Results for competitions in August 2023

There were 66 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 August 2023

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Kimino Forest 4 Bruce Atkinson – 5 A Grade Set Subject Digital	A SMOOTH RIDE 1 Ty Fox – 5 A Grade Set Subject Print.
Phantom Night Rider Denise Organ – 4 A Grade Set Subject Digital	Tall Timbers Tony Allison – 4 A Grade Set Subject Digital
Home Sweet Home Di East – 4 A Grade Open Digital	I know a short cut Jeff Heck – 4 A Grade Open Digital
Pink Salt Lake John Organ – 4 A Grade Open Digital	Yellow Bellied Sunbird David Bryan – 4 A Grade Open Digital
Bad Feather Day Troy Holland – 4 A Grade Open Digital	Rustic Homemade Soup Belinda Kranz – 4 A Grade Open Digital
Bald Hills S.A. Denise Organ – 4 A Grade Open Digital	Lilium6 Tepals Tony Allison – 4 A Grade Open Digital
Will we make it Angela Stewart – 4 B Grade Open Digital	A tender moment Mike Cave – 4 B Grade Open Digital
Down by the River James Ferris – 4 B Grade Open Digital	The Orange Streak Gerry Gibson – 4 A Grade Creative Photography Digital
Black Or White Belinda Kranz – 4 A Grade Creative Photography Digital	Happy Scottish Terrier Joy van Loggerenberg – 4 A Grade Creative Photography Digital
Heavenly Rise Annette Scott – 4 A Grade Creative Photography Digital	Robin in Oil Ralph Brown – 4 A Grade Creative Photography Digital
Moonlit night Helen Debnam – 4 B Grade Creative Photography Digital	Windmills of your mind. James Ferris – 4 B Grade Creative Photography Digital
City Scoot Douglas Battison – 4 B Grade Creative Photography Digital	Ghost Gums Alison Hall – 4 B Grade Set Subject Print
Alone at last Jeff Heck – 4 A Grade Set Subject Print.	Ocean Flight Tony Allison – 4 A Grade Set Subject Print.
Log Cutters Douglas Battison – 4 B Grade Open Print	Where Am I Gerry Gibson – 3 A Grade Set Subject Digital
SLOW MOTION Ty Fox – 3 A Grade Set Subject Digital	Green and Gold Ann Bryan – 3 A Grade Set Subject Digital
Walking the dogs Bruce Richardson – 3 A Grade Set Subject Digital	Zaras girls Clive Hammond – 3 A Grade Set Subject Digital
I Have Seen Things Terrible Things Belinda Kranz – 3 A Grade Set Subject Digital	Afternoon walk Annette Scott – 3 A Grade Set Subject Digital
Bamboozled Andrew Macrow – 3 A Grade Set Subject Digital	Umbrella Time Ken Marchant – 3 B Grade Set Subject Digital
No use anymore Angela Stewart – 3 B Grade Set Subject Digital	Gum Trees Ken Brooks – 3 B Grade Set Subject Digital
Coastal Serenity 2 Bruce Atkinson – 3 A Grade Open Digital	THAT INNOCENT LOOK Ty Fox – 3 A Grade Open Digital
Sydney Harbour Joy van Loggerenberg – 3 A Grade Open Digital	The Man Who Paints the Windows Peter Hyndman – 3 A Grade Open Digital
Crunchy Lunch Annette Scott – 3 A Grade Open Digital	Sunrise on the Plains Ralph Brown – 3 A Grade Open Digital
Levi x 4 Gerry Gibson – 3 A Grade Open Digital	Sailing throught the Sunset Colleen Brooks – 3 A Grade Open Digital
Reddy Meal Andrew Macrow – 3 A Grade Open Digital	Red Powderpuff Trefor Ellacott – 3 B Grade Open Digital
Imbil Rodeo Douglas Battison – 3 B Grade Open Digital	Super Boy gets the cookie Di East – 3 A Grade Creative Photography Digital
Spring Time at the Glasshouse Mount Bruce Atkinson – 3 A Grade Creative Photography Digital	Hinterland perspective 3 Bruce Richardson – 3 A Grade Creative Photography Digital
Pre history Jeff Heck – 3 A Grade Creative Photography Digital	Painting the town red. Peter Hyndman – 3 A Grade Creative Photography Digital
Yellow Towel John Organ – 3 A Grade Creative Photography Digital	A CHANGE IN OPERA Ty Fox – 3 A Grade Creative Photography Digital
Winter Tree Ann Bryan – 3 A Grade Creative Photography Digital	Grater Climbers Clive Hammond – 3 A Grade Creative Photography Digital
Swirl of a Lanscape Colleen Brooks – 3 A Grade Creative Photography Digital	Cafe George Street Mike Cave – 3 B Grade Creative Photography Digital
Government Spending Trefor Ellacott – 3 B Grade Creative Photography Digital	Up the wishing tree Angela Stewart – 3 B Grade Set Subject Print
Bunya Mountains Grasses Ann Bryan – 3 A Grade Set Subject Print.	Take note Mike Cave – 3 B Grade Open Print
Sharm El Sheikh Marina Egypt Helen Debnam – 3 B Grade Open Print	Odd one out Alison Hall – 3 B Grade Open Print

