KLIK THE MISSISSAUGA CAMERA CLUB Fellowship through photography Our 55th Season

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1 KLIK THE MISSISSAUGA CAMERA CLUB Fellowship through photography Our 55th Season Issue 5 May 2009 A Coleus Swirl Photo by Sandra Roemer

2 Contents President s Message Panoramic Pictures The Velvia Film Effect The Cover Picture Websites and Tips / Tricks submitted by members Competition Results: o Salon Competition Results and Winners o Final Standings o Awards and Achievements Editor s Note Executive 2008/2009 The Mississauga Camera Club, an affiliate of the Mississauga Recreation and Parks Department, is a member of the Mississauga Arts Council, the Canadian Association for Photographic Art, the Greater Toronto Council of Camera Clubs, and supports the GTCCC policy on nature photography. KLIK Mississauga Camera Club 2

3 This is my last column as President, which does not necessarily mean that you won t be hearing from me again. But I wanted to make sure, as I hand over the President s position to Marcus Miller, that as many members as possible are aware of how lucky they are to have such a dedicated group of individuals on the board working on their behalf. It has been my great pleasure to work with them over these years, and, as I have said to some, this meant that all I had to do was wave my hands around vaguely in my role. This also marks the retirement of several from the board, and I emphasize that while they deserve a break from their duties, it doesn t mean that they are any less involved in the club some are even continuing in non board positions. But I did want to especially mention Bob Bateman s retirement as Past President. I only hope that I will be such a fount of wisdom as he, as I take on that role, but I certainly won t be able to fill in the vast knowledge of the history of the club that he brought to the table, as one of its earliest members. My thanks, on behalf of all members, for all his efforts and commitment to the club. President s Message Adieu I do look back over my term, and know that we have built a very sound club, the envy of many ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ other camera clubs around GTCCC. We are operating out of excellent facilities, thanks to the Mississauga Seniors Centre; our programs are varied, interesting and challenging; workshops have become so popular we had to expand the meeting space; outings take us to varied and interesting places; the coffee and cookies arrive every meeting night. The quality of members images is constantly drawing positive comments from judges at the competitions. And behind this is the solid expertise of the club administration doing the members record keeping, the bookkeeping and administering web sites and data bases and all the other stuff that is critical to this kind of success. We have tried new things, most very successful, some not so. I hope that you, the members, have challenged yourselves, and improved your images. But most of all, that you have had fun and met new people with like minded photographic passion Looking forward, again we are fortunate that many have stepped forward to work for the members. In particular, we are very lucky that Marcus Miller will be our new President. I know he will do a great job, and will lead us into new excitement, while retaining the sound values of the club. Doug KLIK Mississauga Camera Club 3

4 Panoramic Pictures Hilarie McNeil-Smith PapaJohn, a friend from Michigan has been playing with his camcorder which takes 2 Megapixel still pictures. He takes a series of still pictures in a ticktacktoe or checkerboard grid and then uses Windows Live Photo Gallery to stitch them together! Apparently it doesn t matter if they are vertical or horizontal. I would imagine this opens possibilities for small resolution cell phones to take large pictures. Some folks may be interested in this as a way to create new interest with large panned images for their slideshows, especially if they have a camcorder or small resolution images. I'm not sure if Windows Live Photo Gallery will handle large resolution images. (You may remember some of my images have been used in the past to illustrate a technique.) 'Bog reflections' is a composite of 9 pictures taken in ticktacktoe sequence: 'Celery Flats - reflection' is from 6 pictures: 'PapaJohn', or John Buechler is responsible for writing and maintaining the tutorial website for Microsoft 'Photo Story 3' and 'Moviemaker'. He is finishing up a chapter about this feature on his website: Go to > Photo Story 3 > Import Pictures where he sums up the technique and also links to online videos made from them. Here are some examples: KLIK Mississauga Camera Club 4

