Senior Club Competition Winners Jan 2026

Elsabe du Toit from Hibiscus Coast Photographic Society is our January winner!

Elsabe, congratulations on your winning image – Introspection

Elsabe says:

The image is a composite with texture overlays. The textures consist of my photographs of art papers and clouds applied with blend modes to the image. After this step I manipulated light and colour to get the desired effect.

Girl
Camera model: Canon 90D
Lens model: Canon EF 50mm f1.8
ISO: 1600
Aperture: 4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/500

Building
Camera model: Canon powershotG3X
Lens model: Canon powershot lens
ISO: 800
Aperture: 8.0
Shutter Speed: 1/80

Our 1st runner-up is Tim Gould from Hibiscus Coast Photographic Society with “Hard Life”

Our 2nd runner-up is Chanel Enslin from Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging with “Crested Guineafowl with chicks”

Thank you to the judges:

President Geoff Feldon – Westville Camera Club
1st Vice President Nicol du Toit – Cape Town Photographic Society
2nd Vice President Francois Roux – Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging

Click here for the Jan 2026 scoresheet for Seniors

JAN 2026 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 - Rina Hattingh - Spiraling nature

AFO - Tania Cholwich - Backstreets of Bangkok

Amber Camera Club - Charles Henderson - Hoedpruit Morning

Amber Camera Club - Shirley Swingler - Bee Eater Catch

Ballito Photo Club - Denita Lawrence - Boats at Dusk

Bethal Fotografie Klub - Jannes Drotsky - Koning van die bos

Bethal Fotografie Klub - Johan Drotsky - Vat so vark

Bosveld Fotografie Klub - Hennie Louw - Feeding Crocs

Brandpuntfotoklub - Jan Roos - Sunbathing

Cape Town Photographic Society - Joyce Goldschmidt - Il Redentore

Cape Town Photographic Society - Lesley Parolis - As dawn breaks in Barcelona

Centurion Camera Club - Helouise Mulder - A serious Mad Hatter

Centurion Camera Club - Roelof Groesbeek - Early morning peace

Creative Camera Club - Michele-Ann Nel - Framed

Creative Camera Club - Michele-Ann Nel - Looking Back

Edenvale Photographic Club - Ettienne van Niekerk - White-backed Vulture A

Ermelo Fotoklub - Rosa van Schalkwyk - Cheetah on a mission

Ermelo Fotoklub - Rosa van Schalkwyk - Rotse by Kubu laat agtermiddag

Hermanus Photographic Society - Judes Armstrong - The Pink Tongued Panther

Hermanus Photographic Society - Judes Armstrong - Water Dust and Dawn

Hibiscus Coast Photographic Society - Elsabe du Toit - Introspection

Hibiscus Coast Photographic Society - Tim Gould - Hard life

Highway Camera Club - Kazalette Pike - Dune Oryx

Klerksdorp Fotografie Klub - Monique Van Rooyen - Refreshing

Klerksdorp Fotografie Klub - Monique Van Rooyen - Smoulder

Knysna Photographic Society - Claudette Gericke - The Chase

Knysna Photographic Society - Luana Laubscher - One Flew Over

Kowie Camera Club - Herman Groenewald - White bellied sunbird

Kriel Foto Club - Eric Bosman - Blue Waxbill bathing

Kriel Foto Club - Eric Bosman - Ready to go

Krugersdorp Camera Club - Cubus Eksteen - The family

Magalies Foto Fun Club - Mariette Goosen - Grab a Fishy

Midlens Fotoklub - Johan Frost - Female Masked Weaver

Port Elizabeth Camera Club - Francois van Straten - Walmer Park Umbrellas

Port Elizabeth Camera Club - Rob Heffer - Church on the Hill

Pretoria Photographic Society - Giuseppe Carbonatto - Catch light

Princes Grant Camera Club - Merten Jansen van Rensburg - Lunch time

Princes Grant Camera Club - Sharlene Cathro - Yellow billed preening

Randburg Foto Klub-Randburg Photo Club - Jacques Blignaut - Yellow billed Kite

SAVAS - Charlene Naude - Thirsty Bee Edit

SAVAS - Stuart Collen - Happy dog

Sandton Photographic Society - Mariana Kruger - Leopard in Maroela Tree

Sapphire Coast Camera Club - Charmaine Venter - Oriole Feeding

Sasol Highveld Photography Club - Leon Pelser - garlic display

Southern Suburbs Camera Club - Vinesh Kara - Ship in the docks

Springs Photographic Club - Rodney Cory - Mixed Emotions

Tafelberg Fotografieklub - Juliane Van Dyk - Spiraal na bo

Tygerberg Photographic Society - DAVID BARNES - Turning over a new leaf

Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging - Chanel Enslin - crested guineafowl with chicks

Vereeniging Photographic Society - Francois Oosthuysen - Side arch Milky Way

Westville Camera Club - Jill Ferraz - Showing off

Witzenberg Photographic Society - Mariana Visser - uil op tak

Witzenberg Photographic Society - Phillip De Lange - The empty chair

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.