by Alison Hall, August 10, 2023

YANDINA STREET FAIR

On Sunday 20th August, we are taking a stall at Yandina Street Fair, along with Sunshine Coast Plein Air Painters and the Sunshine Coast Urban Sketchers – the action all starts at 11.00 am! This will not only be a wonderful opportunity for all members to come along and take some great “Sunshine Coast Event” photographs, but will give us a chance to advertise our fantastic Club. So do come along, wear your new Club shirt (if you have one) and name badge and make sure you collect from Ann an “Official Photographer” tag to wear too – this will give you access to the whole fair as an official photographer. We will also need help to man our stall, so please let Ann know if you can come along and do a stint (even if it’s just for an hour) on the stall – anytime will help between 11 am and 5.30 pm. Email: abryan@bigpond.net.au or phone 0411 486 939. Thanks everyone!

by Ann Bryan, August 9, 2023

THE FUNNY BONE AWARD!

Announcing a VERY SPECIAL competition just for fun (and for selection as part of our club entry in the Tewantin Shield).

Now it’s your chance to bring us the sort of image you can never unsee, anything that gives us a giggle qualifies (as long as it’s suitable for kids).

One of the set subjects in the upcoming Tewantin Shield is “HUMOUR” and we have a dearth of images available for us to select. 

There are fewer rules than usual, but the judges will also be less competent to make up for it.

That’s right folks – YOU WILL BE THE JUDGE

Here’s how it will go.

1) Upload your two most humorous images by the close of the competition (Share night 23 August)

2) We’ll have a proper judge assess them for selection, and you’ll be advised if your image is chosen, but no scores will be published.

3) JUDGING PROPER will take place over the three remaining share nights, in October, November and December and will take the form of a knockout competition judged by members present on each night.

The first round will comprise, images presented in random pairs and votes taken by show of hands for each image – the winner of each pair will qualify for the next round, which will proceed in a similar manner until only one pair remains and we find a winner!

Of course with such an opaque and prolonged process, there will be  plenty of opportunity for lobbying and corruptly tempting your fellow club members for voting favours.

4) THE TROPHY 

Because this competition is not to be taken seriously, your committee at zero expense has commissioned a useless plastic edifice to be known as “The Funny Bone Award”.   

It will be a perpetual award in the sense that you won’t dare thrown it away lest you should cause offence to its maker and of course the winner will feature on the front page of our website holding it.

by Peter Hyndman, August 5, 2023

Qld Interclub Competition 2023

Our club’s entries for the Qld Interclub Digital Competition have been submitted on your behalf as shown below. The entries were chosen from your images into our own club competitions for the previous 12 months.

The awards presentation will be on 27th September and we’ll let you know the results soon after.

Animals

Images of living untamed or domesticated animals (including but not limited to pets) in their normal environments. The image may include objects made by humans and may feature single or multiple animals. An animal (for the purpose of this competition) is defined as a living thing (with exception of humans) that can breathe, move, eat, reproduce and react to their world through senses (eg sight, smell, hearing). Therefore mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, fish are all animals for the purpose of this competition and may be wild or domesticated. It is acceptable that evidence of a human environment the animal frequents is allowed, along with any supporting man-made accessories, however, images should not include people as part of the subject or as supporting cast. Creative post-processing, including composites, is allowed.

High Key

An Image which consists of light tones only, with the exception that some small area may be black or near black.

Social Documentary (Black and White)

Social documentary photography is the recording of what the world looks like, with a social and/or environmental focus, and aims to draw the public’s attention to ongoing social or environmental issues. It is often associated with the photographer providing a critical review/assessment of these issues and how people act on them. In these cases, the photographer also often advocates for the people impacted, trying to draw the public’s attention to the topic documented. Images need to be black and white (grey tonal range) and not toned with any colour.

Open B Grade

Any image taken by a photographer in AB and B grades. Images can be of any subject in colour or monochrome.

Portrait

An image of a person or person from the waist up only, not a full length shot. This may include accessories and backgrounds in character with the subject. The image may be taken in a formal studio setting or in the community at large. It may be in colour or monochrome. Must be a live human being (mannikins, statues or ornaments will not be accepted).

Water in Motion

A picture featuring water, fresh or salt, which gives the impression that it is moving. Water in any form or location is acceptable.

