2020 Image of the Year (digital)
The 2020 Image of the Year (IOTY) competition is now open for entries and will close Sunday, 18 October 2020 at 11pm.
This years IOTY competition is for Digital entries only.
Members can submit up to four images in each of the following three categories:
- Colour
- Nature
- Mono
Entries must have been entered in a 2020 competition with 2020 set subject entries able to be entered into the relevant category.
2020 IOTY rules can be found here.
by Terina Vale, July 12, 2020
Results for competitions in June 2020 – Digital
There were 9 entries that gained our highest award(s).
Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in June 2020 – Digital
Member’s choice voting is available. This just for fun and does not affect the club pointscore. To vote follow the link above.
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
Hang Gliding Hans Staub – Honours-Judges-Choice A Grade Open Colour Digital |
Spider with dragonfly Hans Staub – Honours-Judges-Choice A Grade Open Mono Digital |
Love a Good Mash Carol Mcgrath – Honours-Judges-Choice A Grade SetSubject Digital |
Tracks in the sand Ruth Keech – Honours-Judges-Choice B Grade Open Colour Digital |
Sailing Helen Oliver – Honours-Judges-Choice B Grade Open Mono Digital |
A Little Bit of This Helen Oliver – Honours-Judges-Choice B Grade SetSubject Digital |
Eyes on the Finish David Hansell – Honours-Judges-Choice Advanced Open Colour Digital |
Raise You David Hansell – Honours-Judges-Choice Advanced Open Mono Digital |
Pasta Master Terina Vale – Honours-Judges-Choice Advanced SetSubject Digital |
by Dennis Archibald, July 8, 2020
Lightroom Zoom Workshop 5
The next Zoom Lightroom workshop will happen this coming Thursday 9th July at 7.30pm
All existing 16’s Zoom members will receive an invitation on Thursday. Simply follow the link on your device if you wish to attend.
Topics covered for this workshop
- Using the Tone Curve as an alternative to basic tab contrast
- Sharpening and removing noise in Lightroom Classic
- HSL/Colour tab
- Making the most of collections
If you are new to Zoom and would like to attend please send me an email so we can add you to the list and help with any issues you may have.
Greg Carruthers
Zoom Coordinator
by Greg Carruthers, July 3, 2020
Matt Cohen – Open Colour EDI Judge – July 2020
Matt Cohen lives in Phoenix, Arizona and will be judging for us for the first time in our July Open Colour Digital competitions. Matt is the third US based judge recommended by Roy Killen earlier this year. He is a member of the PSA and has completed the PSA Image Analysis Course and acts as a commentator for a PSA Digital Study Group. Matt’s passion is travel photography but his work encompasses landscape and portraiture. You can see some of Matt’s work at mattcohentravelphotography.com or follow him on Instagram – mattcohentravelphotography.
Nature EDI competitions will be judged jointly by Susan Slack (A Grade) and myself (Advanced and B Grade). The Set Subject for July is Chiaroscuro. Check out the definition on the club website and if you have any questions please contact the judge Thomas Buckwalter.
by Dennis Archibald, July 2, 2020
July Raw Image Challenge
This months Raw image is supplied by Roy Killen. IMPORTANT You are to edit this image as if you were entering it into a Nature competition ie you must follow the competition rules for Nature.
If you are uncertain of the Nature definition and rules, please follow this link
https://belmont16s.myphotoclub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2019/09/2019-Competitoin-Rules.pdf
The Raw image challenge is on again! This is a challenge open to all members of the 16’s Camera Club. You are supplied with a raw image file and we would like you to edit the image using some software. One of the goals of the club is to assist members in their photography skills. Here is your chance to improve and practice your editing skills. Here’s how it works
- Download the raw image file from the website. To download the image for this month, go to the members area to enter the “July Raw Image Challenge” This will open a new window where you will see a blue button to “DOWNLOAD FILE.”
- Download the RAW file to your computer.
- Open and edit the file in your preferred software (or try something different)
- When you have completed your edit upload it to the website by entering the “July Raw Image Challenge” using the usual EDI format for your image. Choose any name for your image
- The challenge will open July 1st and close July 31st
- Members will then be able to see all the images entered and vote for the winning entries using our online voting system.
Any issues please contact Greg Carruthers (contact details can be found in the members area of the website)
by Greg Carruthers, July 1, 2020