Revised JUNE 2014 VOLUME 50 NO. 19 PERSPECTIVE DIGITAL COLOUR IMAGE OF THE MONTH KATHY SMITH AAH HE SAYS The opinions expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the Editor or the committee who reserve the right to edit and/or abridge any material submitted for publication. Moreover all such material is deemed to be the original work of the author. www. elpsoc.co.za
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Page 3 PERSPECTIVE JUNE 2014 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR The AGM will be held at the Kingsway Tennis club on the 21 st of July 2014 at 19h30. The year-end completion entries must reach me NO LATER than 21 st July 2014, Note only images entered during this competition may be entered in the category it was entered during the competition year. The entry form is available on our web site. Judging will be done by the Fish Hoek camera club in Cape Town. In future we will select a Junior (1-3 STAR) and senior (4-Hon) image of the month, these images will be entered into the PSSA monthly competition Terry Smit FPSSA E Mail mwtsmit@iafrica.com www.elpsoc.co.za East London Photographic Society President :- John v Onselen cell 082 467 6854 Vice President :- Vacant Secretary:- Heather Furter home 043 735 1250 Treasurer :- Wally Devos cell 083 655 6461 Editor /Competition Secretary :- Terry Smit cell 082 822 6534 Webmaster :- Mike Harman 043 748 1389 Tea :- Joan Smit 072 188 1846 Ordinary Members :- Siani Tinley 082 328 1121
Page 4 PERSPECTIVE JUNE 2014 PRESIDENTS REPORT JUNE 2014 As winter draws in so the Club year draws to a close with the final competition having been held how this year has flown by. The results of the Set Subject Competition was so close with the final result only decided after the last entry. The competition was very well supported with the highest number of entries ever! Please don t forget the AGM which will be on 21 st July we look forward to seeing you there PLEASE ATTEND. JOHN VAN ONSELEN PRESIDENT
Page 5 PERSPECTIVE JUNE 2014 CLUB FEES 2013/2014 ORDINARY MEMBER FAMILY MEMBER R350 R425 VETERAN MEMBER (This member must have served ELPS to the satisfaction of the committee and who had reached the age of 65) R70 ENTRANCE FEE PSSA MEMBER LEVY NON PSSA MEMBER LEVY COUNTRY MEMBER /STUDENT R80 R35 R70 R270/R175 Club Banking Details EL Photographic Society Current Account ABSA Account No: 404 511 4252 Branch Code: 630-121 HOW TO NAME IMAGES FOR ENTRY EAST LONDON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY FILE NAMING FOR DIGITAL FILES 1.1.0-smit terry-title of image.jpg (DO NOT USE _ /#@) Use only. - First number is your star rating e.g. 1 star Second number is you entry number e.g. 1 st image entered. Third number is always 0 this number will be corrected by the Comp. Secretary. Name max 18 DIGITS, title 24 digits, spaces included. Size 1920x1200 px, 1meg profile srgb
Page 6 PERSPECTIVE JUNE 2014 Events Calendar Set Subject 18 AUGUST- Winter JUDGE WALLY DEVOS 15 September-Scapes- Judge Terry Smit Outings/Events Bonza bay sunrise 06h30 24thAugust Competition Evenings 21 JULY AGM Workshops 4 August Av evening come a see the country best salon acceptances-wally Devos 1 September-Winning ELPS pictures year end and prize giving Committee Meetings 28 July 2014- Host- J v Onselen
Page 7 PERSPECTIVE JUNE 2014 SET SUBJECTS FOR YEAR 2014 2015 AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE AUGUST WINTER SCAPE/S STILL LIFE BUILDINGS HOLIDAY SEASON SILHOUETTS RETRO NIGHT PHOTOGRAPY VECHILE/S IMAGENATION OPEN ROAD AAUAUGUST COVER IMAGE DIGITAL COLOUR by Kathy Smith Aah HE SAYS We had a tame rooster who lived in the front garden and wondered around as if he owned the place. I could get close to him and lay on the grass so that I was at his level. I used my Nikon D200 camera, the speed was 1/180th of a second, at F7.1. I used a Nikon 18/200 lens set at 200. ISO was 200. The picture was taken on 3/10/2010 using natural sunlight behind him
Page 8 PERSPECTIVE JUNE 2014 DIGITAL MONO IMAGE OF THE MONTH TWIRLS By FRANK SMITH APSSA I had some bits of thin cane used for baskets that I saved from an old basket. The shapes looked promising so I had a go at taking some pattern/design shots. This particular image appealed to me for the design, the coils leading to the full circle. The lighting was a bit of a challenge but with some work in Photoshop I managed to get good result. Taken with my Nikon D200 with a Sigma 105 Macro lens on a tripod of course, 1/6 second at f13 ISO- 200, lit with an ordinary incandescent bulb.
