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COMMITTEE

Chairman Colin Hall 083 380-5480

Vice Chairman Dave Gordon 083 247 7646

Secretary Renata Cecchi 011 452-2250

Pr & Outings Coordinator Dave Gordon 083 247 7646

Judge Coordinator Heidi Broschk 079 886 8515

Prints & Salons John Coumbias 011 452-2514

Competition Secretary David Wolstencroft 083-229-8066

Magazine Editor Ted Kinsman 083 461-2350

Certificates & Awards Des Alexander 083 226 1452

Catering Giulio Cecchi 011 452-2250

Website David Wolstencroft

Judges and Speakers Shared

EDENVALE PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUB

NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2015

MEETING PLACE : Edenvale Community Centre

Cor. Van Riebeeck Avenue & 2nd Street.

WHEN : 2nd and 4th Wednesday of Month

TIME : 18h30 for 19h00

POSTAL ADDRESS : Edenvale Photographic Club

P O Box 1978, Edenvale, 1610

WEBSITE : www.edenvalephotoclub.wordpress.com

WEBSITE : www.edenvalephotoclub.co.za

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CHAIRMAN’S CHAT

As the year draws to a close, many of us will be looking forward to the

holidays. This is probably the time that most of us get to take more

photographs than usual. We can take advantage of being in a different place

with new scenes to take pictures of. Different things happen around us which

also make good photographs. This year I am extremely lucky to be going to

Hong Kong. I was there for a short while some years ago and all that I can

remember is that the smells were overwhelming, not in a good way! I hope to

try and get some good pictures of the city skyline even though it has been

done so often before and I will also do some street photography. Even if you

are not going anywhere exotic there are still plenty of photo opportunities so

get out there and take advantage of the holiday season!

I think that I can safely say that the Club has ended another successful year.

We did exceptionally well in the PSSA interclub competition and also in the

CERPS competition. This shows that the standard of our photography

remains high. This is important for the club because the novice

photographers learn from the more experienced members. The higher the

standard the more the novices will learn, and that is what the club is about.

Keep pushing yourself even if sometimes you think that things are not getting

better. I promise that after a few months you will look back and see how far

you have come.

After the AGM, Hanli got working on the new Facebook page. It is a bit of a

venture into the unknown so it is great that Hanli is taking the initiative. The

page will be an important interface with possible new members for the club so

we need to make it work for us. Once it is up and running let’s get it out

there as widely as possible, we can all help.

See you soon

Colin

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COMPETITIONS ON CLUB EVENINGS

WINNERS: 14 October 2015 NAME TITLE

DIGITAL JUDGE Don Brotherston

Best Digital 1 STAR NATURE Roy Batchelor I see you!

Best Digital 1 STAR COM PICTORIAL Renata Checchi Millau Viaduct

Best Digital 2 STAR NATURE Carolyn Masterton Steenbuck

Best Digital 2 STAR PICTORIAL Nil

Best Digital 3 STAR COM NATURE Vadivelu Lotus

Best Digital 3 STAR COM PICTORIAL Phumlani Cuatro Torres

Best Digital 4 STAR COM NATURE Jorge Borralho Great Egret Reflection

Best Digital 4 STAR PICTORIAL David Wolstencroft Holy Canoly

Best Digital OPEN COM NATURE Dave Gordon Evening Stroll

(CC7T3877)

Best Digital OPEN PICTORIAL Hanli Smit Indigo Girl

Best Digital 1 STAR - Nature - Roy Batchelor “I see you!”.

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Best Digital 1 STAR - Pictorial - Renata Cecchi “Millau Viaduct” (COM).

Best Digital 2 STAR - Nature - Carolyn Masterton “Steenbuck”.

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Best Digital 3 STAR - Nature - Vadivelu “Lotus” (COM).

Best Digital 3 STAR - Pictorial - Phumlani “Cuatro Torres” (COM).

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Best Digital 4 STAR - Nature - Jorge Borralho “Great Egret Reflection” (COM).

