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Sharing Visual Art January 2018

May this year bring new happiness, new goals, new achievements and a lot of new inspirations in your life.

Wishing you a year fully loaded with happiness The OďŹƒcial Digital Newsletter for Edenvale Photographic Club Proud Member of the Photographic Society of South Africa

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January 2018

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

CONTENTS:

Chairman & Website:

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David Wolstencroft - 083 229 8066 davewol777@gmail.com

Vice Chairperson:

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How to size images for Club submission

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Winning Images of 22 November 2017

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Winning Images of 2017 Annual Competition

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Cover Story(must Read)

by Jorge Borralho

Scoring & Promotions & Judges Heidi Broschk - 079 886 8515 heidib@uj.ac.za

Secretary: Antonette Bezuidenhout - Cell - 072 4426 317 antonette1949@gmail.com

Treasurer: Ted Kinsman -083 461 2350 tkinsman@global.co.za

Salons,Judges & Outings John Coumbias -011 452 2514 079 173 2825

jcoumbias@telkomsa.net

Competition Secretary: Certiď€ cates & Awards Des Alexander - 083 226 1452 neoncomp@webmail.co.za

Chairmans Chat

Newsletter & Media:

EDENVALE PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUB-

Hanli Smit - 083 253 1034 hanlis54@gmail.com

MEETING PLACE

Catering:

Edenvale Community Centre Cor.van Riebeeck & 2nd Street

Giulio Cecchi -011 452 2250 cecchi@polka.co.za

WHEN DO WE MEET 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month18h30 for 19h00

Special Subject Calendar 2018 25th February.......................................Monochrome 25th April.............................Out and About Alphabet 27th June.........................................................Doors 22nd August...................................................Mirrors 24th October.....................................................Ugly SPECIAL SUBJECT IS OPEN TO INTERPRETATION -2-

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Chairmans Chat And here we are again; a new year, a whole new set of challenges, but on the positive side, a new set of opportunities as well.

It has started well. The rst club evening of the year was amazing.

Firstly, the attendance was good; secondly, two new members and thirdly, the standard of photography was just awesome.

I need to thank one and all for an evening of inspiring images.

If the year goes up from here, we are in for a treat.

As mentioned at the meeting, we plan on implementing some changes that I think will benet everyone.

Once up and running, Photovault will make life easier for all.

No more mislabelled, oversized and missing images.

And no more loading from ash drives. Just plain easier all round.

There will also be a club log, showing your total points for the year and how you rank amongst the other members.

This is optional though. If anyone would not like to appear on the log, they can request to be excluded.

We also have several interesting outings planned. As they are nalised, details will be published. I am sure that we can all grow and learn through these outings.

The senior members are always there to guide and assist.

Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Compliments of the season to everyone.

Wishing you all an extraordinary 2018 and may you achieve everything you set out to do.

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Club Competition Submission

Image Size

Specications for Submission of High Denition "E: Photography”

Image Size 9,65M (was 46,2M) Dimensions

RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE

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Maximum Pixel Size=1920 x 1080 Maximum Data File Size=2000 Kilobytes (2mb) (jpg) Two Catorgries 1) Nature "na” 2) Pictorial "pi”Naming Conventions are as follows:Star Rating_Category_Image Name_Person's Name

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Name Example: 2_na_hornbill_john doe (all lowercase) Entries must be handed in by no later than 19h00 on the night

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When resizing a vertical image (Portrait) enter 1080 pixels in the Height Box. The value in the Width Box will change automatically to match the original image if you have ticked the "Resample Image" box

1.Select Canvas (Frame) Size under the heading "Image" in Photoshop if you wish to add a border to the image and make your adjustments. If you do not wish to add a border, go to Step 2.

2.Select Image Size under the heading "Image" in Photoshop.

Tick the following boxes: Scale Styles, Constrain Proportions and Resample Image.

3.The maximum size of the image must not exceed 1920 pixels wide by 1080 pixels high.

4.When resizing a horizontal image (Landscape) enter 1920 pixels in the Width Box and the vertical size will be adjusted automatically if you have ticked the "Resample Image" box.

If the vertical size is 1080 pixels or less, the resizing is correct .

If the vertical adjusts to a value more than 1080 pixels (say 1096 pixels) then adjust the vertical size to 1080 pixels and the horizontal size will automatically reduce to below 1920 pixels if you have ticked the "Resample Image" box.

Image Size

Image Size 9,65M (was 46,2M)

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6.The maximum image data le size is 2000 (2MB) Kilobytes in the JPEG format. Note that if a border is added to the image, this must be added before resizing and reducing the le size to a maximum of 2000 Kilobytes to ensure that the image remains within the specied 2000Kb (2MB).

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7.It is recommended that the image be displayed in the sRGB Colour Prole.