5 'Patch of trees' was from a group of 14 pix going beyond ticktacktoe of 9 to a 'mini-checkerboard' of 14: 'Railroad track' is from 4 shots taken vertically: KLIK Mississauga Camera Club 5

6 The Velvia Film Effect Robbie Robinson ROBBIE S IDEAS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE IMAGES Fuji Velvia film is noted for its brighter colours and higher contrast. A recent speaker at our club recommended the Velvia Vision Photoshop add-on from fredmiranda.com (about $25US) to achieve the Velvia film effect. Before you rush out and buy it, here is a procedure you might want to try if you have Photoshop CS3 or CS4. It was published by Denny Tang of Photoshop Tutorials. 1. Open your photo in CS3 or CS4. Ensure that the colour mode is RGB. (Use Image>Mode if it is not.) 2. Bring up the Channel Mixer tool: Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Channel Mixer 3. Select Red for the Output Channel (instead of RGB). 4. Increase red to 150%; decrease green to -25%; and blue to -25%. 5. Check that the Total is now back to 100%. Do not hit OK, Reset, Load, or Save. Just move on to the next step. 6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 but now with the Output Channel set to Green. Set the red slider to -25%, green to 150%, and blue to -25%. 7. Repeat steps 3 to 5 but now with the Output Channel set to Blue, and the red slider set to -25%, green set to -25%, and blue to 150%. 8. Now press OK and you are done. Give it another name from your original if you are going to save it. (If you want to flatten it as a jpg you have to do a Layer>Flatten first.) These settings are likely to be best for landscape that need more zip, but can sometimes produce terrible results with portrait and other subjects. If the result is interesting but too dramatic, try settings of say 120%, -10%, and -10%. Remember they must add to 100%. You can also achieve the same end result in Elements or Lightroom 2 by different means, but they are less direct and more trial-and-error. KLIK Mississauga Camera Club 6

7 Another Alternative There is another, much simpler, way of increasing colour and contrast in your images but it is really trial and error. In this approach simply create a duplicate layer and experiment with the layer blend modes. The dropdown menu for these is up in the top left-hand corner of your layers window which you turn on by selecting Layers under the main menu heading Window. Try the overlay mode first. Argue with me! To keep the series going, suggest topics you want to see explored! robmiss@sympatico.ca The Cover Picture A Coleus Swirl by Sandra Roemer This photo of a coleus patch is a multiple exposure, ten images blended in-camera with a NIKON D200, f5.5, 112mm ( lens). A tripod was used to ensure that the point of interest could be kept in focus with each exposure as the camera was turned and zoomed just a bit for each of the ten images.' Subjects for Theme Competition season: Mississauga at night Decayed and abandoned KLIK Mississauga Camera Club 7

8 For Sale: Websites and Tips / Tricks submitted by members 1. A sparingly used Nikon mount Sigma f2.8,105 mm Macro lens (1:1) c/w both lens caps, lens hood and a semi-hard case. It is still a current model, selling for about $650 plus taxes. I think $500 is a fair price. Contact Juri Vosu: juri.vosu@rogers.com 2. Nikon wireless remote available to a club member, Model #ML-L3. Price is a cup of coffee at a club meeting. Contact Warren Davis: wldavis@cogeco.ca 3. Spyder Pro by Colorvision - Works well with Windows XP Pro for monitor calibration. - Includes latest software - Selling it because new OS, Vista, does not support it. - $50 or best reasonable offer. Contact Jim Calvert at or jwcalvert@rogers.com On the WEB: Cat Cam By Omar Sheikh A cat called Cooper has been taking his own pictures for over a year now. Once a week he wears a light weight digital camera which automatically snaps a new photo every 2 minutes. Cooper s human owner, Michael Benjamin, has been posting some of the images at this Flickr page: KLIK Mississauga Camera Club 8

