Sandy van Heerden from Durban Camera Club is our May winner!
Sandy, congratulations on your winning image – Eye to Eye
Sandy says:
It was a Monday morning in February and I decided to go to Durban Botanic Gardens for some bird photography. I was a few meters away in my approach to the large pond when I saw the heron catch the fish. Fortunately I had my camera slung over my shoulder and with a quick shutter speed adjustment I was able to capture the whole sequence of him swallowing the fish. During my processing of the images later, I was so thrilled to discover that the timing was perfect for my ‘Eye to eye’ image.
I learnt a valuable lesson that morning – make sure that your camera is out and ready to shoot, otherwise I would never have captured this moment!😊
Camera: Nikon Z8
Lens: Nikkor Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR lens
Focal length: 600mm
Speed: 1/1600
ISO: 2000
F/6.3
Processing software Adobe Lightroom
Our 1st Runner-up is Shirley Gillitt from Westville Camera Club, with “In the middle of the night”
Our 2nd Runner-up is Theo van der Merwe from Boksburg Camera Club with “Widow Bird mating dance”
Thank you to the judges:
Antionette Morkel – Port Elizabeth Camera Club
Johan Brits – Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging
Cathy Dooley – Southern Suburbs Camera Club
Click here for the May 2025 scoresheet for Website winners
MAY 2025 WEBSITE WINNER FINALISTS (You can click on the images to enlarge them and use the arrows on the image to go back and forth.)
HOW DOES THIS COMPETITION WORK?
This is a PSSA monthly competition where authors enter their own image onto Photovault. Appointed judges select the winning image. The monthly winner gets displayed on the home page of our website for the duration of the month.
Entries for the website competition are entered by the authors themselves via Photovault at www.photovaultonline.com.
Click here to download instructions on how to upload your entry onto Photovault.
All images must be original and must not incorporate elements produced by anyone else. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrants certify the work as their own. The PSSA Director of Competitions has the right to ask for the RAW files.
Frequently we do require high resolutions of these images as PSSA uses 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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