Senior Club Competition Winners June 2023

Cobus Manders from Bethal Fotografieklub is our June winner!

Cobus, congratulations on your winning image – Small bird

Cobus says:-

I recently took this photo in Northern Michigan in the USA. The photo is of a male hummingbird. They are very small and fascinating birds and their wings move extremely fast. With this photo I wanted to capture the movement of the wings while the head and body of the bird is still in focus. I took the photo with my Canon 90D DSLR and Sigma 150-600mm lens. My settings were: Apperture Priority (AV); ISO 400; F8; 1/400s; 421mm.

Our 1st runner-up is – Leon Jacobs from Vereeniging Photographic Society with “Chasing the vulture”

Our 2nd runner-up is Hannes Claassens from Midlens Fotoklub with “Jumping spider after the rain”

Thank you to the judges:

Evelyn Gibson – Cape Town Photographic Society
Lynne Kruger-Haye – Ignite Photographic Club
Paul Rixom – George Camera Club

Click here for the June 2023 scoresheet for Seniors

JUNE 2023 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.)

(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

Alberton Camera Club - Robbie Aspeling - Natal Tree Frog

Ballito Photo Club - Suzanne Morshead - The cobbler of Newtown

Beachcombers Photography Club - Richard Wentzel - Knsyna Turaco

Benoni Camera Club - John Roux - Welcome Drink

Bethal Fotografie Klub - Cobus Manders - Small bird

Bloemfontein Kameraklub - Johannes van der Westhuizen - Dirk Track Racer

Boksburg Camera Club - Willie Pieterse - Showing Off

Bosveld Fotografie Klub - Ancia du Plessis - Defending Hands

Brandpuntfotoklub - Judy Joubert - Caracal

Cape Town Photographic Society - Haralambos Parolis - Early morning Namibrand landscape

Centurion Camera Club - Hendrik Louw - In the red dessert

Creative Camera Club - Michele-Ann Nel - On top of the tree

Durban Camera Club - Percy Mitchell - Burchells Grouse Lift Off

Edenvale Photographic Club - Clare Appleyard - Breakwater View

Ermelo Foto Klub - Jeanine Smalberger - Kagga Kamma sunset

Fish Hoek Photographic Society - Peter Brandt - not guilty

George Camera Club - Lorraine Blackwell - Dali light show

Harties Fotografie Studiegroep - Johan Smith - Flares

Hermanus Photographic Society - Phil Sturgess - Vulture passion

Highway Camera Club - Hugh Watson - The race is on

Klerksdorp Fotografie Klub - Nicci van As - OB Sunbird between branches

Knysna Photographic Society - Luana Laubscher - Man on the midnight train

Kowie Camera Club - Robert Heffer - Moonrise over Kowie Pier

Kriel Foto Club - Tallies Taljaard - Waaghalsige dogtertjie

Kroonstad Fotoklub - Chris van den Heever - LBJ

Magalies Foto Fun Club - Chris van der Watt - Venomous Snack

Maritzburg Camera Club - Leon Heyes - Showing Off

Midlens Fotoklub - Hannes Claassens - Jumping spider after the rain

Mosselbaai Kameraklub - Zenobia Geldenhuys - Narre Collage

National Photographic Club - Gonnie Myburgh - Waterlelieweerkaatsing

On the Rocks Camera Club - Arlene Mullins - Buggie

Paarl Photographic Club - Johan Beyers - Arctic Fish Eagle

Port Elizabeth Camera Club - Sydney Truter - Smokey Joe

Pretoria Photographic Society - John Tapuch - Wildebeest on the rund.

Princes Grant Camera Club - Sharlene Cathro - Sun ray spotlight

Randburg Foto Klub-Randburg Photo Club - Bertie Baard - On The Run

Rustenburg Photographic Society - Karen Mc Carthy - Billy

Sandton Photographic Society - Robbie Aspeling - Bored with this game

Sasol Highveld Photography Club - Leon Pelser - long horn beetle m

Schools - Western Cape Youth Photographers - Thomas Bothe - Firefighter at work

Southern Suburbs Camera Club - Stan Feinstein - Lion in dust storm

Springs Photographic Club - Cheryl Brooks - Talon and Tail

Swartland Fotografieklub - Herman Olivier - Ready to strike

Tafelberg Fotografieklub - Juliane Van Dyk - Harvesting

Tygerberg Photographic Society - DAVID BARNES - I Think I will Wear This Today

Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging - Johan Joubert - backlit hiena

Vereeniging Photographic Society - Leon Jacobs - Chasing the vulture

Westville Camera Club-Wendy Freer-Bike

Witzenberg Photographic Society - Phillip De Lange - In the Kelp forest

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

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.