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The SERA Photo Salon is an annual event held at the SERA Winter Business Meeting. If you are interested in submitting entries to the SERA Photo Salon, willing to help organize it, or willing to be a judge, please contact:
SERA Photo SalonDon Hunter
caver@negia.net
706-788-2051SERA Photo Salon Results
- 2007 SERA Photo Salon
- 2006 SERA Photo Salon
- 2005 SERA Photo Salon
- 2004 SERA Photo Salon
- 2003 - No Photo Salon Entries
- 2002 SERA Photo Salon
- 2001 SERA Photo Salon
- 2000 SERA Photo Salon
- 1999 SERA Photo Salon
- 1997 SERA Photo Salon
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 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 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
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 Leslie Weldon Alan Cressler Alan Cressler Dan Barnick Dan Barnick Marion Ziemons Alan Cressler Alan Cressler Marion Ziemons Alan Cressler Alan Cressler