Best Digital 4 STAR - Pictorial - David Wolstencroft “Holy Canoly”.

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Best Digital OPEN - Nature - Dave Gordon “Evening Stroll (CC7T3877)” (COM).

Best Digital OPEN - Pictorial - Hanli Smit “Indigo Girl”.

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COMPETITIONS ON CLUB EVENINGS

WINNERS: 28 October 2015 NAME TITLE

DIGITAL JUDGE Laetitia Kenny

Best Digital 1 STAR NATURE Liesel Gous Looking for lunch

Best Digital 1 STAR PICTORIAL Renata Cecchi Steep hill in Devon

Best Digital 2 STAR NATURE Nil

Best Digital 2 STAR PICTORIAL Nil

Best Digital 3 STAR COM NATURE Johann Harmse Upside down

Best Digital 3 STAR PICTORIAL Esli van Niekerk By candle light

Best Digital 4 STAR NATURE Bungbing Whistling Duck 1833

Best Digital 4 STAR PICTORIAL David Wolstencroft Visiting Granny

Best Digital OPEN COM NATURE Paul Lees Yellow Billed Duck 8522

Best Digital OPEN COM PICTORIAL Hanli Smit Origami

Best Digital 1 STAR - Nature - Liesel Gous “Looking for lunch”.

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Best Digital 1 STAR - Pictorial - Renata Checchi “Steep hill in Devon”.

Best Digital 3 STAR - Nature - Johann Harmse “Upside down” (COM).

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Best Digital 3 STAR - Pictorial - Esli van Niekerk “By candle light”.

Best Digital 4 STAR - Nature - Bungbing “Whistling Duck 1833”.

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Best Digital 4 STAR - Pictorial - David Wolstencroft “Visiting Granny”.

Best Digital OPEN - Nature - Paul Lees “Yellow Billed Duck 8522” (COM).

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Best Digital OPEN - Pictorial - Hanli Smit “Origami” (COM).

ANNUAL COMPETITION 2015 RESULTS

EPC ANNUAL 2015 COMPETITION CATEGORY WINNERS

Section Category File Name Name Score Out

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Beginner Beginner-bg 1_bg_Three windmills in Spain Renata Cecchi 34

Senior Altered Nature-tn 3_tn_water surfing John Coumbias 37

Senior Altered Reality-ar 3_ar_painted in Ink Hanli Smit 35

Senior Animal Portrait-ap 3_ap_young elephant portrait John Coumbias 36

Senior Human Portrait-po 3_po_young portrait John Coumbias 37

Senior Nature-na 3_na_In Flight Feeding 2455 Cathy Owen 40

Senior Open-op 3_op_the guitarist John Coumbias 38

Senior Photojournalism-pj 3_pj_Opponents defense Effort 6996 Cathy Owen 38

Senior Scapes-sc 3_sc_Pringle Bay 9427 Cathy Owen 39

Senior Still Life-sl 3_sl_lilium John Coumbias 36

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1_bg_Three windmills in Spain_Renata Cecchi

3_tn_water surfing_John Coumbias

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3_ar_painted in Ink_Hanli Smit

3_ap_young elephant portrait_John Coumbias

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3_po_young portrait_John Coumbias

3_na_In Flight Feeding 2455_Cathy Owen

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3_op_the guitarist_John Coumbias

3_pj_Opponents defense Effort 6996_Cathy Owen

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3_sc_Pringle Bay 9427_Cathy Owen

3_sl_lilium_John Coumbias

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EPC OVERALL VERSATILE WINNER & SCORES

