Senior Club Competition Winners Oct 2025

Francois Oosthuysen from Vereeniging Photographic Society is our October winner!

Francois, congratulations on your winning image – Milky way arch

Francois says:

I took the image in the Ceres mountains while under the guidance of Kyle Goetsch. He organised the 4-day trip and taught us the settings and setups. It is a magical place and lends itself to amazing scenery and structures to combine with the astro milky way photography. Highly recommended. Camera was on a tripod and I combined 2 exposures. One for the milky way and one for the arch structure.

Camera model: Canon R5
Lens model: RF 16mm f2.8
ISO: 3200
Aperture: 2.8
Shutter Speed: 20seconds

Our 1st runner-up is Sandy van Heerden from Durban Camera Club with “Down the Hatch”

Our 2nd runner-up is Jannes Drotsky from Bethal Fotografieklub with “Swimming”

Thank you to the judges:

Antionette Morkel – Port Elizabeth Camera Club
Shirley Gillit – Highway Camera Club
Hanli Smit – Edenvale Photographic Club

Click here for the Oct 2025 scoresheet for Seniors

OCT 2025 SENIOR CLUB WINNER FINALISTS (You can click on the images to enlarge them and use the arrows on the image to go back and forth.

AFO - Johann Mader - Lion head shake

Amber Camera Club - Joan Jung - The Chair

Ballito Photo Club - Alan Nixon - Bathroom lifestyle

Benoni Camera Club - Hans Van der Walt - Barrel Racing

Bethal Fotografie Klub - Jannes Drotsky - Swimming

Bluff Camera Club - Karen van der Westhuizen - CM Colour Blurb

Boksburg Camera Club - Kerry Mellet - Squacco with Catch

Brandpuntfotoklub - Maryke Wessels - Maansverduistering

Centurion Camera Club - Johan Croucamp - Kite fly off with catch

Creative Camera Club - Michele-Ann Nel - Rock Hopping

Durban Camera Club - Sandy van Heerden - Down the Hatch

Eden Photographic Society - Johan van Aarde - Blouvalk

Edenvale Photographic Club - Sonja Olivier - Fish Eagle

Ermelo Fotoklub - Gert Kotze - Swael dans

Fish Hoek Photographic Society - Nikki Twomey - Old man look at my life

Fstop Photographic Society - Fraser Bryce - Piercing Silence

George Camera Club - Lorraine Blackwell - Fire Dancer

Harties Fotografie Klub - Ben Koekemoer - Kyk hoe loer hy

Hermanus Photographic Society - Phil Sturgess - Licking and loving

Hibiscus Coast Photographic Society - Kathy Kay - Baby meercat gets his own scorpion

Highway Camera Club - Celia Fourie - Whats down there

IPIP Photographic Club - Sandy van Vuuren - Crossroads at Dusk

Klerksdorp Fotografie Klub - Monique Van Rooyen - Glorios Curls

Knysna Photographic Society - Luana Laubscher - Majestic Spitskoppe

Kowie Camera Club - Herman Groenewald - Going Home

Krugersdorp Camera Club - Eddie Reinecke - Guinea Fowl Challenge

Magalies Foto Fun Club - San3 De Wet - The Silence Before Impact.jpg

Maritzburg Camera Club - Leon Heyes - A Graceful Demise

Midlens Fotoklub - Roelf Ackerman - Malachaite Sunbird

On the Rocks Camera Club - Rob Klaic - Light in the Dark

Port Elizabeth Camera Club - John Mills - Fish Eagle on the Kei

Pretoria Photographic Society - Sonja de Klerk - Pile of Babel

Princes Grant Camera Club - Sharlene Cathro - Puff of dust in the sunset

Randburg Foto Klub-Randburg Photo Club - Anita Greeff - Buffalo at Twighlight

SAVAS - Chris Nel - Seals Fly Best

Sandton Photographic Society - Mariana Kruger - Marshall Eagle in Flight with Barn Owl Killl

Sapphire Coast Camera Club - Johan Botha - Geelvink Mannetjie

Sasol Highveld Photography Club - Leon Pelser - rainspider

Schools - Charlie Hofmeyr HS - Chloe Sarikaki - Going Through

Scottburgh Camera Club - Kobus Maré - Winning is on my mind

Southern Suburbs Camera Club - Antonio Ferreira - Shingwedzi river crocodile

Springs Photographic Club - Theo Vd Merwe - Bont Visvanger met sy Prooi

Swartland Fotografieklub - Pieter De Jager - Stappers op pad na die kruin

Tafelberg Fotografieklub - Christo Gillomee - Sacrisoy

Tygerberg Photographic Society - DAVID BARNES - The Chosen One

Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging - Renee Storme - leopard and the moon

Vereeniging Photographic Society - Francois Oosthuysen - Milky way arch

Westville Camera Club - Ben Myburgh - Chained

Witzenberg Photographic Society - Mariana Visser - Flowers in vase

HOW DOES THIS COMPETITION WORK?

This is a PSSA monthly competition where clubs enter their monthly Senior winner onto Photovault. Appointed judges select the winning image. The monthly winner gets displayed on the home page of our Web site for the duration of the month.

All images must be original and must not incorporate elements produced by anyone else. By virtue of submitting an entry, the clubs must certify all the work in the entered image as their club member’s 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 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 Senior Club Competition Winning Image of the Year is selected.

HOW TO UPLOAD YOUR CLUB’S WINNING IMAGE TO PHOTOVAULT

For the Senior Club Competition Winner of the Month, a club representative (ideally the Chairperson) submits the Senior club winner via Photovault at www.photovaultonline.com.

CLICK HERE to download instructions on how to upload your entry onto Photovault.