Scapes

A pictorial representation of land, sea, seashore, or urban environments that captures the aesthetic appeal of these outdoor settings. It brings the viewer into the scenery and perfectly captures the setting, mood, and feeling in the location. It can focus on wide-angle shots of landforms, rivers, estuaries, seas, seashores, city skylines, streetscapes and the like. It may also involve closer shots of features of these environments. If humans or animals are in the image they should not be the main focus, but rather be intentionally present to give a sense of scale to the image.

You can see all information regarding this competition on our website under External Competitions on the front page.

by Di East, August 4, 2023

The Zen of Seeing and Photography

On Wednesday next, we will be welcoming a very familiar face as our guest speaker! Keven Hyde will join us to deliver what promises to be an enlightening and entertaining presentation. Come along and discover :

• How to unlock your creativity without thinking.
• Find out when a chair is not a chair.
• Find out what Zen is and how it assists us in connecting with what we are wanting to photograph.
• How to stay in the present moment and be still, to stop the chatter of our endless thoughts.
• The big secret about our mind and our unrelenting thoughts.
• Why does a watched pot never boil.
• This is a journey out of the mind, and into the potential of even better photos.

We hope to see you at our club meeting room, commencing at 7:00 pm on Wednesday next, 26th July.

by Peter Hyndman, July 22, 2023

A Day at the Races

Come and join us for a fun day at the Races at Corbould Park, Pierce Avenue, Caloundra on Sunday 30th July from 11.30 am. It will be a great opportunity for taking photos of the horses as they parade in the ring, prior to racing, and then on the track as they thunder past to the finish line! Tickets can be bought on line or at the gate – $15 for General Admission. On line, look up the Sunshine Coast Turf Club, select the Race Calendar, then Sunday 30th July for the SCTC Race Day to buy your tickets. Light lunches can be purchased there plus drinks/tea/coffee – plenty of seating for us all to sit together close to the barrier. See you there on the grassed area down near the track! Let me know if you are coming please – Ann (e: abryan@bigpond.net.au)

by Ann Bryan, July 20, 2023

President’s Trophy 2023 – The Sound of Music

The subject I’ve chosen for this year’s President’s Trophy is – THE SOUND OF MUSIC (and I don’t mean a scene from the movie!!). Members can enter a maximum of two prints, with digital copies to be uploaded to the website as usual – the images can be in colour or mono. It is entirely up to you how you portray this subject – perhaps a choir performing, an orchestra, a solo performer, an instrument, whatever or however you choose – but your image must allow me to imagine I can hear the “sound of music”. Entries for all our end of year competitions and awards close on 3rd November 2023, so you’ve got plenty of time to look out for those opportunities for images which portray the “sound of music”!

by Ann Bryan, July 14, 2023

Results for competitions in July 2023

There were 13 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 July 2023

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Morning Glory Trefor Ellacott – 5 B Grade Creative Photography Digital	A rainy day in Paris Alison Hall – 5 B Grade Open Print
Dijon at night Clive Hammond – 4 A Grade Open Digital	Ricks Diner David Bryan – 4 A Grade Open Digital
OUR SPECIAL DAY Ty Fox – 4 A Grade Open Digital	Cape Bridgewater surfer Denise Organ – 4 A Grade Open Digital
Mum baby Koala Ken Brooks – 4 B Grade Open Digital	Penthouse Living. James Ferris – 4 B Grade Open Digital
A Day at the Beach Peter Hyndman – 4 A Grade Creative Photography Digital	Ferriswheel. Joy van Loggerenberg – 4 A Grade Creative Photography Digital
Ricks Diner Douglas Battison – 4 B Grade Creative Photography Print	Banh Mi Nou Douglas Battison – 4 B Grade Creative Photography Digital
Lots of lines Angela Stewart – 4 B Grade Set Subject Print

by Alison Hall, July 12, 2023

PSQ ANNUAL BBQ

If you haven’t visited the Nudgee Beach Reserve, why not do it in company with a tribe of like-minded people at the Annual PSQ barbecue hosted this year by the Aspley Camera Club?

Don’t forget to book your tickets online to ensure that there’s enough food to go round!

Ahh yes, and don’t forget the insect repellent, just in case…

by Peter Hyndman, July 7, 2023

The Longest (Share) Night of the Year!

It seems only fitting that at the closest Share Night to the Winter Solstice we’ll be focussing on long photographs!

Edan Raw and is a landscape photographer based on the Sunshine Coast with an immense love for mother nature in all its forms, He usess photography as a means to capture and convey that love to others who may not have been fortunate enough to have visited the places he has seen.

He specialise in panoramic photography, stitched digital panoramas with multiple photos together to achieve unique perspectives and unparalleled resolution.

Come and meet Eden at our Share Night next Wednesday 28th June where he will be our featured presenter.

by Peter Hyndman, June 26, 2023