Set Subject for August ’22
Take note that the Set Subject’s description has been altered somewhat on the competition page. It previously read ” Environmental Trash and it’s impact “ (it has not changed on the Set Subject Card for 2022…miracles take a bit longer, lol )
It now reads : Environmental Trash (Rubbish)
I’ve had a few phone-calls from members enquiring as to how one should/could show impact on the Environment as per the original brief (which typically would only occur years later in the normal flow of things ) and for the life of me I couldn’t come up with something plausible and straightforward; triptyque and collage only came to mind…
There you have it then…the brief is so much simpler and shouldn’t be hard to accomplish.
Signing off for the rest of the month now. Take care and above all take good photographs.
Lindie xxx
by Lindie Kolver, August 3, 2022
Christmas in July get-together
Karen Phelps arranged an impromptu get-together at Beechwood Pub for Club Members and their better halves for Friday 22nd July. A lovely time was had by all. The light in the venue was hard to handle so I didn’t go full out getting pictures of everyone – I’ll be doing that at our Christmas Lunch in December.
We had a great turn-out, more than 30 I counted.
by Lindie Kolver, July 24, 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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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
View / Comment entries in June 2022 Digital Competition
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:
- Photograph – A visible image originating from the action of light or other forms of radiant energy upon a photosensitive medium or device.
- 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.
- Colour Image – A photograph that is not monochrome. It includes a monochrome photograph that has been partially toned or had colour added.
- 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:
- 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!)
- 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).
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
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).
Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in May 2022 Digital Competition
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
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).
Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
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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).
Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
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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