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AIS Photo Contest:
2008 Contest report + winners and runners up in all categories

The American Iris Society is very pleased to present the winning photos of our 2008 Photo Contest.

2008 AIS Photo Contest Report
2008 AIS Photo Contest Photos of winners and runners up

2008 AIS Photo Contest Report
By Kitty Loberg, California

This year three of our 2007 winning exhibitors judged our contest. Our first judge, Carol Ann Moyer, was our Winner of the largest category, close-ups, in 2007, and placed with a couple of Honorable Mention photos as well. Carol Ann resides in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and has a garden named in her honor, the Carol Ann Moyer Iris Garden located within the Henry Schmieder Arboretum of Delaware Valley College in Doylestown.

Our second judge was Steve Blecher, he is the RVP of Region 20 and resides in Littleton, Colorado. Steve enjoys entering several photo contests each year and placed as the AIS 2007 Runner Up in the Events category and with an Honorable Mention.

Our third judge was Grace Farley, age 17 and a Senior at Lincoln Lutheran High School in Lincoln Nebraska. Grace was our winner of our Youth category for 2007 and has competed and received honors in other youth photo contests as well, one being the Best Unedited Photo in the National Junior Horticulture Association Contest.

Congratulations to all of our Winners!

2008 AIS Photo Contest Photos of winners and runners up

Irises Used in a Landscaped Garden:

Winner: “Irises Reflected”
Peggy Cathey | Covington, Texas

Runner Up: “Iris Heaven”
Karen Diedrich | Walker, Michigan

Irises in a Field or Home Garden:

Winner: “If only we could take them with us!”
Patricia N. McNeal | Preston, Maryland

Runner Up: “Iris En Masse”
Karen Diedrich | Walker, Michigan

Events, tours, a person or people (at iris location), shows:

Winner: “Young Hybridizers”
Happy Carver | Weatherford, Texas

Runner Up: “Flirting with “Lady Friend”
Tabitha R. Bednar | Preston, Maryland

Close Up of an Iris or Irises:

Winner: n/a
Janet Hill | Virginia Beach, Virginia

Runner Up: “Appaloosa Blue Siberian”
Jeanette Graham | Twin Falls, Idaho

Photos with art effects, macro photos of bloom segments, photos of pets or wildlife in the irises:

Winner: “Blue Dutch Iris”
Aaron P. Skiles | Cuba, New Mexico

Runner Up: “Iris Detail”
Tom Hailey | Apple Valley, California

Any category taken by a youth photographer (under 19):

Winner: “Flirting with “Lady Friend”
Tabitha R. Bednar | Preston, Maryland

Runner Up: “Louisiana in Fish Pond”
Sadie Prowell | Lenexa, Kansas

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