Results for competitions in June 2022 Digital Competition

There were 14 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Galah landing Lindie Kolver – Distinction Open Colour	Emerald Lakes Diane Willingham – Distinction Open Colour
Silvereye sm Linda Appleby – Top Image in Category Open Colour	Ben 447 Lindie Kolver – Distinction Mono
Bow Over Sails John Smith – Distinction Mono	Go Girl Susan Smith – Top Image in Competition Mono
Bored Susan Smith – Distinction Mono	Might get a bit wet Diane Willingham – Distinction Mono
Turbulence John Smith – Top Image in Category Set Subject – Land Or Seascapes	On the Rocks Susan Smith – Distinction Set Subject – Land Or Seascapes
Franschoek Valley Lindie Kolver – Distinction Set Subject – Land Or Seascapes	Pride Sue Lawson – Top Image in Category Nature
Osprey Feeding John Smith – Distinction Nature	Green Tree Snake Susan Smith – Distinction Nature

by Lindie Kolver, July 19, 2022

Results for competitions in June 2022 Digital Competition

There were 14 entries that gained our highest award(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

Galah landing Lindie Kolver – Distinction Open Colour	Emerald Lakes Diane Willingham – Distinction Open Colour
Silvereye sm Linda Appleby – Top Image in Category Open Colour	Ben 447 Lindie Kolver – Distinction Mono
Bow Over Sails John Smith – Distinction Mono	Go Girl Susan Smith – Top Image in Competition Mono
Bored Susan Smith – Distinction Mono	Might get a bit wet Diane Willingham – Distinction Mono
Turbulence John Smith – Top Image in Category Set Subject – Land Or Seascapes	On the Rocks Susan Smith – Distinction Set Subject – Land Or Seascapes
Franschoek Valley Lindie Kolver – Distinction Set Subject – Land Or Seascapes	Pride Sue Lawson – Top Image in Category Nature
Osprey Feeding John Smith – Distinction Nature	Green Tree Snake Susan Smith – Distinction Nature

by Lindie Kolver, July 19, 2022

NPF Website open for submissions.

Conditions of Entry

Preamble:  The NPF is holding a photographic competition and exhibition as one of the activities on the NPF weekend – 27th and 28th August, 2022.  Entries in the competition will be judged in advance of the exhibition to enable trophies, certificates and reports to be prepared ready for presentation.  Maitland Camera Club are managing the administration of the competition.

Competition Details, Rules and Instructions:

• The competition is open to individuals who are members of NPF affiliated clubs.  Due to the imbalance in club membership numbers, there will be no inter-club competition.
• Images must not have won awards in previous NPF annual competitions.
• The competition will cater for six sections: Monochrome Prints (MP), Colour Prints (CP), Nature Prints (NP), Open Digital (OD), People* Digital (PD) Macro Digital (MD).

*Images of a person or people with an emphasis on storytelling (not just a portrait, in other words…)

• All photographs and elements of photographs must have been captured by the entrant and no image or substantially similar image may be entered in more than one section by the same entrant.  Any manipulation of the image must be done by, or under the explicit direction, of the entrant.
• Individuals may enter a total of six (6) images across the six (6) sections, with a maximum of two (2) entries in any one section.
• Entry fee is $45 is per person regardless of the number of sections entered.  Payment of this entry fee will entitle the entrant to attend all the NPF activities across the weekend as well as entry to the photographic competition.
• Each club will need to organise the bulk delivery of prints to a central location by Friday 12th August, 2022. (that will be Lindie or Stewart)

Key Dates:

• 1st July, 2022 – Entries open
• 12pm Sunday 7th August 2022 – Closing date for each entrant to upload entries to the NPF on MyPhotoClub – https://npf.myphotoclub.com.au/
• 12/08/2022 – Deadline for bulk delivery of prints by club representative to designated address.
• 13 – 21st August, 2022 – Judging
• 27th August, 2022 – Exhibition and presentation of awards

Awards:

For each section, a trophy for 1st place and certificates of merit for nine other images.  1st place will be chosen from images gaining the highest scores.  The certificates will be chosen from the remaining highest scoring images.

Definitions:

1. Photograph – A visible image originating from the action of light or other forms of radiant energy upon a photosensitive medium or device.
2. Monochrome Image – A photograph that contains shades of only one colour.  If toning is carried out, it must be over the entire image.  Partial toning and/or the addition of one extra colour are not acceptable in a monochrome image.
3. Colour Image – A photograph that is not monochrome.  It includes a monochrome photograph that has been partially toned or had colour added.
4. Nature photography records all branches of natural history except anthropology and archaeology. This includes all aspects of the physical world, both animate and inanimate, that have not been made or modified by humans. Nature images must convey the truth of the scene that was recorded. No modification that changes the truth of a Nature image is allowed.  Images may be cropped but no other technique that removes, adds or moves any part of the image is allowed. Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise and lens flare are allowed. Complete conversion of colour images to greyscale monochrome is allowed. Partial conversion, toning and infrared captures or derivations are not allowed. Multiple images of the same subject that are combined in camera or with software by focus stacking, exposure blending or stitching (images taken consecutively and combined by overlapping) are allowed.