Section Name Total Sections AVG Score/

Scores Entered Section

Senior John Coumbias 325 9 36,1

Senior David Wolstencroft 302 9 33,6

Senior Guilio Cecchi 294 9 32,7

Senior Ted Kinsman 290 9 32,2

Senior Hans van den Walt 289 9 32,1

Senior Esli van Niekerk 270 9 30,0

Senior Marga Ley 247 8 30,9

Senior Hanli Smit 246 8 30,8

Senior Lilly van Niekerk 244 8 30,5

Senior Lourens Durand 235 7 33,6

Senior Moira van Heerden 200 7 28,6

Senior Heidi Broschk 194 6 32,3

Senior Vadivelu 128 4 32,0

Senior Cathy Owen 152 4 38,0

Senior Carolyn Masterton 107 4 26,8

Senior Renata Cecchi 95 3 31,7

Senior Adrian Style 94 3 31,3

OVERALL WINNER SCORES

Section Category File Name Name Scores

Senior Altered Nature-tn 3_tn_water surfing John Coumbias 37

Senior Altered Reality-ar 3_ar_circules abstract John Coumbias 33

Senior Animal Portrait-ap 3_ap_young elephant portrait John Coumbias 36

Senior Human Portrait-po 3_po_young portrait John Coumbias 37

Senior Nature-na 3_na_baby feeding John Coumbias 34

Senior Open-op 3_op_the guitarist John Coumbias 38

Senior Photojournalism-pj 3_pj_hell of fire John Coumbias 35

Senior Scapes-sc 3_sc_mystical trees John Coumbias 39

Senior Still Life-sl 3_sl_lilium John Coumbias 36

TOTAL OF ALL SCORES 325

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JUDGES AT EVENING COMPETITIONS

EPC Club Night Judge Name COMMENTS

28/01/2015 Anne d’Oliveira PSSA - 2nd Vice President Central Gauteng

11/02/2015 Charles Kok Krugersdorp Photo Club

25/02/2015 Willem Semmelink AFO

Talk: Macro Photography

11/03/2015 Leana Blom Randburg Photo Club

Talk: Series Photography

25/03/2015 Rob Aspeling Private individual

8/04/2015 Tony Stacy Boksburg Camera Club

Talk: Outdoor Model Photography Techniques

22/04/2015 Neil Lane

Alberton Photo Club

Talk: Photography using Surfing as a

background

13/05/2015 Kitty Greonewalt JCC

27/05/2015 Jack Halfon Johannesburg Photographic Society &

Jabula Camera Club

10/06/2015 Willem Botha Alberton Photo Club

24/06/2015 Nico Strydom

Vice Chairman

Midrand Club

Talk – Monochrome & Street Photography

08/07/2015 Neil lane Alberton Camera Club

22/07/2015 Jack Halfon Johannesburg Photographic Society

Talk – Street Photography

12/08/2015 Rodney Cotton

26/08/2015 Percy Mitchell Boksburg Camera Club

Vice-Chairman

09/09/2015 Paula Rutherford GetPix Photog. Principal,

Boksburg Club

23/09/2015 Anne d’Oliveira JCC

PSSA - 2nd Vice President Central Gauteng

14/10/2015 Don Brotherston Southern Suburbs CC

28/10/2015 Laetitia Kenny Boksburg Camera Club

Presentation on ‘Portraiture’

11/1/2015 Rob Ponte Honorary Member

AGM

25/11/2015 Johann van der Walt PSSA Director

Southern Gauteng Club

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PSSA SALON RESULTS

Congratulations to the following members who have received Awards in recent Salons.

Please Note that these results have been extracted from the PSSA website

allocated to Edenvale Photographic Club. Therefore, any member entering as an

Independent or under another club will not be shown.

Results for 3rd Swartland Fotografiekklub Digital Salon

26/092015 (Revised Results)

