Website Competition Winners Jan 2025

Anne Hrabar from Knysna Photographic Society is our January winner!

Anne, congratulations on your winning image – Lumo skies

Anne says:

Most credit has to be given to the breathtaking natural phenomena that I was fortunate enough to capture!

This was taken in Iceland on 11/10/2024 which date luckily happened to coincide with the best aurora activity period. I was set up to take a carefully composed image in the other direction when I spotted the play of lights was far better behind me! A quick spin around was needed and this was the result. This is not what you see with the naked eye, the long exposure amplifies the colours.

Nikon Z7 14mm ISO 1600, 20 seconds at F2.8.

Our 1st Runner-up is Hannes Claassens from Midlens Fotoklub, with “Jumping spider”

Our 2nd Runner-up is Elsa E van Dyk from Brandpuntfotoklub with “Elegant Lily”

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 Website winners

JANUARY 2025 WEBSITE WINNER FINALISTS (You can click on the images to enlarge them and use the arrows on the image to go back and forth.)

Adriaan Theron - Magalies Foto Fun Club - Canvas of colours.

Albertino Goncalves - Brandpuntfotoklub - Oranjekeelkalkoentjie

Annaline Werth - F-Stop Fotografiese Vereniging - Double exposer

Anne Hrabar - Knysna Photographic Society - Lumo skies

Ansie Steenekamp - Worcester Fotografie Klub - want my food

Carol Phillips - Knysna Photographic Society - two of a kind

Cathy Birkett - Knysna Photographic Society - Hitting the sun for six

Christa Koekemoer - Harties Fotografie Studiegroep - Skeleton leave

DNE Smit - Sasol Highveld Photography Club - Aspatat

David Barnes - Tygerberg Photographic Society - Bathing in the Moonlight

Diane Goncalves - Brandpuntfotoklub - Horses in the veld

Eileen Covarr - Knysna Photographic Society - summer evening

Elsa E van Dyk - Brandpuntfotoklub - Elegant Lily

Eric Bosman - Kriel Foto Club - Gevlekte Sandpatrys

Estelle Mouton - Brandpuntfotoklub - Elana BW

Geo Jooste - Bloemfontein Kameraklub - on duty

Gerhard Grove - Magalies Foto Fun Club - Fruit and water beauty

Haig Fourie - Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging - Dandelion center

Hannes Claassens - Midlens Fotoklub - Jumping spider

Jan Roos - Brandpuntfotoklub - Di Matteo Racing No

Johan Drotsky - Bethal Fotografie Klub - Fontein

Johann Kruger - Kroonstad Fotoklub - Oranje Windpomp

Koot Marais - Independent - kings view

Leon Pelser - Sasol Highveld Photography Club - Canola symplicity

Louis Mouton - Brandpuntfotoklub - Dandielyn

Louis van der Walt - Sasol Highveld Photography Club - Rapunzel Lounge

Louise De Lange - Witzenberg Photographic Society - Dahlia Platinum Blonde

MONIQUE VAN ROOYEN - Klerksdorp Fotografie Klub - Red riding hood

Mariana Venter - Midlens Fotoklub - Shrimp for breakfast

Mariana Visser - Tafelberg Fotografieklub - In thought

Marianna Erasmus - Mosselbaai Kameraklub - Butterfly

Maureen Fourie - Fstop Photographic Society - Fynbos Gin

Mia Joubert - Magalies Foto Fun Club - Shadowed elegance

Michael de Nobrega - Eden Photographic Society - Sunset Shadows

Michele-Ann Nel - Creative Camera Club - Cape Sugarbird

Natasha Bird - Southern Suburbs Camera Club - Soaring Bearded Vulture

Nicci van As - Independent - Robberfly Reflection

Nick van der Mescht - Brandpuntfotoklub - Observing

Peter Oosthuizen - Knysna Photographic Society - Smoky Spreadwing

Peter Thomas - Brandpuntfotoklub - Emirates A

Phillip de Lange - Witzenberg Photographic Society - Death of a King

Roelf Ackerman - Midlens Fotoklub - Gurney Sunbird

Shawn Bubb - Klerksdorp Fotografie Klub - slice it up

Sussa Pelser - Sasol Highveld Photography Club - Landscape In Pano

Tavaria Rajoo - Independent - Doha

Theo Potgieter - Tafelberg Fotografieklub - Pensive Mono

Theo Van Der Merwe - Boksburg Camera Club - Red neck Falcon take off at Cubitje Quap

Ursula Baumann - Randburg Foto Klub-Randburg Photo Club - Stoic Stare

Wilma Drotsky - Bethal Fotografie Klub - Breek asb af

Yafei Yi - Sandton Photographic Society - Grooming While Riding

HOW DOES THIS COMPETITION WORK?

This is a PSSA monthly competition where authors enter their own image 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.

Entries for the website competition are entered by the authors themselves 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 entrants certify the work as their 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 uses 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 Website Competition Winning Image of the Year is selected.