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AUSTRALIAN CUP 2025

Australian Cup 2025 is an external DPI only competition which we can enter as a club ie. no individual entries, but 20 images will be selected as our club entry. As such, we are inviting all members to submit up to two entries per person. The theme for the competition is ‘THIS IS AUSTRALIA’ – definition provided is – “Any image that shows a flavour of life in Australia including landscapes, people, events and places including architecture, birds and animals. Images may be taken in any of Australia’s states or territories. Any subject that is treated pictorially, embodying the elements of good design, arrangement or composition, which reflect the personal interpretation of the photographer. Images may be colour or black and white.”

Entries must be a single image as captured by the camera. Images must not be ‘composite images’ that combine subjects or elements from different scenes – replacing a background or sky, for example. HDR, focus stacking etc that has has been performed in camera is permissible.

Image Specifications: 1920 x 1200 px, maximum file size 2 mb. Note the change in size from our club sizing!! Please submit your images as you would normally do for our monthly comps – you will see the Australian Cup competition is listed. Two images per member to be entered before Wednesday 23rd April 2025, to allow us time to select our 20 images. There are 10 club awards and 29 individual awards on offer, with the competition being judged by three international judges. Thanks everyone – let’s show the rest of Australia what we can do!

Results for competitions in MARCH 2025

There were 20 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link: View / Comment entries in MARCH 2025

Get-together with Caboolture and Gympie Clubs – Sunday 16th March from 9 am

For those of you who are coming on Sunday 16th March to our get-together with Caboolture and Gympie Camera clubs, could you please bring your $15 entry fee (IN CASH) to our comp night next Wednesday evening (12th). On the day of our get-together, you will only need to pay for your lunch (if you’ve ordered it). The address of the Caboolture Historical Village where we are spending the day is 280 Beerburrum Road, Caboolture. The itinerary for the day is as follows:

9 am – arrive, 9-9.45 am – orientation and morning tea in the function room behind the Hotel – morning tea including coffee and tea is being supplied by Caboolture club. Speciality coffee is available at the Redhill Cafe at the entry if you wish, at your own expense.

9.45 am – 12 noon – photography around the village – the club has arranged for four period models and six steam punk models to be available for the photo session – should be fun!

12 noon – 12.45 pm – lunch (if you’ve pre-ordered it will be ready at 12 at the cafe)

After lunch till 2 pm – more photography, with cuppa and chat being offered around 2 pm to finish off the day. Should be a great day out, with lots of opportunity for great photos and a chance to get to know members of the other two clubs as well. Please don’t forget to bring your $15 cash next Wednesday evening. STAY SAFE EVERYONE OVER THE WEEKEND!

THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US…..

Having just had our Annual General Meeting, it’s the right time to say a very big thank you to three of our members who have now retired from their positions on our Committee – Gerry Gibson (past President and Vice President) Trefor Ellacott (past Treasurer) and Di East (past External Comps Co-ordinator). You have all given freely of your time, your energy and your expertise over the last few years to the benefit of all our members – THANK YOU! Many members won’t be aware of the time and effort you have given to undertake your respective roles, but we all appreciate what you have done. We hope you will now enjoy being able to sit back and relax!

Before and After

“Before and After is a look at editing techniques to enhance your images, progressing from out of the camera to the completed image.

Come to our share night next Wednesday 26th Februrary and watch Keven Hyde show how average images can be transformed to something that stands out, and perhaps even impress Judges.

Software used during the presentation will be Lightroom, Adobe Camera RAW, Lightroom and NIK software (EFEX Pro).”

We will of course be having our AGM first from 7.15 pm, so please be on time, and all being well Keven should be able to start around 7.30 pm. 

Perhaps technically we need a more formal notice of meeting in fine print?
NOTICE OF MEETING, The Annual General Meeting of the Sunshine Coast Photography Club will be held at 7:15pm on Wednesday 26th February 2025 at 1 Burk Street Golden Beach