Website Competition Winners March 2022

Tania CHOLWICH AFO Photography Club Reed Cormorant Catching Fish

Tania Cholwich from AFO Photography Club is our March winner!

Tania, congratulations on your winning image – Read Cormorant Catching Fish

Tania says:
During a recent Photographic Safari with Wildpix Africa, on the Chobe River, we came across this Reed Cormorant catching fish. It was late afternoon with excellent golden light and a clean background which ensured the perfect photographic opportunity.

The Reed Cormorant struggled to swallow the Squeaker and he dropped it several times in the water as an attempt to swallow it head first.

This catch was really a mouthfull but the Cormorant succeeded and walked away very proudly.

Camera Settings:
Nikon D850 with Tamron 150-600mm
1/3200sec @ F8.0
ISO 800
-0.3EV

 

Our 1st runner-up is David Barnes from Tygerberg Photographic Society with “Sundowners”

David Barnes   Tygerberg Photographic Society   SUNDOWNERS 

 

Our 2nd runner-up is Corine Ross from Krugersdorp Camera Club with “The King”

Corine Ross   Krugersdorp Camera Club   The King

 

Thank you to the judges:  

Clare Appleyard – Edenvale Camera Club
Kittie du Plessis – Camera Club of Johannesburg
Dave Mullin – Amber Camera Club, KZN & Antrim Camera Club, Northern Ireland

 

Click here for the March 2022 scoresheet for Website participants

 

MARCH 2022 WEBSITE ENTRIES (You can click on the images to enlarge them and use the arrows on the image to go back and forth.)

 

(these images are also available on Dropbox to download and show at your club evenings  – just forward the webmaster your email address and ask to be added to the shared folder)

