The Trenna Packer Salver Competition

The Trenna Packer Salver Competition: Entries Open on 1 May 2022!

The Trenna Packer Salver competition is an annual New Zealand nature inter-club competition run by the Nature Photography Society of New Zealand. This competition is for sets of six nature projected images and is open to all clubs in New Zealand. The objective of the Trenna Packer Salver Competition is to illustrate the diversity of the natural world in New Zealand and its offshore islands.

We hope that by running an annual New Zealand nature inter-club competition, we can promote an increasing interest in photographing the natural world and encourage best practices in photographing nature subjects.

Please note, coordinators, that the competition is for sets, and the image showing the format should be presented in a single row of six. The emphasis is on the set, rather than on the individual images, so it may be better to leave out an excellent image if it does not fit well with other images in the set. The completed set must provide a pleasing demonstration of both technical skill and artistry. The sets will be judged for flow and cohesion, from image one to two, two to three, three to four etc. As this is a nature competition, titling is important.

Clubs are invited to make it even harder for our judge by using diversity, flow, cohesion and correct titling. This year the judge is Roger Thwaites APSNZ from Blenheim.

Last year the competition was won by the Kapiti Coast Photographic Society. Judge, Bob McCree FPSNZ, had this to say about the set.

‘An excellent, diverse and consistent set of natural history images. This is certainly one of the best sets, with images nicely notated with the Latin names for the species. The set is well bookended by two very strong images, nicely positioned ̶ the first looking into the set at the start and the sixth looking back into the set at the end. There is a very pleasing tonal flow and mixture of images here. The consistently high quality of each image, together with its placement within the set and the overall high quality of the set’s presentation, all adds up to a very pleasing set to view.’

Entries close on 17 June 2022. Details: naturephotography.nz/trenna-packer-salver/

Kapiti Coast Photographic Society’s 2021 Winning Set