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by MyPhotoClub Colin, June 22, 2017

Results for competitions in June 2024 Digital Competition

There were 12 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
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click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Surreal Water Drops Trevor Mills – Distinction Open Colour	Mating dragon-flies Susan Smith – Distinction Open Colour
Going like the clappers Lindie Kolver – Distinction Open Colour	Reflections on high tide Steve Phelps – Distinction Open Colour
winter has arrrived Diane Willingham – Top Image in Competition Open Colour	Historic aussie farmhouse Kevin Weir – Distinction Mono
Osprey on alert Arthur Minter – Top Image in Category Mono	Quietly feeding Arthur Minter – Distinction Set Subject – Bokeh (Aesthetic quality of OOF BG)
What a beak you have Frank Kolver – Distinction Set Subject – Bokeh (Aesthetic quality of OOF BG)	King Parrot Susan Smith – Distinction Set Subject – Bokeh (Aesthetic quality of OOF BG)
The Sandpiper John Smith – Top Image in Category Set Subject – Bokeh (Aesthetic quality of OOF BG)	Black Swan at take off Kevin Weir – Top Image in Category Nature

by Lindie Kolver, July 16, 2024

The NPF annual Conference Program available

Club members will be aware that the 2024 Northern Photographic Convention and Conference is being held at the Kurri Kurri Bowling Club over the weekend of the 27th and 28th July. The program for the conference is now available for you to view on the NPF website – Northern Photographic Federation (myphotoclub.com.au)

Frank & Lindie Kolver as well as Steve Phelps have submitted both digital images and Prints. I hope we do well in the competition and do HPG proud.

Have a lovely week, keep warm & dry and above all, keep taking good photographs.

Lindie.

by Lindie Kolver, July 7, 2024

Results for competitions in May 2024 Digital Competition

There were 28 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
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click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Man overboard Trevor Mills – Distinction Open Colour	Buried Ray Cooper – Distinction Open Colour
Sunrise in Antartica Stephen Finlay – Distinction Open Colour	Heavy track Susan Smith – Distinction Open Colour
Too close for comfort Frank Kolver – Distinction Open Colour	A fixer upper Garry Gannell – Distinction Open Colour
The leather dyers Steve Phelps – Distinction Open Colour	Abandoned Karen Phelps – Distinction Open Colour
Three cats Karen Phelps – Distinction Open Colour	Palm-trees growing on her head Lindie Kolver – Distinction Open Colour
The bus stop Steve Phelps – Top Image in Category Open Colour	Nice hat Stephen Finlay – Distinction Mono
Hot breath of the grey nurse John Smith – Distinction Mono	Princess Pier Susan Smith – Top Image in Category Mono
Pink Daisy Trevor Mills – Distinction Set Subject – Minimalistic	The rescue Trevor Mills – Distinction Set Subject – Minimalistic
Dune soloist John Smith – Distinction Set Subject – Minimalistic	Tern On A Pole John Smith – Distinction Set Subject – Minimalistic
Trailer Mates Louise Spencer – Distinction Set Subject – Minimalistic	Arum Lily Alan Rouse – Distinction Set Subject – Minimalistic
All Alone Frank Kolver – Distinction Set Subject – Minimalistic	Minimalist Moon Garry Gannell – Distinction Set Subject – Minimalistic
The Hook Ray Cooper – Top Image in Competition Set Subject – Minimalistic	Baillons Crake John Upton – Distinction Nature
Yellow Robin with grub Trevor Mills – Distinction Nature	Pardalote nest building Susan Smith – Distinction Nature
Heron takes a snack John Smith – Distinction Nature	This way Stephen Finlay – Top Image in Category Nature

by Lindie Kolver, June 18, 2024

Mini-print competition at EDCC on Tuesday, 2nd July @ 6:40-9:00pm

Please note : This is a CLUB-NIGHT at EDCC on the first Tuesday of July.

Dear Members – Tomorrow night ( Tuesday 18th June) we will hand out your mounting boards so you will be able to prepare your competition entries for the evening of 2nd July.

You have to submit the digital footprint on the Website as per usual in the JULY 2024 Small Print Competition. This will enable you to print LABELS for your print. Please ensure SHORT titles so the label will fit the size of the mount .

Affix your small print to the board after you have stuck the title-label on so you can centre your image.