Page 9 PERSPECTIVE JUNE 2014 SET SUBJECT MONO LANDSCAPES WALLY DEVOS TERRY SMIT
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Page 14 PERSPECTIVE JUNE 2014 THE FOLLOWING IMAGE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT IN LINE BY FRANK SMITH I visited my daughter and on her property found these beautiful lilies in the veld. Of the batch taken on this occasion I liked this one. Unfortunately I had to do some work to get rid of some unwanted twigs in the background as I took the images in situ, I don t like picking flowers and taking the images indoors, they lose their sparkle, so I could not enter the image as a Nature shot. Nikon D200 with a Sigma 105mm macro lens on a tripod, 1/60sec at f18, ISO 100.
Page 15 PERSPECTIVE JUNE 2014 PROMOTIONS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS WHO ARE PROMOTED. ROB HEFFER PROMOTED TO 5 STAR DIGITAL COLOUR KATHY SMITH PROMOTED TO 3 STAR DIGITAL COLOUR JOH v ONSELEN PROMOTED TO 4 STAR - DIGITAL MONOCHROME SET SUBJECT COMPETITION 1 ST PLACE TERRY SMIT FPSSA 78 POINTS 2 ND PLACE JOHN ARSENIOU APSSA 76 POINTS 2 ND PLACE JOH v ONSELEN 76 POINTS PERSEVERENCE COMPETITION DIGITAL COLOUR 1 ST PLACE NEVILLE PRESTON 121 POINTS 2 ND PLACE ROB HEFFER 117 POINTS 3 RD PLACE WALLY DEVOS & TERRY SMIT -108 POINTS 5 TH PLACE JOAN SMIT -105 POINTS 6 TH PLACE HEATHER FURTER 98 POINTS 7 TH PLACE JOHN ARSENIOU -97 POINTS 8 TH PLACE NOELINE V RENSBURG 96 POINTS 9 TH - PLACE SIMON DU PLOOY 95 POINTS 10 TH PLACE- FRANK SMITH -91 POINTS DIGITAL MONOCHROME 1 ST PLACE JOAN SMIT APSSA- 109 POINTS 2 ND PLACE JOHN ARSENIOU APSSA -99 POINTS 3 RD PLACE- TERRY SMIT- 97 POINTS
Page 16 PERSPECTIVE JUNE 2014 4 TH PLACE NEVILLE PRESTON -96 POINTS 5 TH PLACE FRANK SMITH 87 POINTS 6 TH PLACE WALLY DEVOS 85 POINTS 7 TH PLACE JOHN VAN ONSELEN 62 POINTS 8 TH PLACE SIMON DU PLOOY 35POINTS 9 TH PLACE WILLIE DU TOIT -32 POINTS 10 TH PLACE HEATHER FURTER 27 POINTS ITEMS FOR SALE Lenses To fit Nikon cameras Nikon zoom lens f3.5-5.6 AF-S VR 16-85 mm APS-C (all models) Tokina zoom lens 12-24mm f4. APC for all Nikon models Sigma AF-S HSM 70-200mm zoom f2.8 APS- with 2X converter Sigma 18-125 zoom APS-C for D90 &up Wacom tablet with pen and software Monitor HP LE1901W R2500 R3500 R6000 R800 R1000 R500 Contact Terry 0828226534
Page 17 PERSPECTIVE JUNE 2014 NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING- 21 JULY 2014 TIME 19H30 AGENDA OPENING AND WELCOME ESTABLISHMENT OF A QUORIUM MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES PRESIDENTS REPORT TREASURERS REPORT COMPETITION SECRETARY REPORT ELECTION OF OFFICE BEARERS PRESIDENT ( JOHN VAN ONSELEN TO BE RATIFEID) VICE PRESIDENT- VACANT SECRETARY_ ELECT_ HEATHER FURTER TREASURER_ ELECT _ WALLY DEVOS EDITOR/COMPETITION SECRETARY TEA lady ADDITIONAL MEMBERS CHANGES TO THE CONSTITUTION_ NONE GENERAL\ CLOSING\ REFRESHMENTS
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