mendy Swain “Bubbles and Bones”
Color - Artistic First Place Chuck Sutherland “Flowstone, Wheeler Cave" Color - Artistic Second Place Chuck Sutherland “Borehole, Lockwood Cave” Color - Artistic Third Place Al Swain “Old School” Color - Artistic Honorable Mention Al Swain Old and New”
Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes First Place Chuck Sutherland “China Cave” Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes Second Place Chuck Sutherland "Short Creek Cave, KY" Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes Third Place Al Swain "York" Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes Honorable Mention Mendy Swain "Does it go"
Color - Humor First Place Al Swain "Follow Your Leader" Color - Humor Second Place Mendy Swain "Got Mud"
Art Salon - Graphic Design First Place / Best of Show Joelle Marlin "Blue Spring Cat"
Category Award Photographer Title Photo
Best of Show
Wes Combs
"Beam Me Up"
Color, Macro/Closeup First Place Mendy Thomas-Swain "Isopod #1" Color, Macro/Closeup Second Place Mendy Thomas-Swain "Isopod #3"
Color, Artistic First Place Wes Combs "Beam Me Up" Art
Best of Show Chris Hulbert Raku Jar with Oztotl and Bats Sculptures/Ceramics First Place Chris Hulbert Raku Jar with Oztotl and Bats
Textiles First Place Alex Oser
Caver Quilt
Category Award Photographer Title Photo
Best of Show
Frank Bogle
“Formation”
Color - People/Animals First Place Frank Bogle
“Virgin Pit”
Color - People/Animals Second Place Cheryl Pratt “Popping Out” Color - People/Animals Third Place Cheryl Pratt “Pool Room”
Color - People/Animals Honorable Mention Frank Bogle
“Slimed”
Color - Macro/Close-up First Place Cheryl Pratt
“Sallie” Color - Macro/Close-up Second Place Mendy Swain “Almost There” Color - Macro/Close-up Third Place Frank Bogle “Sharks Tooth” Color - Macro/Close-up Honorable Mention Frank Bogle “The Drip”
Color - Artistic
First Place Frank Bogle
“Formation" Color - Artistic
Second Place Mendy Swain “Reflecting Pool” Color - Artistic
Third Place Mendy Swain “Baby Rimstone” Color - Artistic
Honorable Mention Cheryl Pratt “The Wall”
Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes First Place Frank Bogle “Anticipation”
2015 SERA Photo Salon
Category Award Photographer Title Photo
Best of Show
Candice Eagle
“50 Shades of Grey”
Color - People/Animals First Place Candice Eagle
“50 Shades of Grey”
Color - People/Animals Second Place Cheryl Pratt “In the Scallops” Color - People/Animals Third Place Cheryl Pratt “From Above”
Color - People/Animals Honorable Mention Candice Eagle
“I Help You Daddy"
Color - Macro/Close-up First Place Candice Eagle
“My Brown Eyed Girl” Color - Macro/Close-up Second Place Cheryl Pratt “Horn Coral and Sharks Tooth”
Color - Artistic
First Place Cheryl Pratt
“Writing on the Wall” Color - Artistic
Second Place Candice Eagle “King’s Crystal Chambers” Color - Artistic
Third Place Cheryl Pratt “Crowned Column” Color - Artistic
Honorable Mention Peter Michaud “Untitled”
Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes First Place Candice Eagle “Camps Gulf Fern Grotto” Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes Second Place Candice Eagle “Limrock Portal”
Art Salon
Best of Show
Chrys Hulbert
“Crayfish in a Pool”
Art Salon - Textiles First Place
Candice Eagle
“Peace Cave”,
Art Salon - Sculpture/Ceramics First Place Chrys Hulbert
“Crayfish in a Pool”
2014 SERA Photo Salon
Category Award Photographer Title Photo
Best of Show
Jim Loftin
“You Said Don't Walk Where?”
B&W - Entrance/Exterior Scenes First Place
Jim Loftin
“From Paradise to Paradise”
Color - People/Animals First Place
Cheryl Pratt
“Scallops”
Color- Macro/Close-up First Place
Cheryl Pratt
“The Curl”
Color - Artistic
First Place Jim Loftin
“You Said Don't Walk Where?”