Make sure to be at the venue between 6:40 – 7:00 so your prints can be numbered before you place them on the stand. You will also receive a voting slip where you must indicate your #1 #2 and #3 -choice. We will use very basic judging criteria on the night, which will be indicated on the voting slip as well.
There is only one category : OPEN. ( which means either Colour / Mono /Artistic or Manipulated) You are allowed 2 Prints.

If you are not present tomorrow night to receive your mounts, get to the venue at 6:30 on the 2nd July WITH your prints and your labels so you can prepare your submissions on the night.

Let’s make the evening educational ; know the settings you have used to make your images, we’ll discuss and critique them all.

Keep well, but above all, keep taking good photos.

Lindie

by Lindie Kolver, June 17, 2024

NPF Conference 27-28 July in Kurri Kurri

Dear Members – please take a look at the NPF website. How to do that? Log in to the HPG website > click on the 3 horizontal stripes next to your name>click on the icon ( camera) that reads myphotoclub ALL SITES just underneath the green bar that reads : About us. A long list of all myphotoclub clubs will come up. Select the NORTHERN PHOTOGRAPHIC FEDERATION (NPF) and click on the different green tabs which will tell you submission fees for digital and print images ($45) which INCLUDES entrance to the FULL 2-day Conference! If you do NOT attend the Conference, the cost of the submission of your combined 6x prints/ digital images will STILL be $45. The other green tabs have info on categories, other registrations and submission of your digital and print submissions.

I urge members to try and attend this once-a-year National Conference in Kurri Kurri. It is most educational with great Speakers, practical photo shoots, access to the latest camera equipment ( Nikon, Canon, Sony and some of the others ) lenses, bags, tripods, screens ( BenQ!) on display and printing facilities. The fantastic exhibition of Prints stay up all weekend. The winner of the Print and Digital competition to be announced on Sunday morning. Little freebies throughout the day, lucky 🍀 door prizes drawn almost every hour over the two days.

I will let you have a list of accommodation within the next 2 weeks in Kurri Kurri at a reduced price especially for NPF Conference attendees. It is a fun weekend, speaking to like-minded members of other camera clubs from Sydney and the region. Big names like David Oliver ( the well-known wedding photographer) Tim Bauer ( well-known Sydney-based photographer whose had Vogue and Elle front pages) will be there.

Talk to me about the additional registration for a shoot ($20) where you can win a STUDIO SET-UP – COMPLETE WITH LIGHTS, BACKDROP AND STANDS ( supplied by JF Kennedy) by shooting amazing photos ( for your stash) with an available model in a studio set-up for 15 minutes, and submitting ONE image to the judges at the Conference to be eligible for the prize. The winner is announced on Sunday as well and you take your prize with you.

It is a weekend which afford you lovely social opportunities. Keep the 27th and 28th of JULY free. Drive down on the Friday afternoon to be in time Saturday for a 9am start and drive back Sunday afternoon at 4pm when the Conference wraps up.

In the meantime, keep well and keep taking photographs.

Lindie.

by Lindie Kolver, June 3, 2024

Results for competitions in March 2024 Digital Competition

There were 19 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
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click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

By the campfire Trevor Mills – Distinction Open Colour	Dripping Tern Susan Smith – Distinction Open Colour
Quinkan Festival Garry Gannell – Distinction Open Colour	Sunset over the river Alan Rouse – Distinction Open Colour
Bucking Bronco Lindie Kolver – Distinction Open Colour	Same planet different worlds Wendy Coulls – Distinction Open Colour
Welcome Swallow Diane Willingham – Distinction Open Colour	Tight spot Alan Rouse – Top Image in Competition Open Colour
Shot factory tower Louise Spencer – Distinction Mono	No.8 Susan Smith – Distinction Mono
Chewing the stick Lindie Kolver – Distinction Mono	Goth Girl Lindie Kolver – Distinction Mono
Succulent John Smith – Top Image in Category Mono	The fly catcher Susan Smith – Distinction Nature
Moonlight Arthur Minter – Distinction Nature	Damsels Trevor Mills – Top Image in Category Nature
The Martian Trevor Mills – Distinction Set Subject : Eggs – in a nest, basket, carton…	The Egg Alan Rouse – Distinction Set Subject : Eggs – in a nest, basket, carton…
Eggshells Stephen Finlay – Top Image in Category Set Subject : Eggs – in a nest, basket, carton…

by Lindie Kolver, May 21, 2024

Results for competitions in March 2024 Digital Competition

There were 19 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 2024 Digital Competition