9 World Press Photo by Wendy Baillie In October 2008 Brookfield Place in Toronto hosted the World Press Photo exhibition. It was a photography/photojournalism exhibition not to be missed. The 2009 World Press Photo will be held in Montreal and will be on display throughout the month of September. The winning photos are currently available for Online Nikon Show By Fred Dixon DTownTV is a weekly show by Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski in which they present the coolest tips and tricks, news and accessories for Nikon's Digital SLR cameras. The website is: Magnum Photos By Bob Warren Magnum Photos is a photographic cooperative of great diversity and distinction owned by its photographer members. With powerful individual vision, Magnum photographers chronicle the world and interpret its peoples, events, issues and personalities. The website is: V Photo Forum A great forum for members who want to see what the outside world is doing. MANY great artistic photos are featured in the website: KLIK Mississauga Camera Club 9

10 Competitions Salon Competition May Results Digital Beginner Omar Sheikh 71 Ina Miglin 66 Warren Davis 65 Linda Wiesner 65 Myra P. Jones 65 Roseline Marshall 65 Rafael Fernandes 64 Jack Kozlowski 63 Joe Teixeira 63 Michael Bodimead 63 Sorin Alb 63 Suzanne Williams 62 Michael Cutmore 62 David Penty 61 Reg Bindon 61 Don Meaker 60 John Moore 58 Alan Gray 57 Pradipta Datta 57 Marilyn Johnston 56 Jennifer Fowler 52 Alan Munro 51 Linda Lin 50 Angela Murphy 48 John Somerset 43 Digital Intermediate Robert Bohnert 72 Karen Simmonds 70 Bruce Kennedy 70 Carol Bohnert 70 Doug Johnston 67 Lisa Husar 67 Bruce Peters 66 Erika Conn 66 Juri Vosu 65 Kay Woollam 64 Robert Mongrain 64 Claude Barras 63 Bob Warren 63 Kevin White 63 Philippe Lapointe 63 Robbie Robinson 63 Stephen Hill 63 Fred Dixon 62 Marcus Miller 60 Janet Brazier 59 Bob Bowman 56 Digital Advanced Sandra Roemer 96* Janet Martin 85* Raymond Hsu 76 Hilarie McNeil-Smith 74 Jerry Soltys 73 Robert Bateman 68 Jim Calvert 68 Al Tilson 68 Ron Manning 67 Leonie Holmes 66 David Simmonds 65 Clement dorosario 65 Jean Weller 65 Rob Kennedy 64 Paul Armstrong 63 Susan Grexton 62 Ralph Abell 52 * Sandra Roemer and Janet Martin had score corrections from the previous competition Prints Jerry Soltys 51 Ron Manning 50 Hilarie McNeil-Smith 49 Robbie Robinson 49 Omar Sheikh 49 Sandra Roemer 48 Al Tilson 48 Leonie Holmes 46 David Simmonds 44 Bruce Peters 44 Karen Simmonds 44 Uliana Yaworsky 44 Alan Gray 42 Myra P. Jones 38 Juri Vosu 25 Suzanne Williams 24 Ralph Abell 19 Roy Williams 19 KLIK Mississauga Camera Club 10

