We have received some excellent results from Round 3 of the PSA Interclub with the following images receiving awards:

Helen Warnod – Presidential guards

Vicki Moritz – Cuba tourists delight

Daren Fawkes – Rescue Chopper

Felix Shparberg – In flight

Jen Fawkes – Water Girl

Sim Chong – Alone

Vicki Moritz – Family Portrait

Ross Eddington – The Station Masters Train

Geoff Shaw – Howler Monkey

Sim Chong – Flying Fox

Felix Shparberg – Successful hunting

Any member who has received a award for their image during the year, will have their image put into a final round of judging to determine the best of the year.

Judge: Heather Prince

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: John Crawford – National Day Celebration

Advanced: Stephen Edmonds – Acute

Open EDI

Intermediate: Colleen Singleton – Looking for water

Advanced: Jill Shaw – Winter scene

Open Print

Intermediate: John Noble – Black Shouldered Kite nest building

Advanced: Vicki Moritz – Whanregarwen backroad

Creative EDI

Vicki Moritz – Tram into the city

Set subject definition:

Any photograph taken outdoors between dusk and dawn.

We have received the results of the 2022 4-Club (Camberwell, Maroondah, Eastern Suburbs and ourselves) interclub which was hosted by Maroondah Photographic Society and judged by Margaret Zommers this year.

We came first overall with a total of 151 points.

We also came first in the monochrome EDI section with four images receiving awards:

First place: Jen Fawkes – Who Are You

Second place: Vicki Moritz – Family Portrait

Merit: Angela McLeod – Evil

Merit: Helen Warnod – At the core

For colour EDI two of our image received awards:

Merit: Felix Shparberg – Towards a victory

Merit: Steve Hilton – Laughter is the best medicine

All of our entries can be viewed in the Monochrome EDI and Colour EDI galleries.

Judge: Andrew Esposito

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Ross Eddington – Captain and his Yatch

Advanced: Steve Hilton – Glow

Open EDI

Intermediate: Jenny Sui – flying fox skimming

Advanced: Jill Shaw – Speed skater

Open Print

Intermediate: Jenny Hartman – Nude Shadow

Advanced: Trace O’Rourke – Snowgums on the Bogong Plains One

Set subject definition:

A portrait, in the broad sense, is a recognisable image of an individual person or group. The photograph must be taken from life (i.e. a physical, living person or group of people).

The subject of the portrait may be anyone. Group portraits and self-portraits will be accepted.

Judge: Paul Robinson

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Keith Webster – Post office steps

Advanced: Jen Fawkes – No war in Ukraine

Open EDI

Intermediate: Ross Eddington – Rocky Outcrop

Advanced: Rebecca Kashyap – Chinatown

Open Print

Intermediate: John Noble – Look who just dropped in

Advanced: Vicki Moritz – Red car Cuba

Creative

Sim Chong – Alone

Set subject definition:

A non-formalized genre of photography that may feature people and/or objects in candid situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches, malls, political conventions, and other associated settings.

Images can often be ironic or emotionally detached from subject matter, focusing instead on a particular context or detail.

Framing and timing are key aspects of the craft, with the aim of creating images at a decisive or poignant moment.

Judge: Tony Harding

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Jenny Sui – The famous atrium

Advanced: Vicki Moritz – Rome going down

Open EDI

Intermediate: Ross Eddington – Elizabeth Quay

Advanced: Dianne Willis – ENJOYING A SPLASH

Open Print

Intermediate: Jenny Sui – Poppy with raindrops

Advanced: Daren Fawkes – Mangrove

Set subject definition:

Features a building or parts of – domes, doors, roofs, stairways, steeples, towers, verandas, and windows.

Judge: David Burren

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Colleen Singleton – I am the One

Advanced: George Skarbek – Meerkat on Guard

Open EDI

Intermediate: Rahul Kapur – Another day begins on Earth

Advanced: George Skarbek – Superboat

Open Print

Intermediate: John Noble – Cold feet

Advanced: Alan Bennett – Silver eyed

Set subject definition:

Nature photography records all branches of natural history except anthropology and archaeology. This includes all aspects of the physical world, both animate and inanimate, that have not been made or modified by humans.

Nature images must convey the truth of the scene that was photographed. A well-informed person should be able to identify the subject of the image and be satisfied that it has been presented honestly and that no unethical practices have been used to control the subject or capture the image. Images that directly or indirectly show any human activity that threatens the life or welfare of a living organism are not allowed.

The most important part of a Nature image is the nature story it tells. High technical standards are expected and the image must look natural. Adding a vignette or blurring the background during processing is not allowed.

Objects created by humans, and evidence of human activity, are allowed in Nature images only when they are a necessary part of the Nature story.

Photographs of human-created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domesticated animals, human-created hybrid animals and mounted or preserved zoological specimens are not allowed.

Images taken with subjects under controlled conditions, such as zoos, are allowed.

Controlling live subjects by chilling, anaesthetic or any other method of restricting natural movement for the purpose of a photograph is not allowed.

No modification that changes the truth of a Nature image is allowed. Images may be cropped but no other technique that removes, adds or moves any part of the image is allowed.

Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise and lens flare are allowed.

Complete conversion of colour images to greyscale monochrome is allowed. Partial conversion, toning and infrared captures or conversions are not allowed.

Images of the same subject that are combined in-camera or with software by focus stacking or exposure blending are allowed. Multiple images with overlapping fields of view that are taken consecutively and combined in-camera or with software (image stitching) are allowed.

The above is the PSA Nature definition effective from January 1 2022.
See also the PSA Guide for Nature Photographers and Judges (PDF 1.7MB).

End of year competitions

Judge: Craig Wetjen

Best Colour EDI

1st – Tuck Leong – Dew on Damselfly
2nd – Jill Anderson – Three Feathers
3rd – Trace O’Rourke – Bright Yellow Tree
HM – Sim Chong – Foggy morning
HM – Tim Keane – Volcanism

Best Monochrome EDI

1st – Marlene Chaitra – Reeds
2nd – Geoff Shaw – Museum and sky
3rd – Helen Warnod – One mans treasure
HM – Angela McLeod – In the Spotlight
HM – John Morter – Tokyo Metropolitan Govt Building
HM – Jenny Sui – The Net Work

Best Creative EDI

1st – Jill Anderson – Seaweed
2nd – Helen Warnod – Doorknobs Malta
3rd – Felix Shparberg – Full Moon Myths
HM – Ross Eddington – Visiting an Old Friend

Aggregate awards

Set Subject EDI – Advanced

1st – Felix Shparberg – 19 points
2nd – Jill Shaw – 17 points
3rd – Geoff Shaw – 16 points

Set Subject EDI – Intermediate

1st – Daren Fawkes – 17 points
2nd – Michael Bucklow – 14 points
3rd – Kerry McFarlane – 14 points
Note: Michael had more highly commended awards than Kerry

Open EDI – Advanced

1st – Trace O’Rourke – 16 points
1st – Tuck Leong – 16 points
2nd – Sim Chong – 16 points
3rd – Helen Warnod – 15 points
Note: Trace and Tuck each had two section winner awards to Sim’s one.

Open EDI – Intermediate

1st – Kerry McFarlane – 17 points
2nd – Phillip Harris – 16 points
3rd – Alan Scott – 15 points

Creative EDI

1st – Geoff Shaw – 10 points
2nd – Felix Shparberg – 7 points

Top Scorer (across all sections and groups)

Felix Shparberg – 48 points

President’s trophy

Ross Eddington – Just the right amount of Crack Ms Bartel