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

By the campfire Trevor Mills – Distinction Open Colour	Dripping Tern Susan Smith – Distinction Open Colour
Quinkan Festival Garry Gannell – Distinction Open Colour	Sunset over the river Alan Rouse – Distinction Open Colour
Bucking Bronco Lindie Kolver – Distinction Open Colour	Same planet different worlds Wendy Coulls – Distinction Open Colour
Welcome Swallow Diane Willingham – Distinction Open Colour	Tight spot Alan Rouse – Top Image in Competition Open Colour
Shot factory tower Louise Spencer – Distinction Mono	No.8 Susan Smith – Distinction Mono
Chewing the stick Lindie Kolver – Distinction Mono	Goth Girl Lindie Kolver – Distinction Mono
Succulent John Smith – Top Image in Category Mono	The fly catcher Susan Smith – Distinction Nature
Moonlight Arthur Minter – Distinction Nature	Damsels Trevor Mills – Top Image in Category Nature
The Martian Trevor Mills – Distinction Set Subject : Eggs – in a nest, basket, carton…	The Egg Alan Rouse – Distinction Set Subject : Eggs – in a nest, basket, carton…
Eggshells Stephen Finlay – Top Image in Category Set Subject : Eggs – in a nest, basket, carton…

by Lindie Kolver, May 21, 2024

Simple criteria which will help you in assessing an image

1.  Communication - does the image convey a clear message or feeling? ( does it have the wow-factor/ does it tell a story/can you see the intent of the author?) 

2.  Composition - does the image demonstrate the use of composition principles that enhance the communication?( does it have leading lines/ lazy S-curve/main subject on the thirds/different textures and elements / repeating patterns?) 

3.  Technical - have appropriate capture and processing techniques been used? ( is the image sharp and in focus, have appropriate depth of field/ is the subject frozen/show movement/ has the panning technique been well executed/ has the mono conversion been well handled/ is it over-sharpened/ over-saturated/does it need more/less contrast/over-or-under-exposed?) 

by Lindie Kolver, May 18, 2024

Small Print-night on 2nd July @ EDCC 7-9pm

Dear Members – Sue Lawson suggested we hold a ‘Small Print – night’ on Club Night in July , something they did often at her old Club in Sydney.

The small print category historically was included in competitions to enable authors with images technically not up to such a standard where they can be blown up to a full size image, to also have the opportunity to submit images in competitions. The saying : A small print hides a multitude of sins, is very true.

What we’re planning is the following : On the night you bring 2 ( two) small prints to the meeting. The size : 6×4. You can have them done at Officeworks for $1.50 per print or you can do it yourself at home on your printer. Black, numbered mounts (A5-size), with double-sided tape will be available at the meeting. As you come in you’ll be handed 2 mounts. Secure your prints on the mounts and pop them on the stands. You’ll also be handed a voting slip. Much like our previous print night, you’ll be asked to vote for images. Karen Phelps has offered to do a quick spreadsheet to determine the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

All you need to do is the following : Bring 2 prints to the meeting. Size : 6” x 4” (open colour or mono or one of each) Know the exif data of your prints. You might be asked about how and where you shot your image and what your settings were. We can learn from each other.

Let’s make a success of the evening by attending with two prints of your choice.

In the meantime – take care, keep warm and keep taking good photographs.

Regards,

Lindie Kolver

by Lindie Kolver, May 18, 2024

Results for competitions in April 2024 Print Competition

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
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click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Running into trouble Diane Willingham – Distinction Open Colour	Lake Tyrrell Grader. Trevor Mills – Distinction Open Colour
Done and dusted Trevor Mills – Distinction Open Colour	All in the Same Boat Steve Phelps – Top Image in Category Open Colour
Rugby action Frank Kolver – Distinction Mono	Sails Ervin Strauh – Distinction Mono
Mischievous little Boy Lindie Kolver – Distinction Mono	Anne and Bobby Sue Lawson – Top Image in Competition Mono
Target in sight Frank Kolver – Distinction Nature	On thin ice Frank Kolver – Distinction Nature
Eastern Spinebill in Grevillea Susan Smith – Distinction Nature	Black Shouldered Kite Trevor Mills – Distinction Nature
In flight Stephen Finlay – Top Image in Category Nature

by Lindie Kolver, April 18, 2024