And the winner is..

After a tense battle over a very pleasant hour on the weekend, here a summary of the results of the competition with our Canadian Sister Club Competition .

Congratulations to our club of course, narrowly declared the winner after comparing average scores of two judges, and many thanks to our international judging panel and all who entered and contributed to making this premier event a success.

Ralph’s image Boat in Motion was the top scorer of the day with 9.3 out of a possible 10.

Annette, Helen and Ken all closely followed with 9.0 for their images respectively

One SCCC (Canada) member received a score of 9.0 for this beautiful Image of the camels in the desert. Unfortunately at the time of writing this post the title and author’s name are unavailable.

All present declared the event a success and as a result we will attempt to make these a regular feature of our yearly calendar.

by Peter Hyndman, November 16, 2021

My Friend Sunny is a Hooker!

Before some of you get all over-excited – here’s a holiday snap from almost exactly two years ago at a meeting of the Nanaimo Rug Hooking Group. While Nanaimo is a little bit further from the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia than Noosa is from Caloundra, you should get the impression that about now in Canada is the beginning of the “indoor sport” season.

If you enjoy talking to people in heated houses wearing flannel, while you are lounging around in shorts and bare feet, don’t forget tomorrow is your next big chance.

MEET OUR SISTER CLUB – from the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia TOMORROW – SATURDAY 13th November at 12:45PM. (Quarter to one).

That’s 1245Hrs, or if you are a Nikon user, when the big hand’s on 9 and the little hand’s nearly on 1.

Please contact Gerry if you haven’t got the Zoom Code by about 12:30.

by Peter Hyndman, November 12, 2021

Results for competitions in NOVEMBER 2021

There were 11 entries that gained our highest award(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in NOVEMBER 2021

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Rainy day in the city Clive Hammond – 9 All Grades Creative Photography Digital	There is Life Airlie Andrews – 9 A Grade Set Subject Print.
Dead Red Rose Gerry Gibson – 8 A Grade Set Subject Digital	Feeling its age Kathleen Lulham – 8 B Grade Set Subject Digital
Zurich Night Lights Bruce Atkinson – 8 All Grades Open Digital	Ancient Flag Bruce Atkinson – 8 A Grade Set Subject Mono Digital
Ravages of Nature Tony Allison – 8 B Grade Set Subject Print	Three faces of Mary Mackillop Helen Debnam – 8 All Grades Creative Photography Print
Flower Study 2 Airlie Andrews – 8 All Grades Creative Photography Print	Singapore Reflection Mike West – 8 All Grades Creative Photography Print
St Malo Walkway Airlie Andrews – 8 All Grades Open Print

by Ann Bryan, November 4, 2021

Results for competitions in NOVEMBER 2021

There were 11 entries that gained our highest award(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in NOVEMBER 2021

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Rainy day in the city Clive Hammond – 9 All Grades Creative Photography Digital	There is Life Airlie Andrews – 9 A Grade Set Subject Print.
Dead Red Rose Gerry Gibson – 8 A Grade Set Subject Digital	Feeling its age Kathleen Lulham – 8 B Grade Set Subject Digital
Zurich Night Lights Bruce Atkinson – 8 All Grades Open Digital	Ancient Flag Bruce Atkinson – 8 A Grade Set Subject Mono Digital
Ravages of Nature Tony Allison – 8 B Grade Set Subject Print	Three faces of Mary Mackillop Helen Debnam – 8 All Grades Creative Photography Print
Flower Study 2 Airlie Andrews – 8 All Grades Creative Photography Print	Singapore Reflection Mike West – 8 All Grades Creative Photography Print
St Malo Walkway Airlie Andrews – 8 All Grades Open Print

by Ann Bryan, November 4, 2021

ANNUAL AWARDS AND CHRISTMAS “DO”.

There’s no need to fret if you are not among the throng of our members presently painting Bundaberg Red, because in just a few weeks you will have another party opportunity!

