2012 Photo of the Year Contest - Finalists Posted

[Sven Nilsen]

Moved to the B-Sides.

[Mike Nuzzo]

Yes the 18th green complex is great for golf balls and bicycles....

[Sam Morrow]

Yes the 18th green complex is great for golf balls and bicycles....

Great picture Mike but how long until someone complains about kids tearing up the course?

[Ronald Montesano]

Those wheels are legal at Bandon.

[Sam Morrow]

Those wheels are legal at Bandon.

Or Australia.

[Tommy Williamsen]

17 at Ballyhack



Not for the contest but for the beauty

Saunton West

[Neil_Crafter]

My entry.
Shinnecock Hills, October 2012.

[Gib_Papazian]

Sven,

I just sent you a couple more from the same shoot that afternoon. Most (but not all, oddly) of the photos posted seem to have chromatic irregularities and a lack of sharpness. I'm wondering if the JPEGs lose some of their resolution when transferred. Just out of curiosity, do the photos I sent by email look identical to the ones that you posted on the thread? I'm wondering if there is too much data in the file. I don't shoot raw very often, but usually in the highest definition possible. This might be a compression problem because they are razor sharp and shot with Canon L lenses (14-35; 24-70; 100 Fixed) on either a 60D or 5D at between 320-640 ISO - and never stopped down below 5.6.

That stated, some of the stuff posted takes my breath away. Good luck picking a winner; I would have no idea where to start. Maybe divide it into two categories: One where the subject is focused on the aesthetics of a golf course and the other on shots that capture a special moment in time. Dan Kelly's entry is a beauty by any measuring stick.

Terrific thread.  

  

  

[RJ_Daley]

Some very excellent entries so far.  The resolution in those new cameras is spectacular.

Mine are not an entry.  I didn't take any spectacular pics this year for consideration of a contest.  I just wanted to share a sequence on hole #13 at my home course, a par 4, shortest par 4 on course at 340.  This is a series of images that I am lucky enough to witness, every time I play golf with this man.  He is going to be 81 in a few days.  This is in Oct., 2012.  I get to play with this guy about 2-3X a week.  He carries that distinguished bag every round, rain or shine, cold or hot, and he is proud of earning the right to carry and display that logo from his 3 decades service, retired Marine Corps Major, Steve Kaster.  I missed two months this season due to crumbling body.  I'm 17 years younger than Steve, but he never missed any rounds all year.  Toughest guy I know.... 

Tee ball:


Arrive - survey 2nd shot:


Striking a fine approach:


Old camera, low resolution, decent hole, great company. What more could be fairer? 

[Ulrich Mayring]

I'll retract my entry due to people not adhering to the rules, starting with the contest's organiser, who posts multiple pictures himself. I'll try again next year

Ulrich

[Anders Rytter]

Here is my entry

[Mac Plumart]

Some very excellent entries so far.  The resolution in those new cameras is spectacular.

Mine are not an entry.  I didn't take any spectacular pics this year for consideration of a contest.  I just wanted to share a sequence on hole #13 at my home course, a par 4, shortest par 4 on course at 340.  This is a series of images that I am lucky enough to witness, every time I play golf with this man.  He is going to be 81 in a few days.  This is in Oct., 2012.  I get to play with this guy about 2-3X a week.  He carries that distinguished bag every round, rain or shine, cold or hot, and he is proud of earning the right to carry and display that logo from his 3 decades service, retired Marine Corps Major, Steve Kaster.  I missed two months this season due to crumbling body.  I'm 17 years younger than Steve, but he never missed any rounds all year.  Toughest guy I know.... 

Tee ball:


Arrive - survey 2nd shot:


Striking a fine approach:


Old camera, low resolution, decent hole, great company. What more could be fairer? 

Semper Fi!

[Hugh Griffin]

Some great photos so far i am loving this thread.

A few months ago i was lucky enough to play golf across New Zealand and this is a photo from the course at Jacks Point in Queenstown. Whilst certainly not the best course i played (Paraparaumu Beach and Kinloch dead heat) it was easily the most spectacular, even beating Kauri Cliffs and Cape Kidnappers. We just don't get these snow capped mountain vistas in Australia.