Category Name

Award

Description Photo Title Firstname Lastname Nature Open Colour Digital (no

Scapes) COM in the search John Coumbias

Nature Open Colour Digital (no

Scapes) Acceptance

under mothers

protection John Coumbias


Scapes) Acceptance looking John Coumbias


Scapes) Acceptance Confrontation Dave Gordon

Scapes Colour Digital COM Starlit Baobab Dave Gordon

Scapes Colour Digital Acceptance mystical trees John Coumbias

Scapes Colour Digital Acceptance old farm storage John Coumbias

Scapes Colour Digital Acceptance Namib Plains Dave Gordon

Open Colour Digital Acceptance mosque interior John Coumbias

Open Colour Digital Acceptance ballet play John Coumbias

Open Colour Digital Acceptance Luminous Yellow Ricky Durand

Open Colour Digital Acceptance

Kolmanskop

Abandoned Dave Gordon

Open Colour Digital Acceptance Glamour girl Hanli Smit

Open Colour Digital Acceptance Suspended Hanli Smit

Open Colour Digital Acceptance Men at work Ken Warburton

Visual Art Colour Digital Acceptance colourful circles John Coumbias

Visual Art Colour Digital Acceptance Lonely Mussel David Wolstencroft

Human Portrait Colour Digital PSSA Silver Medal young portrait John Coumbias

Human Portrait Colour Digital COM music passion John Coumbias

Human Portrait Colour Digital Acceptance tuning John Coumbias

Human Portrait Colour Digital Acceptance Greybeard Lourens Durand

Open Monochrome Digital COM in synchronization John Coumbias

Open Monochrome Digital Acceptance ballet John Coumbias

Open Monochrome Digital Acceptance in the wild John Coumbias

Open Monochrome Digital Acceptance Winter Trees Dave Gordon

Open Monochrome Digital Acceptance The Thinker Hanli Smit

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RESULTS MIDDELBURG DIGITAL SALON 10/10/2015 Category Name Award Title Firstname Lastname

Wildlife (Colour) Acceptance Crash landing Dino Bottega

Wildlife (Colour) Acceptance a real beak full Dino Bottega

Wildlife (Colour) COM waiting to be fed John Coumbias

Wildlife (Colour) Acceptance under mothers protection John Coumbias

Macro (Colour) Acceptance worm study John Coumbias

Photo Journalism (Colour) Acceptance firemen in a mision John Coumbias

Open (Colour) Acceptance the young one John Coumbias

Open (Colour) Acceptance music passion John Coumbias

Open (Colour) Acceptance Violet Iris Ricky Durand

Wildlife (Colour) Acceptance Death in the River Dave Gordon

Open (Colour) Acceptance Overberg in Green and Gold Dave Gordon

Open (Colour) Acceptance Kolmanskop Abandoned Dave Gordon

Open (Colour) Acceptance rose symphony Trevor Tyler

EDENVALE PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUB 2015 Calendar

Second Wednesday Fourth Wednesday Outings/Workshops

January 28th Club Meeting 31st Beginners Course

February 11th Club Meeting 25th Club Meeting Set Subject: Shadows

28th Beginners Course

March 11th Club meeting 25th Club Meeting 28th Outing: Johannesburg City

April 8th Club Meeting 22nd Club Meeting Set Subject: Cell Phone Pics


May 13th Club Meeting 27th Club Meeting 30th Beginners Course 23rd: Workshop: Creative

Macro

June 10th Club Meeting 24th Club Meeting Set Subject: Signs of the Zodiac


July 8th Club Meeting 22nd Club Meeting 26th Workshop: Panning Techniques - Walkerville

Speedway Track

August 12th Club Meeting 26th Club Meeting Set Subject: Elements

September 09th Club Meeting 23rd Club Meeting

October 14th Club Meeting 28th Club Meeting

November 11th AGM 25th Club Meeting Set Subject: Advert

December

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Specifications for Submission of High Definition “E: Photography”

Maximum Pixel Size = 1920 x 1080

Maximum Data File Size = 1,500 Kilobytes (jpg)

Two Catorgries 1 Nature “na”

2 Pictorial “pi”

Naming Conventions are as follows:-

Star Rating_Category_Image Name_Person’s Name

Example: 2_na_hornbill_john doe (all lowercase)

Entries must be handed in by no later than 19h20 on the night

RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE

1. Select Canvas (Frame) Size under the heading “Image” in Photoshop if you wish to add a

boarder to the image and make your adjustements. If you do not wish to add a boarder, go to

Step 2.