This can be selected in the camera or changed in Photoshop under Edit/Convert to Prole

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WINNING IMAGES / 22 November’17

NATURE Running in the water Guto Gavino

ONE STAR

PICTORIAL Lady in Red Bianca Holburn

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NATURE Dandelion Heart Clare Appleyard

TWO STAR

PICTORIAL A Boy and his Bear Gary Atkins

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NATURE Guineafowl in ight Cameron Koekemoer

THREE STAR

PICTORIAL Autumn Afternoon Dave B

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NATURE Pygmy kingsher Adrian Style

FOUR STAR

PICTORIAL Around the Bouy Mark Koekemoer

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5 / 6 STAR & 6 Star HONOURS

NATURE Pensive Heron Dino Bottega

PICTORIAL Dance of the Dark Queen Heidi Broschk

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Photo Your Local Lab

Digital Prolab

Rob Ponte (EPC Honorary Life Member)

Large Format Printing Print on Canvas Passport, ID, Visa, Drivers Photo Scan & Restore Old Photos Key West Centre, Shop 8 Van Buuren Rd, Bedfordview Tel: 011 455-1243 Email: robponte@neomail.co.za Website: www.photodigitalprolab.co.za Facebook: facebook.com/photodigitalprolab

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WINNING IMAGES - 2017 ANNUAL COMPETITION

STILL LIFE No Knives Valerie Sampson

SL - Still Life - WINNERS

STILL LIFE Hibiscus after the rain Giulio Cecchi

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SCAPES Pending Etosha Natasha Bird

SC - Scapes - WINNERS

SCAPES Troyville JHB Scape Jorge Borralho

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HUMAN PORTRAIT Regal Beauty Natasha Bird

PO - Human Portrait -WINNERS

HUMAN PORTRAIT Stay Safe David Wolstencroft

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PJ - Photo Journalism-WINNERS

PHOTO JOURNALISM Hostel Kitchen Clare Appleyard PHOTO JOURNALISM Thundercat Contenders Jorge Borralho

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OPEN Via di Mezzo Pietrasanta Renata Cecchi

OP - Open - WINNERS

OPEN Inferno Tamers Jorge Borralho

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NATURE Goliath Heron Dawn Departure

Adrian Style

NA - Nature - WINNERS

Nature Little Egrets Squabbling Jorge Borralho

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TN - Altered Nature - WINNERS

ALTERED NATURE Unfocussed Beauty Michael Broschk

Altered Nature Ruppells Vulture Study Jorge Borralho

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ANIMAL PORTRAIT Australian Sheppard Dog

AP - Animal Portrait - WINNERS

Alexandra Roccas

ANIMAL PORTRAIT African Darter Portrait John Coumbias

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AR - Altered Reality - WINNERS

ALTERED REALITY The Artist Gary Atkins

ALTERED REALITY Lilly in Watercolour Heidi Broschk

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The Cover Story Cover Image by Jorge Borralho Here Jorge is telling us how, where and with what equipment he created this winning image on our Cover It was taken last year in February at the Modderfontein Burnout, it was my second excursion there and I was experimenting using diffused ash from a distance, I turned the ash power right down to I think 1/16th of the power in order to add just enough ll light but to not blow out the reective tape on their suits, given the distance it worked out OK but using ash is not the easiest option for photographing thesscenes hence my comment about experimenting. I had a rather elaborate rig setup with an external power pack attached to my ash so that it recycled quicker +- 1 second between ashes, that's one of the advantages of using a portable power pack for ashes…

The attached picture was taken with the following equipment and settings.

The equipment and settings I previously used follows:

Canon 1DX MKII Canon EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM ( Shot at 70mm from the far "embankment" side ) Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT ( Powered at 1/16th strength, with portable diffuser attached and connected directly to external power pack for faster recycling etc. ) Godox Propac PB820 ( Connected directly to ash ) ISO 640 1/250th Shutter Speed ( Max Flash Sync on my camera ) Aperture - f8 ( Stopped down for greater depth of eld depending on distance may not be necessary ) Exposure Mode - Manual Metering Mode - Evaluative Shooting re in pitch darkness is not the easiest of things to do, especially since trying to capture ames without overexposing them while at the same time trying to balance the exposure to get distinguishable detail in the re-ghters is tricky at the best of times, my advice is go in with an open mind and experiment with settings, you may want moderate depth of eld (hence why I shot at f8), as far as overall exposure is concerned I tried pushing ISO to try balance the lighting on the re-ghters combined with low power diffused ash to get the detail I was looking for, rather elaborate setup which is not necessary under most circumstances, I have shot the same venue before under similar conditions without this type of setup and got pretty good results as well. The equipment and settings I previously used follows:

Canon 1DX Canon EF24-105mm F4 L IS USM ( Most of the time used in and around the 80mm mark ) ISO 500 1/250th Shutter Speed Aperture - f4 ( Wide open - sufcient depth of eld in this particular case ) Exposure Mode - Manual Metering Mode - Evaluative

So for all those Togs wishing to try their hand at this type of photography, I would recommend you start with similar setting to above and don't bother with ash unless you are looking for a specic effect like I tried on my last outing, more often than not ash will negatively affect your images in this scenario because of the highly reective material on the re-ghters suits. In this case the KISS methodology works best, keep it simple and if you need any further advice please feel free to reach out to the various highly experienced togs in the club, I am happy to assist you wherever and whenever I can.

PS: For safety and other reasons you will not be able to get to close, bear in mind that the heat is intense even at a distance so having a medium zoom range is probably the best option for shooting these events.

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Jorge