11 Competitions Salon Competition May Winners Digital Beginner Pictorial 1ST RAIL CARS Warren Davis 25 2ND SUMATRAN TIGER Omar Sheikh 24 3RD CONSTRUCTION CRANE Myra P. Jones 24 3RD SUBTLE VALLEYS Omar Sheikh 24 HM KAYAK AT DUSK Michael Cutmore 23 HM ICE TRAIN Omar Sheikh 23 HM FORSYTHIA Marilyn Johnston 23 Nature 1ST GREY SHARK Ina Miglin 23 2ND WOOD DUCK IN BREEDING Linda Wiesner 23 3RD BARN OWL David Penty 22 HM STONES UNDER RIPPLING Roseline Marshall 22 Artistic Contemporary 1ST MOON OVER SAND DUNE Rafael Fernandes 22 HM MONKS ORTON Alan Gray 20 Digital Intermediate Pictorial 1ST EVENING LIGHT Bruce Kennedy 25 2ND ENTANGLEMENT Lisa Husar 24 3RD ICELANDIC ROUNDUP Bruce Kennedy 24 HM DON Juri Vosu 22 HM HANDS Doug Johnston 23 HM MOOR LAKES Karen Simmonds 23 HM SISTERLYLOVE Kay Woollam 22 HM UNDERTHEBRIDGE Robert Mongrain 22 Nature 1ST HORNED GREBE WITH FISH-2 Robert Bohnert 26 2ND BLACK CROWN NIGHT HERON Carol Bohnert 25 3RD BARN SWALLOW FEEDING Robert Bohnert 24 HM GREAT BLUE HERON WITH Carol Bohnert 24 HM TIMBER WOLVES Karen Simmonds 24 Artistic Contemporary 1ST STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Erika Conn 25 2ND THE CREEP OF TIME Doug Johnston 25 3RD WATERDROP Juri Vosu 23 HM JUST PUSH THAT LITTLE Erika Conn 22 HM END OF AN ERA Bob Warren 22 HM NEIGHBOURHOOD Claude Barras 22 HM PLANET MISSISSAUGA Kevin White 22 KLIK Mississauga Camera Club 11

12 Digital Advanced Pictorial 1ST BIKER COUPLE David Simmonds 24 2ND AT REST Rob Kennedy 24 3RD WINTERSCAPE Robert Bateman 24 HM AWAKE AND REJOICE Susan Grexton 24 HM CANYON GLOW Jerry Soltys 24 HM HOME BY DAWN Al Tilson 23 HM SOLITUDE Sandra Roemer 24 Nature 1ST TIMBER WOLVES FIGHTING Sandra Roemer 26 1ST BLACK CAPPED CHICKADEE Raymond Hsu 26 2ND GANNET LANDING Raymond Hsu 25 3RD AFTER THE RAIN Jerry Soltys 25 HM GREAT BLUE HERON WITH Ron Manning 25 HM NUTHATCH Raymond Hsu 25 Prints Pictorial 1ST SANDSTONE FORMATION Jerry Soltys 27 2ND SAW-WET OWL Ron Manning 26 3RD FURORE ITALY Al Tilson 25 HM ICE TRAIN Omar Sheikh 24 HM Evening Storm at Bryce Canyon Jerry Soltys 24 HM MEADOWLARK CALLING Ron Manning 24 HM FORD Omar Sheikh 25 Artistic Contemporary 1ST A TASTE OF THE TROPICS Robbie Robinson 27 HM DAY DREAMER Hilarie McNeil-Smith 25 HM RUSTY TRACTOR Juri Vosu 25 Artistic Contemporary 1ST WRAPPED IN HIS OWN LITTLE Hilarie McNeil-Smith 28 2ND NIAGARA FALLS FENCE Leonie Holmes 24 3RD AUTUMN FLIP Sandra Roemer 24 HM TULIP DANCE Hilarie McNeil-Smith 24 HM SECRET GARDEN Clement dorosario 23 HM MADEMOISELLE DANS LE Jim Calvert 23 KLIK Mississauga Camera Club 12

