Ana Kaplan from Sandton Photographic Society is our January winner!
Ana, congratulations on your winning image – Lighting the Pipe
Ana says:
I had this vision of a really moody image with this aged gentleman lighting his pipe.
I captured this using a Godox AD600 pro with a gridded 60cm softbox and a black background. The gridded softbox would prevent any light spill in areas where I didn’t want light.
I purposefully slowed my shutter speed and used a 2nd curtain synch so as to be able to capture the flame on the match before the flame fired.
I did minimal processing other than converting to black and white in Photoshop.
I used my Olympus 100mm lens so as to be able to have a narrow angle of view for a tight portrait.
Our 1st runner-up is Anje Smith from Rustenburg Photographic Society with “Ek sien”
Our 2nd runner-up is Adele Smit from Ermelo Fotoklub with “Laat die stof so staan”
Thank you to the judges:
Geoff Feldon – Westville Camera Club
Marleen Le Grange – Independent
Melanie Loubser – Wildlife Photography Forum
Click here for the January 2022 scoresheet for Juniors
JANUARY 2022 JUNIOR CLUB WINNERS FINALISTS (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)
ANNEMARIE DU PLESSIS - Pietersburg Fotografie Klub - Surfing Stripes
Adriaan Theron - Magalies Foto Fun Club - Jumper posed to jump
Alan Nixon - Ballito Photo Club - Colours of a sunset
Andy Rice - Southern Suburbs Camera Club - Steam
Annemarie Robertson - Port Elizabeth Camera Club - How can I escape
Ansie Meintjes - SAVAS - Vleiloerie
Ben Botha - Alberton Camera Club - Jakkals vlieg
Bennie Vivier - Tygerberg Photographic Society - Elephant eating wet grass
Charles Naude - Hermanus Photographic Society - Watchful
Charmaine Joubert - Port Elizabeth Camera Club - A mothers love
Corine Ross - Krugersdorp Camera Club - Lady Alicia in Red
Craig Morgan - Independent - Vancouver Art Gallery
Danie Smit - Sasol Highveld Photography Club - Du Toitskloof pass
David Barnes - Tygerberg Photographic Society - COLD AND WET
David Wilson - Hermanus Photographic Society - Readying to Go
Eileen Covarr - Knysna Photographic Society - Overberg magic
Eric Bosman - Kriel Foto Club - Eye to eye
Evelyn Gibson - Pretoria Photographic Society - Foggy Moody Famous Castle
Gawie vd Westhuizen - Kosmos Fotografie Klub - Mev Ducati
Geo Jooste - Bloemfontein Kameraklub - curly
Gerhard Grove - Magalies Foto Fun Club - Flower Beauty
Haig Fourie - Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging - Gold on the rocks
Howard Gillitt - Westville Camera Club - Goshawk fight
Jacques Kruger - Ermelo Foto Klub - Honey Bee
James Harris - Sasol Highveld Photography Club - chocolate and roses
Jane Booyse - Centurion Camera Club - Viking Paws
Jurgen Huse - Westville Camera Club - Amashova
Kobus Yssel - Southern Suburbs Camera Club - Wild Dog Pup
Leon Pelser - Sasol Highveld Photography Club - farmer and dog
Leon Venter - Bethal Fotografie Klub - NEUS IN DIE LUG
Louis Mouton - Alberton Camera Club - Fly over
MONIQUE VAN ROOYEN - Klerksdorp Fotografie Klub - When wounds do not heal
Mariana Venter - Midlens Fotoklub - Just passing by
Marianna Erasmus - Eden Photographic Society - Milky way with boabab
Michele-Ann Nel - Creative Camera Club - Around the Tree
Nicci van As - Klerksdorp Fotografie Klub - Male Carpenter Bee
Peter Thomas - Brandpuntfotoklub - Doug
Petri Banks - Midlens Fotoklub - Something in my eye
Phillip De Lange - Tafelberg Fotografieklub - Road to Genadendal
Russell James - Southern Suburbs Camera Club - Augrabies - 22-
Ryan Folster - Sandton Photographic Society - Paris Symmetry
Shirley Gillitt - Westville Camera Club - Vulture hunger
Stephen Allen - Independent - Hands That Bind
Steward Masweneng - Alberton Camera Club - Wild Cat
Steyn Joubert - Kriel Foto Club - RED BILLED OXPECKERS ON IMPALA
Sussa Pelser - Sasol Highveld Photography Club - Enjoying Cosmos Pollen
Theo Potgieter - Creative Camera Club - Greyton-2879-
Thomas Bothe - Schools - Western Cape Youth Photographers - Varkblom Stuifmeel
Wayne dos Santos Niz - Westville Camera Club - African Sky
Yafei Yi - Sandton Photographic Society - Pilanesberg Rhino at Dusk
HOW DOES THIS COMPETITION WORK?
This is a PSSA monthly competition where clubs enter their monthly Junior winner 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.
For the Junior Club Competition Winner of the Month, a club representative (ideally the Chairperson) submits the club winner via Photovault at www.photovaultonline.com.
Instructions on how to upload your entry onto Photovault can be downloaded here 
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 Junior Club Competition Winning Image of the Year is selected.
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