Color - Artistic
Second Place Jim Loftin “Pit Walls Have Rhythm” Color - Artistic
Third Place Cheryl Pratt “Lech” Color - Artistic
Honorable Mention Cheryl Pratt “Eye of the Cave”
Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes First Place Jim Loftin
“Ben 2 Harbin”
Color - Humor
First Place Cheryl Pratt “Dinosaur Attach” 2013 SERA Photo Salon
Category Award Photographer Title Photo
Best of Show
Clinton Elmore
“The Blob, Blue Spring Cave”
B&W - Macro/Close-up First Place
Chris Higgins
“White Shit” B&W - Macro/Close-up Second Place
Natalie Pheasant
“Epsomite Tites” B&W - Macro/Close-up Third Place Natalie Pheasant “Dewy Bat”
B&W - Artistic
First Place
Clinton Elmore “Hanging Garden” B&W - Artistic
Second Place
Clinton Elmore “Cave Fingers”
B&W - Entrance/Exterior Scenes First Place
Chris Higgins
“South Pittsburg Pit” B&W - Entrance/Exterior Scenes Second Place
Natalie Pheasant
“Pit Entrance”
Color - People/Animals First Place Anne Elmore “Baaaaaaaaaa!” Color - People/Animals Second Place Anne Elmore “Emily Sharin' WMS” Color - People/Animals Third Place Chris Higgins “Goonie Falls, BSC” Color - People/Animals Honorable Mention Clinton Elmore “FH Passage, BSC”
Color- Macro/Close-up First Place Natalie Pheasant “Cave Frog”
Color- Macro/Close-up Second Place Natalie Pheasant “Cave Cricket” Color- Macro/Close-up Third Place Natalie Pheasant “North Pole”
Color - Artistic
First Place Clinton Elmore
“The Blob, Blue Spring Cave”
Color - Artistic
Second Place Rob Welton “Wonderland” Color - Artistic
Third Place Rob Welton “Reflecting Girl” Color - Artistic
Honorable Mention Anne Elmore “Root Cellar, BSC” Color - Artistic
Honorable Mention Anne Elmore “Bacon Buterfly”
Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes First Place Clinton Elmore “Ferris Pit” Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes Second Place Rob Welton “Vast” Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes Third Place Natalie Pheasant “Green Silhouette” Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes Honorable Mention Natalie Pheasant “Caver Blur”
Digitally Enhanced - Artistic First Place Clinton Elmore “Alix in Wonderland”
Digitally Enhanced - Entrance/Exterior Scenes First Place Rob Welton “Hazard Cave”
Art Salon
Best of Show
Chrys Hulbert
“Cave Sallie Dish”'
Art Salon - Textiles First Place
Natalie Pheasant
“Bat Hat”
Art Salon - Paintings/Drawings First Place Candice Eagle “Helictite Dreaming”
Art Salon - Sculpture/Ceramics First Place Chrys Hulbert
“Cave Sallie Dish”
Art Salon - Sculpture/Ceramics Second Place Natalie Pheasant “Bat Hair Piece”
2012 SERA Photo Salon
Category Award Photographer Title Photo
Best of Show
Matt Tomlinson “Sulfur and Celestite”
B&W - People/Animals First Place
Chrissy Richards
“Shadow Sketcher”
Color - People/Animals First Place Avis Moni “Cave Crab” Color - People/Animals Second Place Avis Moni “Speleo Snapper”
Color - Macro/Close-up First Place Matt Tomlinson “Sulfur and Celestite” Color - Macro/Close-up Second Place Clinton Elmore “Rabbits Foot” Color - Macro/Close-up Third Place Matt Tomlinson “Pearl Drops” Color - Macro/Close-up Honorable Mention Clinton Elmore “Nessie”
Color - Artistic
First Place Matt Tomlinson “Jag Tracks” Color - Artistic
Second Place Clinton Elmore “Path Less Taken” Color - Artistic
Third Place Clinton Elmore “Swept Away” Color - Artistic
Honorable Mention Kelly Smallwood “Just Pearls”
Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes First Place Kelly Smallwood “Sunrays” Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes Second Place Clinton Elmore “Lifesaver” Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes Third Place Clinton Elmore “Stevens Gap”
Color - Humor
First Place Clinton Elmore “Grazing” Color - Humor
Second Place Clinton Elmore “When Goats Attack”
Digitally Enhanced - Artistic First Place Candice Eagle “Cedar Ridge Reflection” Digitally Enhanced - Artistic Second Place Candice Eagle “Bacon Lips”
2011 SERA Photo Salon
Category Award Photographer Title Photo Best of Show Clinton Elmore “Blue Spring Lace”
B&W - People/Animals First Place
Kelly Smallwood
"Just Marion!"
