Monday, December 09, 2013

Bendigo Camera Club 2013 Awards

Tuck Leong, our judge for the night, speaks about Ron Speed's winning print 'Kylie', accompanied by Pam Hyden (Competition Secretary) and Andrew Leed (President)

Andrew shows his winning nature print, 'Hovering Rapture'

Andrew presents Val Densworth with one of her awards.
Val took out the Open Colour Print and Black and White Print sections for the year.

Andrew with Les Wiles, Set Subject Print award winner.

Allan Davis took out the Audio Visual Aggregate

Ron Speed took out the Eric Perkins  Trophy (Best Portrait), the Frank Kennedy Memorial Trophy (Print of the Year) and Bendigo Camera Club Photographer of the Year 2013

Pam Tuck and Andrew congratulate Garry Paterson for his winning Creative Print, 'Busy Melbourne'.

Boyd Robertson won the Photojournalism Print section with 'Mad Scramble'.

Cynthia Watkins won the Photojournalism Projected section with 'Ocean Power'.

Esther Andrews made a good showing throughout this year including taking 3rd in the Set Subject Prints


George Greblo once again exhibited his creativity throughout the year taking out third place in the Open Projected Image section

Boyd and Andrew enjoying a laugh at the photographer's expense.  What goes around ...

Results

Yearly competitions

Open Projected Image
1 Andrew Leed 2 Boyd Robertson 3 George Greblo
Open Color Print 
1 Val Densworth 2 Wilma MacCormack 3 Graeme Stokes
Set Subject Projected
1 Coral Symons 2 Cynthia Watkins 3 Les Wiles
Set Subject Print 
1 Les Wiles 2 Graeme Stokes 3 Esther Andrews
B/W Print 
1 Val Densworth 2 Graeme Stokes 3 Ron Speed
Audio Visual
1 Allan Davis 2 Cynthia Watkins 3 Boyd Robertson

End of year Awards Photographer Image name
Judge - Tuck Leong

Landscape Print Norm Stimson The Cathedral
Landscape Projected Ron Speed Morning has broken
Portrait Print Ron Speed Kylie
Portrait Projected Andrew Leed Wet Wet Wet
Creative Print Garry Paterson Busy Melbourne
Creative Projected Ron Speed Amanda Swan
Nature Print Andrew Leed Hovering Rapture
Nature Projected Pam Hyden Spring Flowers
Photojournalism Print Boyd Robertson Mad scramble
Photojournalism Projected Cynthia Watkins Ocean Power

Perpetual Trophies
Judge - Tuck Leong

The Eric Perkins Trophy –Best Portrait Print
Ron Speed Kylie

Bendigo Camera Club Audio-Visual Aggregate
Allan Davis

The Beatrice Cohen Trophy– Projected Image of theYear
Pam Hyden Spring Flowers

The Ralph Densworth Trophy – Best Creative Image of the year
Garry Paterson Busy Melbourne

The Frank Kennedy Memorial Trophy – Print of the Year
Ron Speed Kylie

Bendigo Camera Club Photographer of the Year
1st - Ron Speed (24pts) 
2nd – Graeme Stokes (17pts)

3rd – Andrew Leed (15 pts)

Ron gives Ian a few clues on how to pick up a number of trophies in one year.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Monday, September 23, 2013

Quad Comp trip 21st September

Some more photos from our trip. Six of us attended the Quad Comp photo competition between Castlemaine, Maryborough, Macedon Ranges & Bendigo.Peter, Boyd, Pam and Esther called in at Mt Macedon on the way down for a few photos. Bendigo came second by a few points!

Mt Macedon Memorial Cross

Pam, Peter and Boyd stopping to photograph the cross.

Mount Macedon Memorial Cross

Looking back up the path lined with the Victorian-style urns.

View from Mount Macedon Memorial Cross

An attempt at a "tiny planet" with Peter Eury studying the landmarks plaque.

Dinner venue

The Camera Club dinner at Riddles Creek

Competition venue

The venue for the photo display and competition adjacent to the Riddles Creek pub.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Quad Comp Pics

Pam, Esther & Peter walking to the Mt Macedon Cross.

 The Cross Coming Into View
 Wide Angle Shot Of The Cross
 Taken Into The Sun.  Hard To Get The Exposure Right.
Monochrome Of The Above.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Club Activity: Night photography around Lake Weeroona

Just some shots I took tonight. Thanks to the able bodied assistants and models!

A restful seat

With a little light painting by Boyd to brighten it.

Passing train

This is the one that interrupts our meeting every Tuesday evening about 8:30!

Lake Weeroona

The Cathedral in the distance

Sunday, August 25, 2013

A Few Bird Pics From The Trip That Went Wrong

 Where Do I Land ?
 Pelican
 Pied Butcher Bird
 Peaceful Dove
 Red Browed Finch
 Kookaburra
Cormorant Drying In The Sun

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Blend If (Photoshop CS)

You can use the Blend If feature of photoshop to replace an area of uniform color.
Here are a couple of tutorials on it:

Monday, June 24, 2013

Mountain Gorilla

Werribee Zoo Pics

 Watchful Ostrich
 Wow! Now That's A Horn.
 New England Honey Eater
 Meerkat On Guard Duty

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Maldon Steam Train




All steamed up


Just getting the right shot!