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2015 NSS Photo Salon Winners

Co-Chairs: Cady Soukup and Dean Wiseman

The Judges: Dave Bunnell (CA), Ray Cole (VA), Benedict Kim (IN)

There were 394 entries submitted this year, from 19 photographers. 240 (61%) were accepted for showing at the Salon; acceptance is considered an award. Of those, 29 received a pin for Honorable Mention, 7 received a pin for a Merit Award, and the best of those received a Best in Show engraved plaque.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Finally Alone
Ulrike and Raymond Rinehart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Bozell Spring Entrance, Florida
Laurent Miroult

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



HONORABLE MENTION
Guardian Mother
Roy Gold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
It Comes in Waves
Bob Biddix

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Tantalizing Texture
Bob Biddix

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
HELLO, hello, hello...
Chris Higgins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Not to Scale
Bryson Jacobs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Secret Window
Bob Biddix

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Double Vision
Box Biddix

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
One Fantastic Pit
Chris Higgins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Striped Ceiling
Peter Bosted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Rob Neto in Bozell Spring
Laurent Miroult

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Wet Wille Tabby
Alan Grosse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Keystone's Blob
Chris Higgins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
The Space Drop
 Chris Higgins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
The Chute
Ed McCarthy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Orange vs. Red
Ed McCarthy

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Delicate
Ed McCarthy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Gooney Falls
Chris Higgins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Red Wall Warriors
Kasia Biernacka

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Copper Stalactite with Microbes
Kenneth Ingham

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Crystal Tip
Kenneth Ingham

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Cleaning the Route
Nikki Fox

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Don't Drink the Water in Mexico
Chris Higgins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Anthodite Hall
Chris Higgins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





HONORABLE MENTION
Out of Eden
Bob Biddix

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Beauty and the Beasts
Ryan Maurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

HONORABLE MENTION
The Mystic Crawls
Ryan Maurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Jackpot!
Chris Higgins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MERIT AWARD
Nice to See You
Derik Holtmann

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MERIT AWARD
Eye in the Sky
Bryson Jacobs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MERIT AWARD
Third Runner Up
Boar Hole Borehole
Ryan Maurer

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

MERIT AWARD
Second Runner Up
The Sinks of Gandy
Ryan Maurer

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

MERIT AWARD
Second Runner Up
In the River
Kasia Biernacka

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

MERIT AWARD
First Runner Up
Prismatics in Turner Avenue
Ryan Maurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


BEST OF SHOW
Under the Glacier
Kasia Biernacka

 

 

 

 

 


a Slides Criteria  2014 NSS Photo Salon Winners    b  

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