Vignetting and Borders:  Vignettes are not allowed in Nature images.  Any border added must be a single border of white or grey, no greater than 3-5 pixels in width.  Single black borders of the same dimensions are allowed in Prints.”

e. People – images of a person or people with an emphasis on storytelling.

Image Size:

1. Entries in the Monochrome, Colour or Nature print sections are to be no smaller than 25cm x 20 cm in size and are to be attached to 50cm x 40cm or 20” x 16” mount board.  Combined thickness of print and mount board is not to exceed 4 mm. ( For this year ONLY, the NPF Committee will allow us our slightly smaller images and boards – HPG!)
2. The back of all print entries must display the label printed from the web MyPhotoClub site.

Preparation of Prints by Clubs Prior to Submission: 

For each print section, entries from each club are to be sorted in order, using the numbers allocated by the website.

Preparation of Digital Entries by Clubs Prior to Submission:

None required. Entrants are to upload as per normal club entry but using the NPF site, same size and conditions apply. Any entries submitted to your local camera club using the MyPhotoClub site may be selected and can automatically be used without the need to upload again.

Go through your Gallery on our Website and pick your images. Any tips or critique from judges in previous competitions, apply that to your image and then save your image in a folder on your desktop and load from there, instead of directly from HPG to NPF.

by Lindie Kolver, July 4, 2022

Results for competitions in May 2022 Digital Competition

There were 18 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Bluebells Sue Lawson – Distinction Open Colour	Ladybird with Stripes Sue Lawson – Distinction Open Colour
Breakfast Trio Lindie Kolver – Distinction Open Colour	Into the unknown Diane Willingham – Top Image in Category Mono
Feeling trapped Diane Willingham – Distinction Mono	Hiding in the Shadows Louise Spencer – Distinction Mono
Road Runner John Upton – Distinction Set Subject – A Bicycle	Gearing Up John Upton – Distinction Set Subject – A Bicycle
Going for it John Shaw – Distinction Set Subject – A Bicycle	The Shadow Susan Smith – Top Image in Competition Set Subject – A Bicycle
Spinning Wheel Susan Smith – Distinction Set Subject – A Bicycle	Portrait Ray Cooper – Top Image in Category Nature
Oakleaf butterfly Lindie Kolver – Distinction Nature	You Look-n at Me Louise Spencer – Distinction Nature
In Flight John Smith – Distinction Nature	Is someone watching me Frank Kolver – Distinction Nature
Medicine for the Soul Karen Phelps – Top Image in Category Open Colour	European Roller Susan Smith – Distinction Open Colour

by Lindie Kolver, June 22, 2022

Results for competitions in May 2022 Digital Competition

There were 18 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Bluebells Sue Lawson – Distinction Open Colour	Ladybird with Stripes Sue Lawson – Distinction Open Colour
Breakfast Trio Lindie Kolver – Distinction Open Colour	Into the unknown Diane Willingham – Top Image in Category Mono
Feeling trapped Diane Willingham – Distinction Mono	Hiding in the Shadows Louise Spencer – Distinction Mono
Road Runner John Upton – Distinction Set Subject – A Bicycle	Gearing Up John Upton – Distinction Set Subject – A Bicycle
Going for it John Shaw – Distinction Set Subject – A Bicycle	The Shadow Susan Smith – Top Image in Competition Set Subject – A Bicycle
Spinning Wheel Susan Smith – Distinction Set Subject – A Bicycle	Portrait Ray Cooper – Top Image in Category Nature
Oakleaf butterfly Lindie Kolver – Distinction Nature	You Look-n at Me Louise Spencer – Distinction Nature
In Flight John Smith – Distinction Nature	Is someone watching me Frank Kolver – Distinction Nature
Medicine for the Soul Karen Phelps – Top Image in Category Open Colour	European Roller Susan Smith – Distinction Open Colour

by Lindie Kolver, June 21, 2022

Wrong closing date for June Competition generated

Please note the closing date for June’s digital competition is NEXT Wednesday, 22nd June @ 6pm and NOT this coming Wednesday. The dates on the Website as well as our Set Subject Cards were wrong. The Website has been fixed. The Competition is also open for you to review the submissions. Have a look at already submitted images and let’s not submit too many steel-wool-burning-images in the same month.

Apologies for the error … you have another week to try and get a nice Land-or-Seascape (Set Subject) in the bag to submit for this month.

Keep clicking and stay warm!

