Waverley Camera Club

There are two external competitions that members might be interested in.

Entries close in June for the VIGEX International Photographic Print Salon 2010. As the name indicates, this is an international competition, yet based in Victoria, and it is recognised by international photographic societies. This prestige comes at a price, an entry price, however if 10 or more people from the club enter, a discount is available.

Another competition, closing at the end of May, is The People & Planet International Photo Competition 2010. The aim of this competition is to select 55 photos to be published in the 2011 People & Planet: Social Justice & Environment Diary & Calendar, which raises money for Australian non-profit organisations. The top three photos receive a cash prize.

Hi all,

Our next night shoot will be this Friday (19th) night.

It will be in the Polly Woodside/Convention Centre precinct. We’ll meet outside Jeffs Shed at 7pm and wander around from there.

See you all then,

Pete

Following suggestions from a few members, a Facebook page has been created for the club which so far only replicates the posts from the main website.

If you already have a Facebook account:

Become a fan of the club and use it as one way of following what the club is doing.

If you do not have a Facebook account:

Do not use this as your only reason to create an account. The email list will remain as the primary means of communication with members. The website, and now the Facebook page, serves both as an archive of what the club has doing and as a means of promoting the club.

As a further followup on the excellent talk from David Williams a number of the photos he took that night are now available in a gallery.

These range from the group shot taken at the beginning of the night:

through to individual portraits:

For those who won’t be in Halls Gap over the weekend and are looking for something to do:

Dights Falls – Abbotsford.

Parking is in a carpark off Trenerry Cres.

A naturally occurring rock falls just below the junction of the Yarra River and Merri Creek, Dights Falls refers to John Dight who, with his brother Charles, built the Ceres flour mill, completed in 1841. The mill was powered by water from a weir above the Falls constructed to manage the highly variable river flow.

For most of the 20th century, Dights Falls was relatively inaccessible to the general public. The completion of the Eastern Freeway in 1972 involved changes to the course of the Yarra which destroyed the Deep Rock Basin and transformed the area.

In the 1990s significant enhancements included the construction of a Koorie Garden; restoration of the bluestone mill race, parts of the mill and landscape restoration around the mill site; the addition of a fish ladder to allow native fish to travel upstream to spawn; and improved public access.

In the early 21st century, canoeists ride the rapids, cyclists and pedestrians use the flood-prone Trail, and ‘urban adventurers’ explore the nearby drains.

I think it will work better in the morning than the afternoon so it’ll be a 9am kickoff.

Look up Dights Falls in Wikipedia and click on the good photo link at the bottom of the page to see what’s possible.

Cheers,
Pete