Sharp Focus May 2022

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

Greetings, everyone

There are two words that strike fear in the shy, uninitiated, and inexperienced photographer, and those are ‘Street Photography’. I must admit I was nervous – but Ceridwyn was terrified.

What is it about Street Photography that is so nerve wracking? Is it the idea of invading someone else’s space, privacy? Is it just the uncertainty of the whole process? Or is it the likelihood of upsetting someone, getting sworn at, or even punched in the face? Whatever, it’s a daunting experience.

Yet, when we meet on Monday 2^nd May at Kalk Bay, all those who attended had a very enjoyable and entertaining time. After a brief introduction by Peter as to what to look out for, and how to approach people, we set out hoping not to get sworn at or worse. And what a great time it was – I didn’t get sworn at once! I think all of us found the people most willing to have their photo taken, and some even went out of their way to be helpful. I only found one person who didn’t want to be photographed and deliberately turned away.

For me personally I found it was an eye opening experience – not at all the intimidating event I had expected it to be. After an hour of being let loose on the poor unsuspecting citizens of Kalk Bay we gathered together again, and from all the excited chatter that took place over coffee I know everyone else felt the same. Even Ceridwyn was smiling.  I’m sure I’m not speaking only for myself when I say we must do this again soon.

Kind regards

Geoff

From the editor’s desk

Sadly, I wasn’t able to attend the street photography session in Kalk Bay, but from what I’ve heard and the images I’ve seen  it was a wonderful outing with the people there only too happy to help and be featured. A few of the pictures taken there are shown below; they are inspiring me not to miss another outing! But this I need to share with you – a real human interest story! Abraham’s story is one of persistence. Evelyn took his photo five years ago on the day of the Nifty Fifty challenge. She lost his contact number and saw him a few weeks ago in Kalk Bay and gave him his photo – he heard our club was coming and he dressed up specially for us! Thank you, Abraham.

Winners of Image of the Month

Evaluation of digital images for April
Digital Entries
Title	Category	Author	Star	Score	Award	Points
Absolute focus	Open	Betzi Pierce	3	10	Gold	3
African hoopoe	nature	Patrick Cardwell	2	10	Gold	3
Bored Bored Bored	Nature	Lynn Toms	3	11	Gold	3
Chin scratch	Nature	Derek Goldman	3	11	Gold	3
City abstract reflections	Open	Karyn Parisi	4	12	Gold	3
Colourful damsel fly	Macro	Ceridwyn Jamieson	3	9	Silver	2
Contentment	Nature	Lynn Toms	3	10	Gold	3
Dam wall	Open	Jane Bursey	3	10	Gold	3
Dark and eerie	Open	Ceridwyn Jamieson	3	11	Gold	3
Elefriends	Wildlife	Lorne Sulcas	4	11	Gold	3
Fog bound view to north	Open	Marielouise Cardwell	2	11	Gold	3
Ghosts	Open	Peter Brandt	MB	11	Silver	2
Holding on	Open	Geoff Jamieson	4	11	Gold	3
Leopard on mound	Wildlife	John Engle	2	11	Gold	3
Marine life	Abstract	Evelyn Lyle	4	10	Silver	2
Morning cruising	Seascape	John Douglas	3	9	Silver	2
Painting with light	Open	Dante Parisi	5	12	Gold	3
Perched for hunting	nature	Marielouise Cardwell	2	10	Gold	3
Perfectly packaged	Abstract	Betzi Pierce	3	11	Gold	3
Posing for the portrait	Wildlife	Lorne Sulcas	4	12	Gold	3
Red yellow blue	Open	John Douglas	3	9	Silver	2
Relaxed	Nature	Jane Bursey	3	10	Gold	3
Self control	Open	Peter Brandt	MB	12	Gold	3
Silvermine Waterfall	Open	Derek Goldman	3	10	Gold	3
Teamwork	Open	Keith Lyle	4	9	Silver	2
Tiring day	Wildlife	Geoff Jamieson	4	10	Silver	2
Watching you	Open	Evelyn Lyle	4	10	Silver	2
We Three Kings	Wildlife	Karyn Parisi	4	12	Gold	3
Workers coming and going	Mono	Dante Parisi	5	11	Silver	2
Yellowbilled kite	Nature	Patrick Cardwell	2	9	Gold	3

 

Winners of Theme Image of the Month

IMAGES BELOW: THE WINNERS OF THIS MONTH’S THEME IMAGE OF THE MONTH CONTEST – CLICK ON IMAGES TO SEE ALL AND VIEW DETAILS

Evaluation of Theme entries – April 2022
Theme Entries
Title	Category	Author	Star	Score	Award
A splash of pollen	Theme	Evelyn Lyle	4	10	Silver
Blown away	Theme	Lynn Toms	3	11	Gold
Delicate petals	Theme	Betzi Pierce	3	9	Silver
Feather shadows	Theme	John Douglas	3	9	Silver
Got you	Theme	Ceridwyn Jamieson	3	10	Gold
Lip hooked	Theme	Patrick Cardwell	2	9	Gold
Macro water drop	Macro	Karyn Parisi	4	11	Gold
Moonflower dying beauty	Theme	Dante Parisi	5	10	Silver
Stick insect	Theme	Derek Goldman	3	11	Gold
To catch a bubble	Theme	Geoff Jamieson	4	11	Gold
Water droplets	Theme	Marielouise Cardwell	2	9	Gold

 

 

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