Nature Competition – 28-Apr-2011
Firstly my apologies for the late posting of the competition writeup…..life seems to have got in the way of blogging…….
An interesting evening of Nature photography again showed our clubs strength in this area with many fine images – in fact the set subject entries far exceeded the open entries in every category with over 112 entries in all for the evening and of those more than 2/3 being nature!
Our judge Geoff Smith carefully spent time examining each image and commenting in detail. Unfortunately for Geoff the large number of entries made his task difficult and I dare say tiring, but he did well to comment constructively on each image. Many of the prints entered scored 10, but I can’t show many you those (although I have included one of my own here since its at hand :lol:) – but I have included the top digital entries in set and open. Apologies also for not including any Editor’s Choice images – there were so many good images I’d have to post almost all the entries!
So enjoy the images and please post a comment.
Chris 😉
Corrugations competition – 31-Mar-2011
An interesting night of observation of corrugations around us. Judge Chris Carter examined our efforts and surprised some of our newer members with 10’s for the night. There were some outstanding images overall, and many were pleased with their efforts.
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Special mention must be made of the effort made by Jo Tabe who managed to get a stack of 10s in almost every category – well done Jo!
David Tulloch also put in some great images, and his Corrugated Drip Line (far right) deserves a place in this blog post along with Jo’s Corrugated Reflections (at right). |
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| Exhibition Dates: | Saturday 9th July 2011, 12.00 noon through to the Official Opening at 7.30pm Sunday 10th July, 11.00 am – 5.00 pm |
| Venue: | United Eastern Association Masonic Complex 1 Fisher Street, Tusmore, SA, 5065 |
| Entry closing date: | 13-May-2011 |
| Contact: | secretary@sapf.org.au |
| Entry form: | 2011 Entry Form (PDF) |
Full details of the exhibition conditions, categories, judges etc are in the entry form.
We only have a few weeks to get ourselves organised, so look through your images and find the absolute best! Unfortunately, slides will not be accepted at this exhibition 😦 , but prints and digital projected images are.
Chris 😉
Food Glorious Food competition – 3-Mar-2011
No need for much comment here – I think a few of us were numb after the evening! I’ll let the very few top images and extensive editor’s choice selections speak for themselves.
Please read Jame’s fine post on judging to assuage your feelings.
Chris 😦
Postcards competition – 3rd of February 2011
We had a filled room for the first competition night for the year on what was a very warm night! A slowish start as we welcomed new members Jane, Jo and Yvonne along with visitors Helen and Mark.
It was great to see some new members and even visitors entering images – hopefully we will see more of their work in the near future – well done. In all, there were over 140 images entered on the night (even with the new limit of 3 images per section) and the scores ranged from a spattering of 10’s and 9’s awarded to a broad range of members – many of us got into the post card theme with enthusiasm!
Our judge, Keith Siedel of Edwardstown Photographic Club, did a great job, offering constructive criticism and pointing out both the good and the bad points of our images regardless of score. Every image received a comment which was appreciated by the photographer and those present.
The album prints did well, with Kookaburra (9), Cape Borda Lighthouse (9) and Pictures of Spain (10) taking out the Set section, with Ring Necked Parrot scoring a 10 in the Open.
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In the colour prints, Whale of a Tale from Wellington (9) scored highest in the Set section, whilst Winter Falls (9), Hills Cottage (9) and Port Lincoln Marina (9) were the best in the Open. |
| The monochrome prints were well represented and Adelaide Botanic Gardens achieved a 10 in the Set section, whilst Sea Lion, Faith and Gone Fishing all scoring 10s, and Ingallala scoring a 9. |  |
The projected images saw slides and digital combined into one section. In the slides the set sections top images were Tangled (9), whilst in the digital set section, Remarkable Rocks (9), Torrens Lake – Adelaide at Night (9), Mount Cook (9), Onkaparinga Outlet (10) and the witty Postcard Darwin (10) (the crocodiles with the comment – Darwin – at least the beer is cold) scoring highly in the Set section. In the Open section we had four 9s – Blue Lotus, Collecting Pollen, Yellow Rose and The Battle – well done. Have a look at the 2011 Digital Competition Top images for the 9s and 10s.
Our judge commented that majority of the postcards were great – well done to all!
Please note that the next meeting on the 17th of February will be an outing at Henley Beach – bring you camera and tripod.