Lindie

by Lindie Kolver, June 13, 2022

Results for competitions in April 2022 Digital Competition

There were 21 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Boarding Lindie Kolver – Distinction Open Colour	Caring Grandmother Diane Willingham – Distinction Open Colour
big push from little man Bernd Fichtner – Distinction Open Colour	Drying Out Susan Smith – Distinction Open Colour
Seaward Rush John Smith – Top Image in Category Open Colour	Working on the Train Stewart Cooper – Top Image in Category Mono
Streaking to the ribbon Lindie Kolver – Distinction Mono	Train Wreck Louise Spencer – Distinction Mono
Incoming Frank Kolver – Distinction Mono	Smoko John Smith – Distinction Mono
The Stairwell John Smith – Distinction Mono	Southern Right Tale Lindie Kolver – Distinction Set Subject – Marine Life
Compass Jelly Fish Lindie Kolver – Distinction Set Subject – Marine Life	alien marine life William Quaglio – Distinction Set Subject – Marine Life
Crab Walk Stephen Finlay – Top Image in Category Set Subject – Marine Life	Stinkhorn dinner guest Lindie Kolver – Distinction Nature
Pink Tongue Louise Spencer – Distinction Nature	I am Beautiful Stewart Cooper – Distinction Nature
Swamp Wallaby Arthur Minter – Distinction Nature	Eastern Reef Egret Steve Phelps – Distinction Nature
I’m sure it’s in there Frank Kolver – Top Image in Competition Nature

by Lindie Kolver, May 17, 2022

Results for competitions in May 2022 Print Competition

There were 10 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Rocky Shoreline John Upton – Distinction Open Colour	Firetails Bathing Linda Appleby – Distinction Open Colour
tibetan dancer Diane Willingham – Distinction Open Colour	Lighthouse Stephen Finlay – Top Image in Competition Open Colour
Quick Group meeting Stewart Cooper – Distinction Mono	Singapore extravaganza Lindie Kolver – Top Image in Category Mono
Ticklish Stephen Finlay – Distinction Mono	I am Beautiful Stewart Cooper – Distinction Nature
Baby Frogmouth Linda Appleby – Distinction Nature	Bronze Hummingbird Lindie Kolver – Top Image in Category Nature

by Lindie Kolver, May 3, 2022

Results for competitions in March 2022 Digital Competition

There were 29 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Fern Friends Sue Lawson – Distinction Open Colour	Early Rays John Upton – Distinction Open Colour
White Faced Heron Susan Smith – Top Image in Category Open Colour	Carina Lindie Kolver – Distinction Open Colour
Silhouette Lindie Kolver – Distinction Open Colour	No play today Mia John Shaw – Distinction Open Colour
Cucumber Ray Cooper – Distinction Open Colour	Flooded Paul Barron – Distinction Open Colour
Colour Under Glass John Smith – Distinction Open Colour	Chevrons John Smith – Distinction Open Colour
Fluffy Lindie Kolver – Distinction Mono	Frangipani in the rain John Upton – Distinction Mono
Joshua Lindie Kolver – Top Image in Competition Mono	Lunchtime Diane Willingham – Distinction Mono
Bearing Dead Ahead John Smith – Distinction Mono	Curved Panels John Smith – Distinction Mono
Waiting for an Uber John Upton – Distinction Set Subject – Altered Reality / Creative Work	Get Lost In Reading Wendy Coulls – Distinction Set Subject – Altered Reality / Creative Work
The light is calling Garry Gannell – Distinction Set Subject – Altered Reality / Creative Work	Elephant Walk Stephen Finlay – Top Image in Category Set Subject – Altered Reality / Creative Work
paper bark trees Diane Willingham – Distinction Set Subject – Altered Reality / Creative Work	Cool To Warm John Smith – Distinction Set Subject – Altered Reality / Creative Work
Blown Globe Susan Smith – Distinction Set Subject – Altered Reality / Creative Work	The Collector Susan Smith – Distinction Nature
Quiver Tree Forest Lindie Kolver – Distinction Nature	Honeybee John Shaw – Distinction Nature
Bird hunter of the Kgalagadi Lindie Kolver – Top Image in Category Nature	Talon fight Frank Kolver – Distinction Nature
White Cheeked Honeyeater John Smith – Distinction Nature

by Lindie Kolver, April 19, 2022

Are you entering the Print Competition for May ?

1. Ensure your digital copies are loaded on the Website by the 20th April in the MAY PRINT COMPETITION.
2. Get your printed images to me by Wednesday , 20th April. OR…
3. If you want me to have your images printed, I need them on a memory stick by Wednesday, 20th LATEST, TIFF’s, un-sized.
4. I will buy and do the mounting of your images for you @ $4.00/image.
5. Please contact me if you have any questions.
6. The competition closes on Friday , 22nd April at 6pm.

Kind regards

Lindie 0431-695-412

by Lindie Kolver, April 13, 2022