Color - People/Animals First Place
Kelly Smallwood
“Bat Flight, Sauta Cave”
Color - People/Animals Second Place
Anne Elmore
“Electrifying”
Color - Artistic
First Place Rachel Kroggell “Welder"s Coffee Pot”
Color - Artistic
Second Place Chuck Sutherland “Big Bone Cave Gate” Color - Artistic
Third Place Clinton Elmore “Amazing Roots” Color - Artistic
Honorable Mention Clinton Elmore “Among Gypsum....Blue Springs Cave”
Color - Artistic
Honorable Mention Kelly Smallwood “Nancy Wynn” Color - Artistic
Honorable Mention Kelly Smallwood “Conley Hole”
Color - Macro/Close-up First Place Clinton Elmore “Blue Spring Lace” Color - Macro/Close-up Second Place Kelly Smallwood “Up Close” Color - Macro/Close-up Third Place Kelly Smallwood “Hummingbird” Color - Macro/Close-up Honorable Mention Kelly Smallwood “Box Turtle” Color - Macro/Close-up Honorable Mention Anne Elmore “Ouch!” Color - Macro/Close-up Honorable Mention Clinton Elmore “Blue Crystals” Color - Macro/Close-up Honorable Mention Clinton Elmore “Crinoids”
Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes First Place Kelly Smallwood “Holiday Hole” Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes Second Place Rachel Kroggell “LaSilueta” Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes Third Place Rachel Kroggell “LasGotitas” Color - Entrance/Exterior Scenes Honorable Mention Chrissy Richards “Bermuda Blue”
Color - Humor
First Place Kelly Smallwood "In Search of Elmo" Color - Humor
Second Place Kelly Smallwood "Mud Treatment" Color - Humor
Third Place Kelly Smallwood "Nap Time"
Digitally Enhanced - Entrances/Exterior Scenes First Place
Chuck Sutherland "Sullivan Cave Entrance" Digitally Enhanced - Entrances/Exterior Scenes Second Place
Chuck Sutherland "Unnamed Cave Entrance"
Holograms
First Place John Klayer "Little Guy"
Art Salon Best of Show
Chrys Hulbert
Ceramic vase "Bacon Drippings"
Junior Art
First Place Scout Aulenbach Clay sculptures "Cave Critters" Junior Art
First Place Dakota Roland
Diorama "Cave Entrance and Surrounding Area"
2010 SERA Photo Salon
Category Award Photographer Title Cave
Best of Show
Kelly Rowland
"Rebel Light"
Cave
First Place
Jim Loftin
"170"
Cave
Second Place
Clinton Elmore
"Secret Reflection"
Art Salon
Best of Show
Myrna Attaway
"Cave Cup"
Art Salon
First Place (Tie)
Chrys Hulbert
"Raku Pottery
Art Salon
First Place (Tie) Myrna Attaway "Bat Magnet #1"
Junior Art
Award of Excellence
Scout Aulenbach & Dakota Roland
2008 SERA Photo Salon
Category Award Photographer Title Best of Show (Tie) Anne Elmore "Molting Cricket" Best of Show (Tie) Brian Conners "Sprial" Cave Life First Place Brian Conners "Molting Cricket" Cave Life Second Place (Tie) Larry Brown
"Reaching for the Stars"
Cave Life Second Place(Tie) Lynn Roebuck "A Glimpse Underground" Cave Life Third Place Cheryl Pratt "Reflections" Cave Life Honorable Mention Larry Brown "Love Bats" Cave Life Honorable Mention Cheryl Pratt "The Sketcher" and "Bolt Climb" Cave Life Honorable Mention Brian Conners "Diva Too" Cave Life Honorable Mention Anne Elmore "Yum" and "Cute as a Bug" Cave Life Honorable Mention Lynn Roebuck "Admist the Underground Forrest" Cave
First Place Anne Elmore "Spiral" Cave
Second Place Brian Conners "Tranquility" Cave
Third Place Cheryl Pratt "Sunburst Pit" Cave
Honorable Mention Brian Conners "Reflections" and "Rimstone Oasis"
Art Salon First Place Myrna Attaway "Batty Bat" Art Salon Second Place Glenn Mills "Sinking Cove"
Art Salon Honorable Mention Scout Aulenbach "Growing Columns" 2007 SERA Photo Salon
Category Award Photographer Title Color Print - People/Animals First Place Jim Whidby "Snowball Pip"
Color Print - People/Animals Second Place (tie) Butch Feldhaus "Self Portrait"
Color Print - People/Animals Third Place Jim Whidby "Frosty Pip" Cave Catagory First Place Cheryl Pratt "Cuylers Pool"
Cave Catagory Second Place Cheryl Pratt "Under the Breakdown" Cave Catagory Third Place Steve Attaway "Floating Pool"
Cave Catagory Honorable Mention Steve Attaway "Composite"
Art Salon Best of Show Glenn Mills "A Cave" Art Salon Honorable Mention Glenn Mills "Architectural Bat" 2006 SERA Photo Salon
