Corner Iris Picture

2024 Photo Contest

Status

The voting phase has concluded and the results are in!

View the winning photos on each category's corresponding photo page (links below). Names of the winners and photographers have now been revealed.

Categories

  • Flower Category - Single iris flower / Stalk of irises
    1. Tie: Sue Clark - Iris Pseudacorus (#27), Diane Pavlovich - Bottle Rocket (#42), and Pat Olsen - Dignified (#55)
  • Macro Category - Very close up view of an iris
    1. Sue Clark - Spuria NOID (#9)
    2. Kevin Kartchner - NOID (#15)
    3. Sue Clark - Rustling Devil (#8)
  • Miscellaneous Category - Iris garden images, Photoshopped image, etc
    1. Sue Clark - Naturally Sweet (with a bumblebee) (#5)
    2. Dave Smith - Sculpture Garden in Prescott (#10)
    3. Kevin Kartchner - Alabaster Unicorn (#17)

Guidelines for Submissions

Current TAIS members may submit up to 15 pictures in groups of 1-3 to submissions@tucsoniris.org. Note: emailing more than three photos at a time may result in the message not going through.

Please include three pieces of information for each picture:

  • your name
  • the category
  • the name of the variety pictured
    • If you do not know the name, label it as a NOID, meaning no identification.

The photos must be in final form.

All photos must be your own, although they are not restricted to your own garden.

Please be sure that each photo fits the category you select for it.

Winning entries from previous years are ineligible.

Submissions will be accepted between September 20 and 27.

Entries will be displayed anonymously on the website. They will be numbered and include the name of the variety.

Help make this a fun and successful event by participating!

Voting

TAIS members may vote for three photos per category (for a total of nine votes) by submitting to taisnewsletter@yahoo.com. Please consider the quality of the photos (focus, composition, lighting, etc.), rather than the beauty of the iris(es) featured.

Votes will be accepted from September 30 to October 3.