Judge: Sam Mariani

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Keith Webster – Frog snack

Advanced: Daren Fawkes – Dinner time

Open EDI

Intermediate: Lyndel Holt – Pondering

Advanced: Felix Shparberg – Different emotions

Open Print

Intermediate: Jenny Hartman – Road to El Chalten

Advanced: Leanne Poole – Mayfly

Set subject definition:

Take your nature photography a step further and take an image of an animal/animals in action. Looking for animal behaviour (running, jumping, flying, feeding, mating, fighting…). The editing rules for PSA Nature are to be followed but not the content rules. Domestic animals are allowed as are objects created by humans, and evidence of human activity.

Judge: Jose Aguiar

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Colleen Singleton – Strawberries and cream

Advanced: Sim Chong – Curry Fish

Open EDI

Intermediate: Jenny Hartman – Taking a Break

Advanced: Rebecca Kashyap – 927 Rainbow Frames

Open Print

Intermediate: Jenny Adams – Agave

Advanced: Jenny Sui – Flammingo closeup

Set subject definition:

Get into the kitchen and have some fun! Create an image of the people, activities, food, or tools all within the theme of ‘in the kitchen’. There are no limitations on editing beyond what is in the by-laws.

Judge: Paul Dodd

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Alan Scott – Looking Up

Advanced: Sim Chong – 92 yo Potter

Open EDI

Intermediate: Ross Eddington – Beyond

Advanced: Vicki Moritz – 2 walkers Melbourne

Open Print

Intermediate: Colleen Singleton – tree knots

Advanced: Stephen Edmonds – Through arch

Set subject definition:

Theme open to interpretation but must be of a person/s or animals. There are no limitations on editing beyond what is in the by-laws.

Judge: Paul Robinson

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Alan Scott – Floating Market Stall

Advanced: Geoff Shaw – Exhillaration

Open EDI

Intermediate: Vira Vujovich – CN Tower Toronto

Advanced: Helen Warnod – At the gallery

Open Print

Intermediate: Kirsten Morton – Banksia

Advanced: Geoff Shaw – Burley Griffin dawn

Set subject definition:

Images of people or events engaged in festivals or fairs, or at the local marketplace.

Following the definition of PSA Photo Travel.

End of year competitions

Judge: Tony Harding

Best Print

1st – Jenny Sui – Summer feast
2nd – Jen Fawkes – The Hustler
3rd – Jenny Hartman – Sculptural

Best Colour EDI

1st – Geoff Shaw – The fly
2nd – Mike Pollard – Nigretta Falls
3rd – Stephen Edmonds – Licking

Best Monochrome EDI

1st – Jen Fawkes – Back to you Sir
2nd – Tim Keane – Despair
3rd – Daryl Lynch – View from Harbourview

Best Creative EDI

1st – Sim Chong – Unconditional Love
2nd – Tim Keane – Working Remotely
3rd – Vicki Moritz – Red tree Bright

Aggregate awards

Open Print – Advanced

1st – Vicki Moritz – 19 points
2nd – Trace O’Rourke – 18 points
3rd – Felix Shparberg – 17 points

Open Print – Intermediate

1st – Colleen Singleton – 21 points
2nd – Jenny Hartman – 16 points
2nd – Leanne Poole – 16 points

Set Subject EDI – Advanced

1st – Vicki Moritz – 19 points
2nd – Sim Chong – 15 points
2nd – Marlene Chaitra – 15 points

Set Subject EDI – Intermediate

1st – John Crawford – 20 points
2nd – Leanne Poole – 19 points
3rd – Ross Eddington – 14 points

Open EDI – Advanced

1st – Sim Chong – 26 points
2nd – Felix Shparberg – 15 points
3rd – Stephen Jude – 14 points
3rd – Stephen Edmonds – 14 points

Open EDI – Intermediate

1st – Leanne Poole – 23 points
2nd – Ross Eddington – 17 points
3rd – Lyndel Holt – 14 points

Creative EDI

1st – Sim Chong – 9 points

Top Scorer (across all sections and groups)

Leanne Poole – 62 points

President’s trophy

Geoff Shaw – Windblown

Judge: Jeffrey Nankervis

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Colleen Singleton – fungi on tree stump

Advanced: George Skarbek – Dandylion

Open EDI

Intermediate: Jim Thorne – Beautiful Lady

Advanced: Stephen Jude – River reflections

Open Print

Intermediate: Jenny Hartman – Looking Up

Advanced: Vicki Moritz – Wairepo Arm abstract

Set subject definition:

Images of plant life. Plants include flowers, trees and in this case fungi (which are not formally plants). There are no limitations on editing eg this is not following the nature definition.

Entries for our end of year competition are due on Tuesday 31 October 2023. This is a best of images entered throughout the year, members select from their previous entries to enter the end of year competition sections:

• Two images for Open Print
• Two images for Colour EDI
• Two images for Monochrome EDI
• One image for Creative EDI

The entry must have been entered into a 2023 monthly competition (see below regarding prints) and in the same format. Colour EDI and Monochrome EDI images were entered in the Open EDI and Set Subject EDI sections, Creative EDI images were entered in the Creative EDI section.

Select your entries through the Competition upload system. As well as selecting your print entries in the upload system, also ensure that your print entries are placed in the print box on Tuesday 31 October 2023 at our November competition night.

As of this year we allow images to be altered prior to entry in the end of year competition (eg to incorporate comments from the judge).

5.c.1. Alterations are limited to ensure that the altered (EOY) version is clearly recognizable as a revision of the same image as entered in the monthly competitions. Conversions from colour to monochrome (or vice versa) are allowed.

To enter an altered image:

1. In the upload system select the image from the monthly competition as normal, then indicate via the dropdown that it will be altered for end of year.
2. Email your altered entry to the competition steward at comp@waverleycameraclub.org.

The subject for the President’s Trophy is “Wind” with your entry due on Wednesday 15 November 2023, this is to be uploaded via the competition upload system.

Judge: Tony Knight

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Michael Silverstein – sunrise at WTP

Advanced: Stephen Jude – Gold on Blue on White

Open EDI

Intermediate: Ross Eddington – A Summers Day at Brighton

Advanced: Angela McLeod – Mt Semaru erupting

Open Print

Intermediate: Leanne Poole – Rocky Valley Lakeside

Advanced: Stephen Edmonds – Profile

Set subject definition:

An image where the main feature/subject is a dominant colour. When a singular/dominant colour stands out from the background, eg the colour of a subject stands out from its background, it “pops”

We recently participated in the the 33rd Eastern Interclub run by Maroondah Photographic Society, the presentation of images from the night is below:

Our entries can also be viewed in the Eastern Interclub 2023 smugmug galleries.