13 Digital Beginner Omar Sheikh 267 Rafael Fernandes 259 Suzanne Williams 251 Sorin Alb 251 Alan Gray 249 Michael Cutmore 245 David Penty 244 Jack Kozlowski 241 Warren Davis 240 Pradipta Datta 240 John Moore 238 Linda Wiesner 235 Ina Miglin 234 Michael Bodimead 231 Don Meaker 226 Angela Murphy 220 Linda Lin 200 Roseline Marshall 192 Reg Bindon 181 Marilyn Johnston 176 Myra P. Jones 174 Alan Munro 168 Wendy Baillie 167 Jennifer Fowler 144 Eric Matto 104 Joe Teixeira 63 Sandy Smith 59 Neville D'Souza 58 Sherry Prenevost 57 Richard Hong 56 Pat Donaldson 56 Competitions Final Standings Brenda Bedessee 54 Frank Bell 52 Maureen Rodrigues 52 Craig Stuart 51 John Somerset 43 Digital Intermediate Robert Bohnert 293 Carol Bohnert 279 Karen Simmonds 267 Bruce Kennedy 265 Kay Woollam 263 Robert Mongrain 256 Kevin White 256 Erika Conn 254 Fred Dixon 252 Juri Vosu 251 Claude Barras 250 Janet Brazier 249 Lisa Husar 249 Robbie Robinson 249 Philippe Lapointe 248 Marcus Miller 248 Stephen Hill 245 Doug Johnston 242 Bruce Peters 235 Bob Bowman 231 Rainer Rothfuss 178 Stan Kozel 176 Bob Warren 127 Parvez Khatib 57 Digital Advanced Raymond Hsu 285 Hilarie McNeil-Smith 272 Sandra Roemer 272 Jerry Soltys 269 Ron Manning 266 Al Tilson 266 Jim Calvert 260 Leonie Holmes 256 Clement dorosario 255 David Simmonds 255 Rob Kennedy 252 Janet Martin 251 Jean Weller 251 Paul Armstrong 247 Susan Grexton 190 Robert Bateman 184 Ralph Abell 52 - Advances to Next Class Prints Ron Manning 194 Sandra Roemer 188 Hilarie McNeil-Smith 183 Omar Sheikh 180 Al Tilson 179 David Simmonds 174 Robbie Robinson 171 Alan Gray 171 Uliana Yaworsky 169 Bruce Peters 164 Myra P. Jones 153 Jerry Soltys 150 Wendy Baillie 85 Leonie Holmes 82 Rainer Rothfuss 80 Suzanne Williams 47 Karen Simmonds 44 Marcus Miller 43 Wojciech Porowski 42 Roy Williams 41 Doug Johnston 40 Juri Vosu 25 Ralph Abell 19 Pat Donaldson 18 KLIK Mississauga Camera Club 13

14 Competitions Awards and Achievements Trophy Winners 1. Artistic Contemporary Best in Class: Hilarie MacNeil-Smith 2. Pictorial Best in Class: Robert Mongrain 3. Nature Best in Class: Robert Bohnert 4. Prints Overall: Ron Manning 5. Photo Essay: Jerry Soltys 6. Digital Beginner Overall: Omar Sheikh 7. Digital Intermediate Overall: Robert Bohnert 8. Digital Advanced Overall: Raymond Hsu Class Advancements Beginner to Intermediate 1. Omar Sheikh 2. Rafael Fernandes 3. Suzanne Williams 4. Sorin Alb 5. Alan Gray 6. David Penty 7. Warren Davis 8. Linda Wiesner Intermediate to Advanced 1. Robert Bohnert 2. Carol Bohnert 3. Karen Simmonds 4. Bruce Kennedy 5. Kay Woollam 6. Kevin White 7. Lisa Husar KLIK Mississauga Camera Club 14

15 KLIK Editor s Note As always, KLIK submissions are encouraged and welcomed. Please feel free to your notes, articles, and event suggestions pertaining to the MCC and photography in general to dattap@rogers.com. Please note: all embedded hyperlinks must be coded as explicit URLs. Executive 2008/2009 President Doug Johnston Vice-President Open position Secretary Bob Bowman Treasurer Myra Jones Outings David Penty Program Marcus Miller Digital Competitions Omar Sheikh Print Competitions John Somerset Workshops Bob Warren Social Craig Stuart Communications Bob Bohnert Membership Linda Wiesner GTCCC Rep Cecil Lindsay Banquet Virginia Culbert Editorial Jim Calvert Past President Robert Bateman MCC Website: KLIK Mississauga Camera Club 15