See you there.
Matt & Chris
31-day challenge is up and running
Just a quick note to let you know the December 31-day challenge is up and running. We only have a few contributors, but then you don’t have to contribute images as James says in the FlickR discussion:
If you don’t want to submit, it’s enough to keep an eye on the website and enjoy the unfolding of the month. Perhaps you could join in by making a few comments to encourage us all on. Your chance to do some judging.
So go on, pop over, have a look and contribute in any way you like.
Chris 😉
DISPOSABLE CAMERA COMPETITION (7-Oct-2010)
A total of 64 small prints were submitted from 12 members. It was obvious from the various subjects portrayed that at least one member had travelled far, as several images submitted were taken in Sydney.
Most images were captured within the Adelaide and Adelaide Hills area.
Three teams each comprising six members were arranged. Each member scored individually then each team captain consolidated their team member’s scores to produce an aggregate for their team. Each of the three aggregates was then totalled in the spreadsheet to produce the average aggregate per team. The scores reproduced in the table below are the total points, the average team aggregate points as well as the average score for the print.
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Once again we had a clear winner with James Allan’s image no. 51 (image at left). Second place was a little cramped with three members scoring the same points; these being Mark Pedlar’s print 22, Ray Goulter’s print 45 and James Allan’s print 50. Matt Carr followed with his print 61. |
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| Member | Image number | Total Points | Teams Aggregate | Average Points awarded | Placing |
| James Allan | 51 | 72 | 24 | 4 | 1st |
| Mark Pedlar | 22 | 69 | 23 | 3.833 | Eq. 2nd |
| Ray Goulter | 45 | 69 | 23 | 3.833 | Eq. 2nd |
| James Allan | 50 | 69 | 23 | 3.833 | Eq. 2nd |
| Matt Carr | 61 | 67 | 22.333 | 3.722 | 3rd (5th?) |
Another interesting exercise was incorporated into the spreadsheet this year and this was to extract the members with the highest average points awarded for all the prints each submitted.
James Allan, on average, was awarded 3.574 points per image. He was followed by Ray Goulter with 3.213 and Chris Schultz with 3.102 average points. Then followed Mark Pedlar (3.065) and Ashley Hoff (3.056).
All in all a fun evening was had by all, which augers well for this odd competition being included in following year’s programmes.
Ray Goulter
Judy Sara -Trees in a Storm 
Judy Sara - Elephant on the Run 
Duart Mclean - River Reflections 
Duart Mclean - Palm Morning 
Michael Selge - Victory 
Meredith Retallack - Leaving the Mont on Foot 
Sarah Bailey - A Stroll in the Garden 
Kerry Malec - Teepee 
Judy Sara - Elephants on the Move 
Vicki Kramer - Sunset Silhouette 
Meredith Retallack - Sunset Dreaming 
Judy Sara - Running Along the Beach
Blackwood Photographic Club of South Australia Inc. 
Life on the streets competition
An interesting night On the Streets!
We had 130+ entries – including one from new member Alex Zapcev, and a number from those attending the photographic course being run by Ray Goulter & James Allan. Well done folks – and welcome to the club! We also had a few extra attendees to see how it all worked- some signing up on the night.
A sad story - Theo Prucha
Helter skelter passed luxury - Chris Schultz
The colour prints resulted in three 10s (James Allen, Eric Budworth and myself), and John Vidgeon again produced a stunner in the open colour with his image of a boat travelling across the water.
The mono prints had some interesting shots, with a 10 from Gary Secombe of a tree against the sky in the open section.
Slides are not dead – they live on tenaciously as Arthur Farmer and Ursula provided us with some more brilliant images – including some great portraits in the open section. As one of the few clubs left in the state with a film slide section, we’ll need to see if we can scan them in and show them to the rest of the world at some stage…… 💡
Gary Secombe - Hanging Around
So another night over. Check out the gallery of digital 10’s and give us your thoughts.
By the way – we have added some extra images in there – call it Editors Choice – the ones that the web masters think deserved a mention (perk of the job :lol:).
Finally – please visit the Mitcham Council Chambers foyer to view our exhibition if you get a chance – it runs until 29-Nov-2010 on weekdays from 9am to 5pm.
See you all at the Annual Exhibition Judging on 4-Nov-2010
Chris 😉
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