2. Select Image Size under the heading “Image” in Photoshop. Tick the following boxes: Scale

Styles, Constrain Proportions and Resample Image.

3. The maximum size of the image must not exceed 1920 pixels wide by 1080 pixels high.

4. When resizing a horizontal image (Landscape) enter 1920 pixels in the Width Box and the

vertical size will be adjusted automatically if you have ticked the “Resample Image” box. If

the vertical size is 1080 pixels or less, the resizing is correct. If the vertical adjusts to a value

more than 1080 pixels (say 1096 pixels) then adjust the vertical size to 1080 pixels and the

horizontal size will automatically reduce to below 1920 pixels if you have ticked the

“Resample Image” box.

5. When resizing a vertical impage (Portrait) enter 1080 pixels in the Height Box. The value in

the Width Box will change automatically to match the original image if you have ticked the

“Resample Image” box.

6. The maximum image data file size is 1,500Kilobytes in the JPEG format. Note that if a border

is added to the image, this must be added before resizing and reducing the file size to a

maximum of 1,500 Kilobytes to ensure that the image remains within the specified 1,500Kb.

7. It is recommended that the image be displayed in the sRGB Colour Profile. This can be

selected in the camera or changed in Photoshop under Edit/Convert to Profile.

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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

1. Members must please provide details of all Salon Acceptances and Awards to be

sent to Heidi Broschk ([email protected]), David Wolstencroft ([email protected])

and Ted Kinsman ([email protected]).

2. Anyone not able to attend a club evening can send their images by e-mail. The images

must be e-mailed to David Wolstencroft ([email protected]) a MINIMUM of 1 day

before the evening.

3. Please see our website for further news and information at

www.edenvalephotoclub.wordpress.com or simply Edenvale Photographic Club.

4. Anyone wishing to sell or buy camera equipment and advertise in this Newsletter

can contact Ted Kinsman.

5. If you have any information concerning photographic sites that you wish to share

with other EPC members please contact Ted Kinsman.

6. Please get details of Photo Opportunities under “Places” listed under “Club

Information” on Edenvale Photographic Club.

7. If anyone wishes to protect their images against copyright, the required information

must be entered into the Metadata information for each image prior to submission for

club judging. If required I can place a Copyright Watermark symbol over an image

to prevent copying from the newsletters. Members to advise Ted Kinsman if required.

8. Thank you for those how have entered the 2015 Annual Competition.

Ted Kinsman (083 461 2350)

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.edenvalephotoclub.wordpress.com/

mailto:[email protected]

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HUMOUR

THE E-MAIL TEXT

Hi Bob,

This is Peter next door. I'm sorry buddy, but I have a confession to make to you.

I've been riddled with guilt these past few months & have been trying to pluck up the courage to tell

you to your face, but I am at least now telling in text as I can't live with myself a moment longer

without you knowing. The truth is, I have been sharing your wife, day & night when you're not

around. In fact, probably more than you, particularly in the mornings after you've left for work. I

haven't been getting it at home recently, but that's no excuse I know. The temptation was just too much

... I can no longer live with the guilt & I hope you will accept my sincerest apologies & forgive me.

I promise that it won't happen again.

Regards,

Peter.

THE REACTION

Bob, feeling anguished & betrayed, immediately went into his bedroom, grabbed his gun, & without a

word, shot his wife twice, killing her instantly.

He returned to the lounge where he poured himself a stiff drink & sat down on the sofa. He took out

his phone to respond to the neighbour's text & saw that he had another message from his neighbour,

Peter.

THE SECOND TEXT Hi Bob,

This is Peter next door again. Sorry about the slight typo on my last text, I expect you worked it

out anyway, but as I'm sure you noticed, my predictive text changed 'WiFi' To 'Wife'.

Technology hey?!?

Hope you saw the funny side of that.

Regards,

Peter

INTEREST

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UNUSUAL PHOTOGRAPHS

A cool looking Volcano in Ethiopia has blue lava apparently due to a high Sulphur content.

This photo could just be the perfect mountain sunrise you’ll ever see.

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