VAPS results

MERIT CERTIFICATE(slide)
Cynthia Watkins 'Rainforest'

Other entries received the following points.
NOVICE PRINTS
Judith Mundy 'Pumped to the Max' 10
Judith Mundy 'One Small Insect' 10

OPEN PRINTS
Val Densworth 'Evening Glow' 9
Ralph Densworth 'The Steam Train' 10
Mark Fairbairn 'Jeanny and Celine' 10
Vicki Harrington 'Pinwheel Daisy' 10
Vicki Harrington 'Fairground Attraction' 11
Garry Paterson 'Devils Marbles, Evening Light' 11
Garry Paterson 'Snow Gum in the Mist' 10
Coral Symons 'Old Timer' 9
Coral Symons 'In the Courtyard' 10
Cythia Watkins 'Tawny Frogmouth Family' 12

SLIDES
Ralph Densworth 'Contemplation' 9
Ralph Densworth 'Touch of Red' 10
Ralph Densworth 'Winter Sprays' 9
Mark Fairbairn 'Green Power' 9
mark Fairbairn 'Turbine Power' 10
Coral Symons 'Weather Worn' 10
Coral Symons 'Solar Technology #3' 11
Cynthia Watkins 'Pumpkins for Halloween' 11
Cynthia Watkins 'Rain Forest' 14
Cynthia Watkins 'On the Edge' 11


SLIDE TOTALS
Bendigo 57pts (highest 63pts)

NOVICE TOTALS
Bendigo 20pts (highest was 59pts)

OPEN PRINTS
Bendigo 54pts (highest was 66pts)

Student Web Site

One of my VCE students has been working on her web site each week for the last three months to showcase her photography. She has almost finished this unit which is part of Certificate II in Multimedia, what she needs now are some constructive comments about her web site and content for her to write up her evaulation. Shantael would really appreciate it if you have a look and leave some comments in her guest book.

Shantael's web site

Digital Night

I expected about four people for our first night of Photoshop instruction, and about 15 people arrived. I guess there is a real need for this type of night!

August 22nd (4th Tuesday) we will go through the process of calibrating your monitor with our Spyder calibration device. Its a simple process that takes about 20 minutes. Financial members of the club can borrow the Spyder at any time.

Then we will have a more detailed look at the histogram, how to interpret the graph and making adjustments for improving the contrast of an image.

Finally a more detailed explanation and examples of sharpening images.

After the 'formal' instruction you have the opportunity for us to have a look at some of the images you have been working on using the techniques we covered last night. Please bring your 'before' & 'after' image.

There will be no 'digital' night in September as some of us will be away on the Club excursion to Vietnam. We will resume our 'digital' night in October.

If anyone has any suggestions on what they would like to learn about PhotoShop, email or leave your suggestions here on our web site.

AGM 2006

This year's Annual General Meeting was very well attended with a successful election of office bearers.
Committee for 2006 -2007
President; Mark Fairbairn
Vice President: Vicki Harrington
Secretary: Val Densworth
Tresurer: Bob Lawrence
Competition Secretary: Garry Paterson
Committee Members: Alan Davis [Focus editor]
Judith Mundy
Boyd Robertson

It was encouraging to see five members were nominated for the committee resulting in an election. Congrats to the three successful candidates.

Lively discussion followed Liz's proposal to change the monthly competition categories to match the end of year competition ; viz. Landscape, Portrait, Creative, Photojournalism etc., Whilst there is definite merit in the suggestion, there was no real resolution and all agreed to consider the matter further.
Gary successfully proposed that we change the current slide competition to a "Projected Image" competition to cover the declining number of slides and the rapid emergence of digital images.

The meeting was followed by three Audio Visuals made by club members;
"Wilderness" by John Addlem - originally a slide AV, John has scanned the images and "digitally remastered" this production shot in Tasmania around the time of the Franklin Dam controversy.
"Hong Kong Disneyland" a colourful record of Mark's trip to Hong Kong last Jan with some spectacular fireworks for the finale - all shot on a hand held still camera with video capability.

"Essence of Italy" by Vicki Harrington - a comprehensive look at this fascinating country with images taken on a trip in October 2005.

It was an enjoyable night for all present and a great night for the club!

June Competition Results

Members presented Judge, Adrian Cook from the Goldfields Image Makers with a difficult job last month with large numbers of entries in all divisions. Congratulations to Cynthia for receiving top honours for her slide "Tawny Frogmouth & Young", another outstanding nature shot.

