Landscape/Seascape on Show – February 1st Competition

Alone in the Mist – Judy Sara

Our first competition for the year was held on February 1 and was titled Landscape/Seascape and defined as: ‘An image featuring the natural scenery or terrain.’ In our programme for the year we were reminded that ‘Many people mistakenly believe taking a landscape is easy, but there are so many variables that getting that excellent landscape image can be quite challenging!’ So true.

Our judge for the evening was the affable and always welcome, David CG Smith from the Eastern Suburbs Camera Club. One of the most highly awarded amateur photographers in Australia, David’s comments are highly valued.

In the mix of feedback provided by David included:

• The importance of capturing a mood
• Considering the merits of landscape vs portrait when composing a shot
• The value of leading lines
• How shooting water with a slow shutter speed creates a soothing effect
• The need to be careful not to oversharpen images thereby creating a halo effect
• When cropping an image be careful not to make it too tight

There were many other valuable comments but this will give you a feel for where he was coming from.

We certainly had our share of high quality images in both the set subject of Landscape/Seascape as well as in the Open Section so we hope we enjoy some of the great work shown here.

Lightning Over Onkaparinga – James Allan

Sunset through the Rain – Helen Whitford

Onkaparinga River Mouth – Kerry Malec

Jetty Blue Hour – Anthony Kernich

Lighting up the Rain – Helen Whitford

Ijen Crater – Judy Sara

Bunyeroo Valley Panorama – Helen Whitford

Variegated Wren Eclipse – James Allan

Peace Rose – James Allan

Pie Dish Beetle – James Allan

Yarra Sunset – Anthony Kernich

Fall in the Forest – Helen Whitford

Kirribilli Sunset – Anthony Kernich