Yes both the wind power, and the letters and number competitions took place in the last month. The Banner above comes from the wind powered competition. In this edition of camera clips we also have a write up of Howard Seaman’s workshop, 3 of the travelogue topics; Pildappa rocks, Rogues point and The Lavender trail and an explanation of Community judging. The answers are not blowing in the wind, they are buzzing in the ether. So check out this months edition of Camera Clips.
James Allan
A competition with a difference! As our scheduled judge was reluctant to meet online we took the opportunity to try community judging on Thursday night. James and Duart found a way to make it work and although only a dozen members joined in it was an interesting and empowering exercise for all.
Entry numbers were down but interestingly monochrome images were up, particularly in the Open section. All of the entries were available for preview on our members’ Facebook forum and indeed are still available fpr view and comment.
James Allan’s Southern Cross in Action was acclaimed as the image which best captured the power of the wind with real impact and Judy Sara’s The Old and the New made the biggest impression in Monochrome Set Subject. There were quite a few windmill shots!
In Open, Helen Whitford’s Feather and David Hancock’s Happy Wash appealed to the majority of member judges.
It was an interesting experience having everyone participate in picking the best images and listening to the reasons why certain images held appeal for different people. It was generally agreed that the results were probably similar to what they would have been with a single, experienced judge.
Here are all of the images.
The Top Images can be found here and members can visit our Facebook Forum to see what others had to say and to add your own comments.
No, not the TV Show (although I did consider taking a photo of my galah watching the show on the TV.) The Set Subject was quite well subscribed, providing more than half of the entries.
There was a variety of interpretations including a couple of obscure entries from James Allan and Helen Whitford. (When collating the images I googled Ascii 1 to check that it was what I thought it was!) Our judge, Robert Dettman, was impressed with both the creativity and technical skill in Splash of Lemon. I knew I was taking a risk with an image about numbers which actually showed no numbers!
Sheila Gatehouse impressed with Welcoming and Heart of the Festival State.
Although our numbers were down a little, both in terms of images and participants in the meeting, it was a great night. Robert gave thoughtful comments on every image and we thank him for his efforts!
Below are all of the entries and the Top images can be found here.
Welcome – Black is back. We have recently had our black competition. I have just released the Black edition of Camera Clips. Paul Hughes’ “Black Cat” features above as our Banner. All of the images along with a summary are now on display on the club web page. In this edition I include notes from the Product Photography tutorial. Ray has described another classic 35mm film camera, the Pentacon Pentina. Ray has written about photographic collections. I was surprised to discover that there was a valuable photographic collection in my own family, that of W.C. Brooker. Hope you enjoy the read.
James
The Stuck at Home edition of Camera Clips has just been released. The Covid virus has affected everything we do.
We have articles on Low Key Photography, Developing Slides, Carol Jerrems and a tribute to Reg Connolly who passed in April this year. My condolences to Heather and her family.
Here is the link to this months edition. I hope to get onto the June edition shortly. Keen for any contributions you may have to offer.
James
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