Saturday 11th of December may seem like a long way off at the moment, but we have limited seating and it would be a shame if you missed out on our Annual Awards Affair because you forgot to book.

Please contact Gerry to confirm your attendance. Details will be confirmed as the time gets closer, but for now you need to know – late afternoon Saturday 11th December, cost $30-00 per head – please pay as soon as you are able so that we can begin preparation bank transfer will be easiest for us:

• Direct Debit Bank Transfer:
  • BSB: 656-400 (Auswide Bank)
  • Account No.: 102 588 775
  • Reference: Your Name

Thanks, hopefully we’ll see you there!

REMINDER

DON’T FORGET THAT THE NEXT SHARE NIGHT IS EARLY!

NEXT WEDNESDAY (3RD NOVEMBER)

All Annual Competitions, Annual Trophies close on that date – and please remember that prints for those competitions are required to be submitted then as well.

by Peter Hyndman, October 30, 2021

It’s almost Share Night! (Wednesday 27th)

MEET RICHARD SIMMONDS THIS SHARE NIGHT WEDNESDAY 27TH OCTOBER

Richard Simmonds is a relative newcomer to the Sunshine Coast, and has enthusiastically taken to photographing the local birdlife, developing his skills along the way.

He has become drawn to bird photography due to its challenges, and the opportunity to explore nature and the local area.

His talk at our share night this week will give a brief summary of his photographic journey, including landscape photography in New Zealand, where he lived for 35 years.

AND IN OTHER NEWS:

Don’t forget that for NOVEMBER ONLY, our competition night is a week earlier than usual Wednesday 3rd November – all prints and competition entries including prints for Annual Competitions will be due on that Night.

by Peter Hyndman, October 25, 2021

Annual PSQ BBQ

Hi All,

PSQ will be holding their annual end of year BBQ at Golden Beach this year on 21 November 2021. All are welcome per attached detail. Please RSVP as noted on the attached flyer if you are interested in attending

by Bruce Atkinson, October 18, 2021

Annual Awards and Perpetual Trophies

Hi All,

Just a gentle reminder that end of year is approaching and images and prints need to be in by Competition night, 3rd November 2021, which is less than 3 weeks away. This will also allow for images and prints submitted on the Competition night 3rd November 2021, to also be entered, if you so wish to.

This date has been set to allow for judging to be completed and time for the trophies and medallions to be engraved before the Annual Dinner night on 11th December 2021.

Also, a request to holders of perpetual trophies, if they could also be returned on or before competition night 3rd November 2021, as this will allow time for re-graving for this years’ winners.

Annual Awards 

Criteria for awards and submitting images is summarised below:

Points are accumulated in each competition category throughout the year as follows. 

The highest aggregate point scores in each category are presented with an Award. 

In addition, members may also submit any of their DPI images entered during the year to be judged for Annual Awards in each category. 

Only ONE DPI image can be entered in a category from those DPI images submitted in 2021.

Perpetual trophies are awarded for the following categories:

• President’s Trophy (Print, subject, and definition previously provided by the President),
• The Don Attree Founder’s Award (DPI Nature image), 
• The Robin Simpson Trophy (DPI Australian Landscape) and 
• The Ted Gillingham Trophy (Print, B-Grade, “My Country” based on the Dorothea Mackellar poem). 

As usual, print images will also need to be entered into MPC for cataloguing, as well as the DPI competition entries.   These images for the Perpetual Trophies are to be new work by the maker and not entered into any competition in 2021 or accepted into previous club competitions. If images have received awards of 3 or less in previous competitions, they may however be submitted.

