MCC PHOTOS OF THE YEAR 2020-2021
Categories: Pictorial and Nature
Note: Due to Covid-19, there will not be Photos of the Year for Print

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Pictorial of the Year - 2020-2021
(April 26, 2021)

The Montreal Camera Club held its Pictorial Images of the Year competition on Monday, April 26, 2021 online.
The overall winner is André Lirette for his image entitled "Emotional Rescue"

Approximately 72 members participated in the online meeting which lasted two and a half hours. A total of 740 images from sixty-six members were presented. Judging was conducted by the following external judges:

• Bill McCloskey
• Marc Dufour
• Michael Vuckovic

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Winner:  Pictorial Image of the Year

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Pictorial Winners - Sub-Categories

Pictorial - General:
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1. Emotional Rescue, by André Lirette (Pictorial General Winner and Pictorial Image of the Year)
2. Grand Lotus, by Mireille Rondeau (Pictorial General Runner-up)
3. Mother Daughter Time, by Ron Gesser (Pictorial General Third Place)

​Creative:

1. A Walk on a Mystical Stormy Night, by Kathy McDevitt (Creative Winner)
2. Once upon a Time-A Little Girl and a Snail, by Danielle Charron (Creative Runner-up)
3. Selfie by Matthew Cope (Creative Third Place)

Photojournalism:

1. Modesty, by Guy P. Larin (Photojournalism Winner)
2. It's All Your Fault (Street), by André Lirette (Photojournalism Runner-up)
3. Snowstorm in Old Montreal, by Richard Cavalleri (Photojournalism Third Place)

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Nature of the Year - 2020-2021
(​May 10, 2021)

The Montreal Camera Club held its Nature Image of the Year competition at its regular meeting on May 10, 2021
The overall winner is Jake Levin for his/her image entitled  “Volcano-hummingbird"
 
Approximately 75 members participated in the online meeting. 379 images were presented from 41 members.
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Judging was conducted by the following three judges:

1. David Bates
2. Carlos Carreno
3. Marianna Armata

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Winner: Nature Image of the Year
© 2021 - Volcano-Hummingbird, by Jake B. Levin (Ornithology Winner and Nature Image of the Year)

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Nature Winners - Sub-categories

Zoology:
© 2021 - Portrait of an Arctic Fox, by Phillip H. Shapiro (Zoology Winner)
© 2021 - Rhesus Macaque Monkey, Rajasthan, by Norm Weinstein (Zoology Runner-up)
© 2021 - Bumblebee Leaving Flower, by André Lirette (Zoology Third Place)

Nature - General:
© 2021 - Adiabatic Cooling Triggers Low-Level Coastal Stratus Cloud, by Michael Folinsbee (Nature General Winner)
© 2021 - Ice from Jokulsarlon Glacier, by Lyne Brissette (Nature General Runner-up)
© 2021 - Mid-Atlantic Range Topology at Thingvellir, by Lyne Brissette (Nature General Third Place)

Ornithology:
© 2021 - Volcano-Hummingbird by Jake B. Levin (Ornithology Winner and Nature Image of the Year)
© 2021 - Northern Hawk Owl, by Rachel Bilodeau (Ornithology Runner-up)
© 2021 - Little Bee-Eater with Catch, by John Zimmerman (Ornithology Third Place)

Botany:
© 2021 - Milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca), by Norm Weinstein (Botany Winner)
© 2021 – Boxelder, by Jacques Sztuke (Botany Runner-up)
© 2021 - Dried Wild Carrot Flower, by Sonja Klapper (Botany Third Place)

PICTORIAL TROPHY WINNERS

NATURE TROPHY WINNERS

CHALLENGE JUDGE FAVOURITES