Category Award Photographer Title Color Print - People/Animals First Place Cheryl Pratt “Into the Darkness, Cuyler Cave” Color Print - People/Animals Second Place (tie) Cheryl Pratt “Cricket in Diamonds and Fur”
Color Print - People/Animals Second Place (tie) Anne Elmore “Gating at Mammoth”
Color Print - People/Animals Third Place Cheryl Pratt “Walking the Line” Color Print - Entrances/Exterior Scenes First Place/Best of Show Tim Curtis “Steven’s Gap Double Entrance” Color Print - Entrances/Exterior Scenes Second Place Cheryl Pratt “Untitled Cave Entrance”
Color Print - Artistic First Place Jerry Wallace “Rimstone Pools and Paddy’s”
Color Print - Artistic Second Place Tim Curtis “Steven’s Gap Double Waterfalls” Color Print - Artistic Third Place Lynn Roebuck “An Old Feller in Old Yeller”
Color Print - Artistic Honorable Mention Anne Elmore “Pretties”
Color Print - Humor First Place Lynn Roebuck “Conservation is Contagious” Color Print - Humor Second Place Anne Elmore “Waiting Room at Surprise Pit” Color Print - Humor Third Place John Attaway “Early John”
Electronic Submittals (No significant alteration/enhancement) - People/Animals First Place Jerry Wallace “Coral and Camille” Electronic Submittals (No significant alteration/enhancement) - People/Animals Second Place Jerry Wallace “Stream Passage” Electronic Submittals (No significant alteration/enhancement) - People/Animals Third Place Jerry Wallace “PSP and LB in Rusty’s”
Electronic Submittals (No significant alteration/enhancement) - Artistic First Place Alan Cressler “Byer’s Cave, Big Room” Electronic Submittals (No significant alteration/enhancement) - Artistic Second Place Alan Cressler “Alabama/Georgia Cave w/Brent”
2005 SERA Photo Salon
Category Award Photographer Title Color Print - People/Animals First Place/Best of Show Lynn Roebuck "Cagle Saltpeter Cave" Color Print - Entrances/Exterior Scenes First Place Mudpuppy "Rigging" Color Print - Entrances/Exterior Scenes Second Place Mark Joop “Rio Choy Reflection”
Color Print - Entrances/Exterior Scenes Third Place Mudpuppy “Ain’t No Caves ‘Round Here” Color Print - Entrances/Exterior Scenes Honorable Mention Mudpuppy “Relaxing in TAG”
Color Print - People/Animals First Place Lynn Roebuck "Cagles Saltpeter Cave" Color Print - People/Animals Second Place Anne Elmore “Sketching School Student”
Color Print - People/Animals Third Place Anne Elmore “Bugs and Pearls”
Color Print - People/Animals Honorable Mention Mudpuppy “Hidden Passage” Color Print - People/Animals Honorable Mention Anne Grindle “Pup” Color Print - People/Animals Honorable Mention Anne Elmore “Flowing Stone Critter”
Color Print - Artistic First Place Maureen Handler “Neversink, November 1988” Color Print - Artistic First Place Jerry Wallace “The Crystal Palace”
Color Print - Artistic Second Place Jerry Wallace “The Two Towers” Color Print - Artistic Third Place Anne Elmore “Dripping Drops”
Color Print - Artistic Third Place Maureen Handler “North Pole by Wheat Light” Color Print - Artistic Honorable Mention Anne Elmore “Cumberland Caverns Goodies”
Digital - People/Animals First Place Paul Moser “Salamander” Digital - People/Animals Second Place Paul Moser “Hanging Out” Digital - People/Animals Third Place Paul Moser “Hanging In There”
Digital - Artistic First Place Paul Moser “Gypsum Flower” Digital - Artistic Second Place Paul Moser “A Pool Surrounded”
Digital - Artistic Third Place Paul Moser “Almost There”
Most original use of overexposure Honorable Mention Martha Mills "Puppy Butt" 2004 SERA Photo Salon
Category Award Photographer Title Slide First Place Steve Buer Rusty's Cave First Place Rob Taylor Pool Second Place Lynn Roebuck I Heard That Third Place (Tie) Steve Buer Watch Out for The Bat Third Place (Tie) Ezra Schwartzenberg Dewey's Drop No Category Special Recognition Glenn Mills Martha No Category Special Recognition Bill Walter Memories
2003 SERA Photo Salon - No Entries
2002 SERA Photo Salon