AFO Photography Club - GB Jordaan - Stedman Gans offloads

AFO Photography Club - GB Jordaan - Stedman Gans offloads

Alberton Camera Club - CYNTHIA UREN - on cloud Number

Alberton Camera Club - CYNTHIA UREN - on cloud Number

Amber Camera Club - Shirley Swingler - Tightrope Walker

Amber Camera Club - Shirley Swingler - Tightrope Walker

Ballito Photo Club - Avril Eshmade - Please be mine

Ballito Photo Club - Avril Eshmade - Please be mine

Battlefields Camera Club - ad Du plessis - Mooimaakproses

Battlefields Camera Club - ad Du plessis - Mooimaakproses

Beachcombers Photography Club - Paul Scherzer - Not so fun part

Beachcombers Photography Club - Paul Scherzer - Not so fun part

Benoni Camera Club - Leen van der Slik - Cheetah cub

Benoni Camera Club - Leen van der Slik - Cheetah cub

Bethal Fotografie Klub - Leon Venter - I AM TALKING TO YOU

Bethal Fotografie Klub - Leon Venter - I AM TALKING TO YOU

Bloemfontein Kameraklub - Johannes van der Westhuizen - White throated swallow

Bloemfontein Kameraklub - Johannes van der Westhuizen - White throated swallow

Boksburg Camera Club - Nico Hattingh - Tinker Reed Frog

Boksburg Camera Club - Nico Hattingh - Tinker Reed Frog

Bosveld Fotografie Klub - Hennie Louw - Human

Bosveld Fotografie Klub - Hennie Louw - Human

Brandpuntfotoklub - Hannes Bronkhorst - Bodyscape

Brandpuntfotoklub - Hannes Bronkhorst - Bodyscape

Cape Town Photographic Society - Kim Stevens - Posing palmato gecko

Cape Town Photographic Society - Kim Stevens - Posing palmato gecko

Centurion Camera Club - Ben Wicks - COSMOS

Centurion Camera Club - Ben Wicks - COSMOS

Creative Camera Club - William Ferris - Window

Creative Camera Club - William Ferris - Window

Durban Camera Club - Keith Marallich - Carrion for Breakfast

Durban Camera Club - Keith Marallich - Carrion for Breakfast

Edenvale Photographic Club - Ted Kinsman - Fly by 657AM

Edenvale Photographic Club - Ted Kinsman - Fly by 657AM

Ermelo Foto Klub - Leon Drotsky - Watching from anthill

Ermelo Foto Klub - Leon Drotsky - Watching from anthill

Fish Hoek Photographic  Society - Lorne sulcas  - Mom and twins

Fish Hoek Photographic Society - Lorne sulcas - Mom and twins

George Camera Club - Peter  van der Byl  - Cape sugar bird

George Camera Club - Peter van der Byl - Cape sugar bird

Harties Fotografie Studiegroep - Ben Koekemoer - Zwartkops race

Harties Fotografie Studiegroep - Ben Koekemoer - Zwartkops race

Helderberg Photographic Society - Fiona Nell - Half Way Home

Helderberg Photographic Society - Fiona Nell - Half Way Home

Hermanus Photographic Society - Crighton Klassen - Sunset Table Mountain

Hermanus Photographic Society - Crighton Klassen - Sunset Table Mountain

Hibiscus Coast Photographic Society - Elsabe du Toit - Por que

Hibiscus Coast Photographic Society - Elsabe du Toit - Por que

Klerksdorp Fotografie Klub - Robert Holmwood - Sucking on lavender

Klerksdorp Fotografie Klub - Robert Holmwood - Sucking on lavender

Knysna Photographic Society - Luana Laubscher - Low tide

Knysna Photographic Society - Luana Laubscher - Low tide

Kriel Foto Club - Michelle Cloete - egitptian beauty

Kriel Foto Club - Michelle Cloete - egitptian beauty

Kroonstad Fotoklub - Francois Haarhoff - Dreamy Namib Sunset

Kroonstad Fotoklub - Francois Haarhoff - Dreamy Namib Sunset

Magalies Foto Fun Club - Chris van der Walt - Kgalagadi Aerobatics

Magalies Foto Fun Club - Chris van der Walt - Kgalagadi Aerobatics

Maritzburg Camera Club - Ronelle van den Heever - Brownhooded Beauty

Maritzburg Camera Club - Ronelle van den Heever - Brownhooded Beauty

Midlens Fotoklub - Dewald  Tromp - Askari

Midlens Fotoklub - Dewald Tromp - Askari

Nelspruit Photographic Society - Renata Ewald - scavanger

Nelspruit Photographic Society - Renata Ewald - scavanger

On the Rocks Camera Club - Kevin Mullins - Squacco heron

On the Rocks Camera Club - Kevin Mullins - Squacco heron

Paarl Photographic Club - Andre Stipp - Shredded

Paarl Photographic Club - Andre Stipp - Shredded

Port Elizabeth Camera Club - Charmaine Joubert - Friends through stormy times

Port Elizabeth Camera Club - Charmaine Joubert - Friends through stormy times

Pretoria Photographic Society - Alta Oosthuizen - Lonely Silo

Pretoria Photographic Society - Alta Oosthuizen - Lonely Silo

Princes Grant Camera Club - Sharlene Cathro - Zebra Pan

Princes Grant Camera Club - Sharlene Cathro - Zebra Pan

Randburg Foto Klub-Randburg Photo Club - Phil Hall - Open All Hours

Randburg Foto Klub-Randburg Photo Club - Phil Hall - Open All Hours

SAVAS - Ansie Meintjes - Hande wat werk

SAVAS - Ansie Meintjes - Hande wat werk

Sandton Photographic Society - Jack Weinberg - My one is bigger than yours 8471d

Sandton Photographic Society - Jack Weinberg - My one is bigger than yours 8471d

Sasol Highveld Photography Club - Leon Pelser - Tarantula texture

Sasol Highveld Photography Club - Leon Pelser - Tarantula texture

Southern Suburbs Camera Club - Kobus Yssel - White stallion reflection

Southern Suburbs Camera Club - Kobus Yssel - White stallion reflection

Swartland Fotografieklub - Herman Olivier - Mesmerized

Swartland Fotografieklub - Herman Olivier - Mesmerized

Tygerberg Photographic Society - DAVID BARNES - TIMBUKTU

Tygerberg Photographic Society - DAVID BARNES - TIMBUKTU

Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging - Haig Fourie - connected

Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging - Haig Fourie - connected

Westville Camera Club - Shirley Gillitt - Point my toe

Westville Camera Club - Shirley Gillitt - Point my toe

Witzenberg Photographic Society - Phillip De Lange - Concrete art

Witzenberg Photographic Society - Phillip De Lange - Concrete art

 

HOW DOES THIS COMPETITION WORK?

Members of PSSA only are invited to personally enter any one image per month into this competition, and submit it via Photovault at www.photovaultonline.com.  If you are not a member of PSSA, you can unfortunately not enter this competition.

If your image has won the Senior or Junior club competition at your club during the month, it will be entered in either of those two competitions for the month.  PLEASE do not enter it into the Web site competition as well for obvious reasons.  Remember, it is the same judges that judge all three competitions for a particular month and having the same image in two competitions, Senior or Junior and the Web site competition will disadvantage the image. If your image does not win in the Senior or Junior Club Competition and you would like to enter it into the Web site competition, you can do so as long as it is a month or so later.

The winning image will be displayed on the home page of our Website for the duration of the month. 

Instructions on how to upload your entry onto Photovault can be downloaded here  doc

Frequently we do require high resolutions of these images as PSSA use them for Print Exhibitions to promote PSSA as well as showcasing the work being done around the country.

At the end of the PSSA calendar year (30 June of each year) the Website Competition Winning Image of the Year is selected.

 

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