It was also great to see relative newcomer, Malcolm Whitehead getting amongst the top scores with some excellent, thought provoking black & white images.

Set Subject was "Close Up"

OPEN COLOUR PRINTS -Top Scores

Mark Fairbairn "Butterfly" 14 pts

Mark Fairbairn "Biplane engine" 13 pts

Cynthia Watkins "Trigger Plants in the Alps" 13 pts

Liz Hatcliff "Sid" 13 pts

SET SUBJECT PRINTS -Top Scores

Malcolm Whitehead "Communicate" 14 pts

Liz Hatcliff "Definition" 13 pts

Boyd Robertson "Said the Spider to the Fly" 12 pts

Coral Symons "Looking at You Close up" 12 pts

Malcolm Whitehead "Closeup" 12 pts

BLACK & WHITE PRINTS -Top Scores

Malcolm Whitehead "The Playground" 14 pts

Garry Paterson "Nestled in the Valley" 13 pts

Ralph Densworth "Shearing Shed, Kilmore" 12 pts

Liz Hatcliff "Ents in the Mist" 12 pts

SMALL PRINTS - Top Scores

Judith Mundy "Emerging" 12 pts

Judith Mundy "Wet Web" 12 pts

COLOUR SLIDES - Top Scores

**IMAGE OF THE NIGHT**

Cynthia Watkins "Tawny Frogmouth & Young" 15 pts

Cynthia Watkins "Mist in the Forest" 14 pts

Cynthia Watkins "Hen & Chicken" 13 pts

SET SUBJECT SLIDES -Top Scores

Cynthia Watkins "Web on Bluebell" 14 pts

Cynthia Watkins "Damsel Fly" 13 pts

Cynthia Watkins "Sparkling Web" 12 pts

New Momento Photo book

March Competition Results

The April competition saw a total of 61 entries and was judged by Bob Aulsebrook of Bendigo. Here are some of the entries that received the top points for the night.
The Image of the Night was awarded to Cynthia Watkins for her slide titled "Crespsedia in the Alps" Congratulations Cynthia on a great night. Unfortunately we do not have scans of this image or other successful slides. Top point scorer in the Set subject slides was Coral Symons with her slide titled "Law Courts. Second in the Set Subject Slides was Wilma McCormick with "View of the Fountain" Second in the Open Slides was Cynthia again with "Autumn at Wallace's hut". Cynthia was again the top scorer in the Open Colour Prints with " "English Forest"

Test Transmission

They grow 'em big in Tassie!

Vietnam Here We Come!!!

It's official, the trip to Vietnam is a "goer" with 10 passengers now booked and deposits paid!!


More happy travelers are still welcome to join our group to this wonderful land of contrasts.

I have a couple of books if anyone is interested in borrowing them for some pre travel reading.
viz.
Vietnam, The Land We Never Knew. Photography by Geoffrey Clifford[a combat helicopter pilot during the war]
The Dragon [author's name to come] The true story of a young boy smuggled out of Vietnam to Australia by his mother to save him. He is now a reknown masseur to the rich and famous.
More books to come.....

February Competition Results

Judge - Val Wilkinson

Image of theNight
and winner of the Black & White Section was taken out by Garry Paterson with his beautiful Black & White print titled "Winter stroll with the kids" taken in the laneway next to the Bendigo Art gallery on a misty morning.
Runner up in the Black & White was Liz Hatcliffe with her image of the Bendigo Law Courts, very aptly titled " Point of Law"

Set Subject Prints - Fence Posts and Gates
The winner was Vicki Harrington with one of her Italy shots titled "Bellagio Gate"
Runner up was Liz Hatcliffe with a lovely shot from "Canterbury Park, Eaglehawk"

Open Colour Prints
Liz Hatcliffe's atmospheric shot "Autumn Light" was the winner
with equal runners up Boyd Robertson [Pic to be uploaded] and Vicki Harrington with another Italian image "Portofino"


Open Colour Slides
[Unfortunately we do not have scans of the slides to post here at this stage]
Cynthia Watkins was both winner and runner up in this section

Set Subject Slides - Fences and Gate Posts
Cynthia Watkins was again the winner with Coral Symons the runner up

Congratulations to all the contributors of images for the February Competition, it was an excellent gallery of photos and gave the Judge Val Wilkinson plenty to think about.

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