This from memory is the 8th green.



For interest sake this is the exact same hole (note the ball hasn't moved) just looking the other way. You cant really blame me for missing that birdie putt can you?

[Tom Walsh]

Some very excellent entries so far.  The resolution in those new cameras is spectacular.

Mine are not an entry.  I didn't take any spectacular pics this year for consideration of a contest.  I just wanted to share a sequence on hole #13 at my home course, a par 4, shortest par 4 on course at 340.  This is a series of images that I am lucky enough to witness, every time I play golf with this man.  He is going to be 81 in a few days.  This is in Oct., 2012.  I get to play with this guy about 2-3X a week.  He carries that distinguished bag every round, rain or shine, cold or hot, and he is proud of earning the right to carry and display that logo from his 3 decades service, retired Marine Corps Major, Steve Kaster.  I missed two months this season due to crumbling body.  I'm 17 years younger than Steve, but he never missed any rounds all year.  Toughest guy I know.... 

Tee ball:


Arrive - survey 2nd shot:


Striking a fine approach:


Old camera, low resolution, decent hole, great company. What more could be fairer? 

Semper Fi!

+1

[Howard Riefs]

Great picture Mike but how long until someone complains about kids tearing up the course?

Thankfully, the training wheels are now off.

[jonathan_becker]

With the marine layer burning off, a different pov of the sixth at Los Angeles.

[Tim Johnson]

First time uploading a picture from Imageshack so hopefully it works.

My dad and Uncle Bob, best friends for over 60 years, been golfing together since their days in Montreal in the early 50's. Figure about 700 plus rounds together if not more.  Uncle Bob now lives in Vancouver, they havent seen each other in 5 years, Uncle Bob came out this summer and they golfed together every day. On the morning of this shot, they both walk into my dad's kitchen wearing nearly identical outfits, not planned. Shot was taken on the 5th East at Hamilton GC. I turned and clicked and kept walking. I had hoped to include another shot of the two of them on the 6th fairway but for some reason I have lost. It would explain these two golfers to a tee. Walking down the fairway, I turn around and see these two 80 years olds, bags still on their shoulders, Uncle Bob is in his golf stance, club in hand and my dad is leaning forward, adjusting Uncle Bob's grip on the club. No doubt explaining Hogan's thought on how to hold the club. A conversation I am sure that has taken place numerous times between these two golf nuts. Both families just loved this shot and some have had it framed for thier own homes.

[Jonathan Stewart]

Not the best photo of the year but certainly my favorite.

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[Duncan Cheslett]

Looking over the 15th green and up the 18th fairway to the clubhouse at Reddish Vale.  

[Mark Pritchett]

[Bill Brightly]

I'll submit this Doak "painting"

[Mark McKeever]

Good one Bill!   

Mark

[Quinn Thompson]

...the groundscrew (a.k.a. "my adopted Aunts") at Shanqin Bay, China...t'was Mother's Day, little did they know...here they are on 16 tee, topdressing by hand. Notice how bundled they are, it was likely 100 degrees that day.

[Kevin Lynch]

When: January 8, 2012

Where: 5th Tee, Byrncliff Golf (& Ski) Resort (30 Miles SE of Buffalo)

Why:  Why not?  It started snowing on our way to the course, and we asked "are we forbidden from playing?"  Once cleared, it was an easy decision.

Who:  This beautiful swing belongs to Ron (pink ball perfectly in middle of picture about to draw over the inside-corner bunker). See my B-Side submission for the GCA participants that day.http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,54269.msg1250034.html#msg1250034

What:  A ridiculously well-balanced swing (note the amount of snow in the spikes) as the blue skies start to break through.  The orange stakes are for the anticipated snowmobile / x-country ski trails.

[Tom Kelly]

Some great photos so far i am loving this thread.

A few months ago i was lucky enough to play golf across New Zealand and this is a photo from the course at Jacks Point in Queenstown. Whilst certainly not the best course i played (Paraparaumu Beach and Kinloch dead heat) it was easily the most spectacular, even beating Kauri Cliffs and Cape Kidnappers. We just don't get these snow capped mountain vistas in Australia.

This from memory is the 8th green.

Remarkable.