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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 ?

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

Kind regards

Lindie 0431-695-412

by Lindie Kolver, April 13, 2022

Ken Duncan’s virtual exhibition …

Experience Ken’s exhibition ‘Time to Reflect’. You will discover incredible images from both Australia and around the world. As you wander through the Gallery, each spectacular artwork will bring you a sense of peace and tranquillity

https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/9833277/a-time-to-reflect

Kind regards

Lindie

by Lindie Kolver, April 10, 2022

Colin’s Fortnightly Challenge now open …

Colin’s new challenge – 26 x fortnightly challenges now open on the Website under 2022 … To find it, scroll down to the very LAST competition window of the current year.

All the set subjects are there for you to take note of. I only need to change the submission dates of each fortnightly challenge. That will happen over the week-end. In the meantime: AUTUMN is open for you to submit your image.

Keep snapping. Lindie xx

by Lindie Kolver, March 25, 2022

Results for competitions in February 2022 Digital Competition

There were 16 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Hibiscus Wendy Coulls – Top Image in Category Open Colour	Seeking shelter from the rain Lindie Kolver – Distinction Open Colour
Gum Bend Sunset John Smith – Distinction Open Colour	Racing Up River Ray Cooper – Distinction Open Colour
Solitary Moments John Upton – Distinction Mono	Utter concentration Lindie Kolver – Distinction Mono
Perched Stephen Finlay – Top Image in Category Mono	Fatherly Advice Susan Smith – Distinction Mono
Smashed John Upton – Distinction Set Subject – Broken Glass	What a mess Lindie Kolver – Distinction Set Subject – Broken Glass
Fore John Smith – Distinction Set Subject – Broken Glass	Timed Out John Smith – Top Image in Category Set Subject – Broken Glass
Feeding it crop milk Lindie Kolver – Distinction Nature	Waiting in line Lindie Kolver – Distinction Nature
Icy landing Frank Kolver – Top Image in Competition Nature	Not Crab Again Susan Smith – Distinction Nature

by Lindie Kolver, March 15, 2022

Double Exposure Workshop @ LUSC

We had a most successful Workshop hosted by Colin Bennett , John Upton and Harry Bryant on Tuesday afternoon.

Harry ‘s lecture was about Tethering one’s camera to an external device such as Laptop, Ipad, Android, Iphone whilst shooting, making assessment of correct lighting, pleasing posing, stray hairs, sharpness at the same time you are conducting your shoot. Ideal when doing portraits, still-life and macro… any static subject. The beauty of this method is that your model can also see the outcome immediately and can adjust their pose, chin-angle, creases in clothing etc.

Colin’s lecture was on: “How to do Double Exposures in Photoshop.” Any number of images can be combined in this way. Colin also touched on improvements in Photoshop and Lightroom and will do an in-depth discus-sion at the Workshop on Saturday 12th March 9-12 @ EDCC. Please come along and join this informative workshop.

John hosted the “Double Exposure in Camera” station playing model and helping members to set up Double Exposure in their camera-menu, with correct settings to obtain photos in Camera.

Paul Barron delving into his camera’s menu

by Lindie Kolver, March 2, 2022

Results for competitions in January 2022 Digital Competition

There were 17 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Bickering King Parrots Louise Spencer – Distinction Open Colour	Storytime Liz Gannell – Distinction Open Colour
A Little Bit Wet John Smith – Distinction Open Colour	Perfect reflections Diane Willingham – Top Image in Category Open Colour
Pen Lindie Kolver – Distinction Mono	Game on Frank Kolver – Distinction Mono
High Jump John Smith – Top Image in Competition Mono	Lone Tree Namibia Susan Smith – Distinction Set Subject – Single/ Lone Tree
Flat-crowned with dust-devils Lindie Kolver – Distinction Set Subject – Single/ Lone Tree	Stony Desert Tree John Smith – Distinction Set Subject – Single/ Lone Tree
Edge of Existence John Smith – Top Image in Category Set Subject – Single/ Lone Tree	Red Breasted Jezebel Lindie Kolver – Distinction Nature
Drying Wings William Quaglio – Distinction Nature	Flower Picker Susan Smith – Distinction Nature
Mating Lorikeets Frank Kolver – Distinction Nature	Good one . Arthur Minter – Distinction Nature
Almost Perfect Camouflage Bernd Fichtner – Top Image in Category Nature

by Lindie Kolver, February 15, 2022

Creative Landscapes (Viewbug)

Have a look at these beautiful landscapes which featured in the Top 10 of a Competition by Viewbug. We have a Set Subject later this year on Land-and-Seascapes. Derive inspiration from these.

https://www.viewbug.com/blog/creative-landscapes-photo-contest-vol10-finalists

by Lindie Kolver, February 10, 2022