Category Award Photographer Title Slide First Place/Best of Show Chris Anderson Rumble Room Slide Second Place Don Hunter Camps Gulf Slide Third Place Hal Love DePriest Branch Cave First Place Jody Bailey Hanging Second Place Don Hunter Lookin' In Lookin' Out Third Place Don Hunter Melting Pot 2001 SERA Photo Salon
The Fourth Annual SERA Photo Salon was held at the SERA Winter Business Meeting on Saturday, 24 February, 2001. The business meeting was hosted by the Nashville Grotto in the Tiled Dining Room at Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin, TN. The salon was organized by Holly Bunch and Dan Barnick. The judges for the salon were Jeannie Trowbridge of the East Tennessee Grotto, John Klayer of the Middle Georgia Grotto, Holly Bunch of the Dogwood City Grotto, and Dan Barnick of the Dogwood City Grotto.The photo salon had 45 entries in three categories: 17 entries in the print category; 23 entries in the slide category, and; 5 entries in the stero slide category. Nine people participated in the salon: Larry O. Blair, John Hickman, Jeremy "Bat-Bubba" Hill, Debby Johnson, Annette Oeser, Ken Oeser, Rob Robbins, Wm Shrewsbury, and Joel Sneed. The winners were:
Category Award Photographer Title Slide First Place Rob Robbins Gating Slide Second Place Debby Johnson #13 Slide Third Place Wm Shrewsbury Bigfoot Meatgrinder First Place Ken Oeser Cathedral Caverns Al Second Place Ken Oeser Roberts Hollow Cave Ky Third Place Rob Robbins Drenched Bats Stereo Slide Best of Show Wm Shrewsbury Fricks Borehole 2000 SERA Photo Salon
The Third Annual SERA Photo Salon was held at the SERA Winter Business Meeting on Saturday, 26 February, 2000. The business meeting was hosted by the Middle Georgia Grotto at the Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon, GA. The salon was run by Holly Bunch, due to Glenn Mills having a family emergency. The judges for the salon were Dan Barnick, Holly Bunch, Carol Moltz, and Gail Wilbanks.The photo salon had 25 entries in three categories. The winners were:
Category Award Photographer Title Slides First Place Larry Blair Unnamed slide of formations Prints First Place Jeff Boarman Glory Hole Prints Second Place Rob Robbins Tennessee Cave Salamander Prints Third Place Jeff Boarman Glory Hole Holograms Honorable Mention John Klayer
1999 SERA Photo Salon
The Second Annual SERA Photo Salon was held at the SERA Winter Business Meeting on Saturday, 10 April, 1999. The business meeting was hosted by the Lost Mountain Cavers at the Etowah Foundations' Little School House in Cartersville, GA. The salon was organized and run by Dan Barnick. The judges for 1999 photo salon were Dan Barnick, Holly Bunch, Glenn Mills, and ?.There were a total of 35 entries by six photographers and four judges for the salon.
Category Award Photographer Title Slides First Place/Best of Show Bob Biddix Merry Branch Cave Slides Second Place Bob Biddix Salt River Cave Slides Third Place Larry Blair Stephens Gap Slides Honorable Mention Bob Biddix Gourdneck Cave Prints First Place Lynn Roebuck Salamander Prints Second Place Jeremy Hill Lost Cove Cave Prints Third Place Jeremy Hill Bishop Cave Prints Honorable Mention Lynn Roebuck Soda Straws "Dripping" Prints Honorable Mention Lynn Roebuck Photograph of a photographer (JV) Surreal Print Honorable Mention John Klayer Gloryhole Hologram
1998 SERA Photo Salon - No Record
1997 SERA Photo Salon
The First Annual SERA Photo Salon was held at the SERA Winter Business Meeting on Saturday, 5 April, 1997. The business meeting was hosted by the Georgia Speleological Survey at the Windshape Center at Berry College, in Rome, GA.Print Salon Winners
Print Category/Award Photographer Best of Show Dan Barnick Quick Action Snapshot/1st Place Leslie Weldon Quick Action Snapshot/2nd Place Joe Abbott Print/1st Place Carol Jackson Print/2nd Place Larry Blair Slide Salon Winners
Slide Category 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Single Slide Leslie Weldon Alan Cressler Alan Cressler Multi Slide Dan Barnick Dan Barnick Marion Ziemons Single Flash Alan Cressler Alan Cressler Marion Ziemons Macro Alan Cressler Humor Alan Cressler