Senior Club Competition Winners Jan 2025

Michelle Pearson from Hibiscus Coast Photographic Society is our January winner!

Michelle, congratulations on your winning image – Breakfast time

Michelle says:

We were in a small hide located on a private wetland, located in Port Edward, KZN South Coast, when suddenly we heard a big splash and this Giant Kingfisher emerged from the water with a fish and very briefly perched on a log in front of the hide before flying off with it. Image captured with a Nikon D850 and 600mm f4 lens at f6.3.

Our 1st runner-up is Lesley Parolis from Cape Town Photographic Society with “Valencia Science Museum and Hemispheric”

Our 2nd runner-up is Debbie du Plessis from Ballito Photo Club with “Water tracks”

Thank you to the judges:

Charmaine Joubert – Port Elizabeth Camera Club
Nicol du Toit – Cape Town Photographic Society
Mart-Mari Duvenhage – Bloemfontein Kameraklub

Click here for the January 2025 scoresheet for Seniors

JANUARY 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 - Dirk Heyns - Paraat

AFO - Pieter Jordaan - Pelican in last light

Amber Camera Club - Rose Douglas - Early Morning Leopard

Amber Camera Club - Shirley Swingler - About the Wee Drop on Top

Ballito Photo Club - Debbie Du Plessis - Water tracks

Bethal Fotografie Klub - Jannes Drotsky - Modder katte

Bethal Fotografie Klub - Jannes Drotsky - Onder onsie

Bloemfontein Kameraklub - Trix Jonker - Purple heron in flight

Boksburg Camera Club - Jamie-Lee du Plessis - Grace in Monochrome

Bosveld Fotografie Klub - Ziets Zietsman - Blouwildebees in stof

Brandpuntfotoklub - Elsa E van Dyk - Just another pretty weed

Brandpuntfotoklub - Jan Roos - Half collard kingfisher incoming

Cape Town Photographic Society - Kim Stevens - Spokes

Cape Town Photographic Society - Lesley Parolis - Valencia Science Museum and Hemispheric

Creative Camera Club - Anthony Van Zyl - Now you see them Now you dont

Creative Camera Club - Michele-Ann Nel - Family on Guard

Durban Camera Club - Rory Baker - while others sleep

Edenvale Photographic Club - Brian Shaw - Hippo Yawn

Edenvale Photographic Club - Ruth Anne Smit - Sleeping Beauty

Ermelo Foto Klub - Jan van Niekerk - Mother and the young

F-Stop Fotografiese Vereniging - Fraser Bryce - Purrsonality

Harties Fotografie Studiegroep - Christa Koekemoer - Elephant Art

Harties Fotografie Studiegroep - Christa Koekemoer - Painted Hydrangea

Hermanus Photographic Society - Judes Armstrong - Leader of the pack

Hermanus Photographic Society - Phil Sturgess - Bridge to Eilean Donan

Hibiscus Coast Photographic Society - Elsabe du Toit - Distanced

Hibiscus Coast Photographic Society - Michelle Pearson - Breakfast time

Highway Camera Club - Dave Wickham - Silent March

Highway Camera Club - Maryke McGeer - Sadhu

Klerksdorp Fotografie Klub - Monique Van Rooyen - Milky Way and Windmill

Klerksdorp Fotografie Klub - Monique Van Rooyen - Subtle Beauty

Knysna Photographic Society - Anne Hrabar - Hellnar church

Knysna Photographic Society - Luana Laubscher - Fish Eye Jetty

Kriel Foto Club - Pop Pretorius - Wasp on flower

Kriel Foto Club - Spokie vd Merwe - The Storm

Kroonstad Fotoklub - Chris van den Heever - Focused Emo

Krugersdorp Camera Club - Johan Strydom - Saved by the bell

Magalies Foto Fun Club - Mia Joubert - CV001-2559860-Dancing

National Photographic Club - Francois Venter - Bridge over troubles waters

Port Elizabeth Camera Club - Annemarie Robertson - My mate got the snack

Port Elizabeth Camera Club - Renske Jordaan - Tawny eagle with spread wings

Pretoria Photographic Society - Sonja de Klerk - Garlic Craft

Randburg Fotoklub - Chris Joubert - Carmen

Sandton Photographic Society - Robbie Aspeling - Ying Yang

Sapphire Coast Camera Club - Helena Du Plessis - Droopy winged Hornbill

Sapphire Coast Camera Club - Johan Botha - Amazing Cape Vulture

Sasol Highveld Photography Club - Louis van der Walt - Wolfberg Arch Sunrise

Schools - HS Centurion - Merie Langner - Batman

Schools - HS Centurion - Merie Langner - Looking out a window

Scottburgh Camera Club - Darryll Benecke - On the Hunt

Southern Suburbs Camera Club - Anneke Preto - Prague

Southern Suburbs Camera Club - Chris Joubert - Simply Sensual

Springs Photographic Club - Barend Lindeque - Palm-Nut Vulture

Swartland Fotografieklub - Ciszanne Crous - Lanner in Flight

Swartland Fotografieklub - Herman Olivier - Sunset splendor

Tafelberg Fotografieklub - Adriaan van Zyl - Love is

Tygerberg Photographic Society - Bennie Vivier - Crested Guineafowl portrait

Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging - Johan Joubert - polentswa leeu

Vereeniging Photographic Society - Leon Jacobs - Red in the face

Westville Camera Club - Shirley Gillitt - Arriving

Westville Camera Club - Shirley Gillitt - Dance Movement

Witzenberg Photographic Society - Louise De Lange - The Chapel

Witzenberg Photographic Society - Phillip De Lange - A Kings departure

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.

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

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.