Any questions please do not hesitate to contact any Committee member, details for which can be found on the Members’ Directory

by Bruce Atkinson, October 15, 2021

Results for competitions in OCTOBER 2021

There were 39 entries that gained our highest award(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in OCTOBER 2021

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

The undertakers wedding Clive Hammond – 9 All Grades Creative Photography Digital	Welcome Earthlings Di East – 9 A Grade Set Subject Print.
Pretty in Pink Di East – 8 A Grade Set Subject Digital	Lily Bill Ewen – 8 A Grade Set Subject Digital
Mystical Garden Annette Scott – 8 All Grades Creative Photography Digital	Sunrise on Ngkala Rocks Annette Scott – 8 All Grades Open Digital
No Name 43 Gerry Gibson – 8 All Grades Open Digital	Jessica in Florence 3 Susan Grundy – 8 All Grades Open Digital
White Hibiscus Ann Bryan – 8 A Grade Set Subject Mono Digital	Gazania’s Clive Hammond – 8 A Grade Set Subject Mono Digital
Lotus Bud Denise Organ – 8 B Grade Set Subject Mono Digital	Agies Airlie Andrews – 8 A Grade Set Subject Mono Print.
Hibiscus Mike West – 8 A Grade Set Subject Print.	Where is the bee Jeff Heck – 8 A Grade Set Subject Print.
Morning surf training Di East – 8 All Grades Open Print	Arnhem Land Artist Airlie Andrews – 8 All Grades Open Print
Spotted Sun Orchid John Organ – 7 A Grade Set Subject Digital	three tulips Clive Hammond – 7 A Grade Set Subject Digital
Jacobean Lily Robert Gillingham – 7 B Grade Set Subject Digital	Mixed Blossom Colleen Brooks – 7 B Grade Set Subject Digital
Kangaroo Paw Trefor Ellacott – 7 B Grade Set Subject Digital	Magnolia Denise Organ – 7 B Grade Set Subject Digital
BLOW ME DOWN Ty Fox – 7 All Grades Creative Photography Digital	Tropical Coastline Bruce Atkinson – 7 All Grades Creative Photography Digital
Birds Flying High Douglas Battison – 7 All Grades Creative Photography Digital	My Time Mark Stewart – 7 All Grades Open Digital
White In The Centre John Organ – 7 All Grades Open Digital	Concrete And Glass Trefor Ellacott – 7 All Grades Open Digital
motor trio Jeff Heck – 7 All Grades Open Digital	Ships Creek Denise Organ – 7 All Grades Open Digital
Looking Regal Troy Holland – 7 All Grades Open Digital	Not the Fern Bill Ewen – 7 A Grade Set Subject Mono Digital
Pale Sundew John Organ – 7 A Grade Set Subject Mono Digital	Cyclamens. James Ferris – 7 B Grade Set Subject Mono Digital
Becoming a Poppy Di East – 7 A Grade Set Subject Mono Print.	Jonquils Airlie Andrews – 7 A Grade Set Subject Print.
Green Receptacle Airlie Andrews – 7 All Grades Creative Photography Print	Cemetry Bruce Atkinson – 7 All Grades Creative Photography Print
Where the wild things are. James Ferris – 7 All Grades Open Print

by Ann Bryan, October 14, 2021

Results of 2021 Qld Interclub Competition and AIPC

The 2021 Qld Interclub Competition was judged on 11^th September.  Caloundra came 12^th out of 21 clubs entering.  Congratulations to David Bryan for a 2^nd in Nature with his Image Nyala Trio 2.  

Full results are available via this link https://tpsi.org.au/2021-qld-interclub/.

SEQ 21 and Australian Interstate Photography Competition (AIPC).  Several images were entered in the SEQ 21 competition earlier this year and were selected by the judges for entry into AIPC which was judged recently.  Unfortunately none of those from Caloundra received awards.

Details of winning images can be seen at Australian Interstate Photographic Competition (a-p-s.org.au).   

CCG images selected  for entry were:

Dust Buster – Airlie Andrews (Mono digital)

Lonely Figure – Mike West (Mono digital)

Good Morning – Di East (Colour digital)

On the Slopes – Di East (Colour digital)

Cheers Di East

by Bruce Atkinson, October 8, 2021