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January 2015 Set Subject: Forests Top Image by Ian Damerell “Morphic Mangroves”
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Transcript of SNAP January 2015
January 2015
Set Subject: Forests
Top Image by Ian Damerell
“Morphic Mangroves”
Publisher:
Editor:
Contributors:
Cover by:
Westville Camera Club
Kelly Elliott
Conrad KelseySteve McCurrach
John Doe- Top Set Subject Frozen
ABOVE: Best SeniorDeborah-Anne Cockerell“Said the Spider to the Fly”RIGHT: Best JuniorAgustin Ritacco“Venice”
CONTENTS
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Chairman’s Report
General Club Information
February Birthdays
AGM Notice
Interclub Challenge
Steve’s short tours to Balele, Utrecht and Spioenkop, WintertonCamera Rumours for 2015
Set Subjects for 2015
Togs in Action
Note from the Editor
Committee 2015
“There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.”
― Abraham Lincoln
CHAIRMAN’S REPORTHi WCC'ers
Conrad KelseyCHAIRMAN
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GENERAL CLUB INFOIMAGE ENTRY:Any digital image entered in a section may not atany time be re-entered in that or any othersection or medium for promotional purposes.Previously entered work, either wholly orpartially, may not be entered without substantial,content transforming modifications.Proof of originality will rest with the author. Allimages contained within the image, must be theauthor’s own work.Exceptions: computer manipulated filters,distortions and textures. Images may not bemanufactured using stock material which haspreviously been entered in promotionalcompetitions without substantial modification.
Images taken in consecutive frames representingthe same scene or activity will be viewed as thesame image and can only be allowed forsubmission once for judging.
One extra submission for the
MCC/WCC Challenge can be
submitted each month until
further notice. The subject is
“JUXTAPOSITION”.
Due to time constraints only 1 set subject photofrom each member will be shown and judged bythe members on the night of submission.When downloading through Photovault the firstSS image you download will be the quick judgeimage. If 2 photos are submitted they will bothbe judged the following month as normal.
DIGITAL SUBMISSIONS:Digital images to be done electronically viaPhotovaultonline. File size to be a maximum of1024 on the widest edge of a landscape image or768 pixels on the longest edge of a portrait image.File size not to exceed 500kb. No names may beadded to the digital images when submitted.Note – thin outlines are allowed but larger framesare discouraged.Images to be named with the image title only(eg: Beach Sunrise).
FEBRUARY MONTHLY MEETINGS:Wednesday – 11/02 - AGMWednesday – 18/02 - Judging
ALL MEETINGS TO START PROMPTLY
AT 19h00
PHOTO SUBMISSIONS TO BE DONE
BETWEEN 18h30 AND 19h00
It is that time of year again where membership fees are due.
Club fees for 2015:• Full Membership for 2015 is R300.
• Pensioners/Scholars R150.• New member joining fee R100.
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs
-Ansel Adams
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Happy Birthday to the following members who celebrate their birthday’s during February 2015
14 Des Porter
19 Gary Jones
20 Howard McArthur
27 Judy Mann
Please can the members whose birthdays are in February
supply eats for our meeting onWednesday ** February 2015
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You are cordially invited to attend this year’s WCC AGM
Date: Wednesday 11 February 2015
Place: The German Club (Musketeers)
Time: 19h00
Cost: R100 p/p Spouses/Partners welcome
DetailsThe German Club (Musketeers) is situated
at 7 Barham Road, Westville.There will be pre dinner snacks as well as a
two-course dinnerIf there are any members who are
vegetarian etc… please notify either Lucia or Karen
Please RSVP by 4 February 2015 to:[email protected]@westvillecameraclub.co.za
• All Payments to be done via EFT into the WCC Account.• Please use “AGM - name" as reference. • If you paying more than one thing or for more than 1 person, then please
email a reference so we know what it’s for. • If you have to do a cash deposit the please add 10% to your payment.
The topic for this year’s WCC-MCC Challenge is…
H2O ie: water in any form or shape whatsoever. ice, snow, steam…
Digital Manipulation is allowed but the main idea is that it is to be mainly captured in camera and not merely be a Photoshop creation.
NB: Images eligible for submission must be captured after 16 October 2014. Images captured before then will be disqualified.
OPPORTUNITIES ARE LIMITLESS !!!
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Greetings Folks,A wee posting here, for those who shared or who followed our very lekker short toursto Balele, Utrecht and Spioenkop, Winterton. As is my penchant, its the pics whichwill do the talking and these holidays presented countless photographicopportunities. Numerous birds were ticked off the list, including the Lesser BreastedChat and the game viewing was marvellous. Where I/we hit the wall was the bassfishing, with what must be the world record on “blanking”, having fished 10 daysstraight and not landed a fish. I wasn’t sure if it was the coffee coloured water, the fullmoon, my karma being ‘out’ or what, but it was hugely frustrating. It only dawnedupon me on the 2nd last day that we’d not seen another bass boat throughout theperiod – Hello, if the locals aren’t there, then I should have noticed that.
Perhaps the highlight for me was the rare privilegeof being taken by Eric manager of Spioenkop ona restricted access drive down to below the damwall, where the fury of the water has themist blowing al la Vic Falls and the thunderingof that awesome power had me all amped up.From a photographic viewpoint,these few are my favourites…
By Steve McCurrach
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Canon EOS 6D Mark II The EOS 6D was launched in 2012. The EOS6D Mark II seems the most likely name,since '7D' is already taken and Canon has ahistory off adding 'Mark' numbers to newcameras which replace well-establishedoriginals. Canon Rumors has posted a tipthat the new camera will be pitchedslightly higher, and there is quite a priceand feature gap between the current 6Dand 5D Mark III which it could slot into. The6D's specs are pretty basic, so Canon couldchoose to replace the sensor with the 22.3-megapixel imaging unit from the 5D MarkIII. Swapping over to the 5D Mark III'ssophisticated 61-point AF system, though,would perhaps be a step too far.Or Canoncould take a different approach entirely,follow Nikon's lead with the D750, andintroduce a more versatile, swivel-screendo-it-all enthusiasts D-SLR between the 6Dand the 5D Mark III. With Wi-Fi and maybeeven GPS built in, it could be like a full-frame version of the 70D – and that really
could shake up the market.
Canon EOS-1D x Mark IICanon has indicated higher resolutions areimminent (see the DP Review interviewwith Canon), and the EOS-1D x, launchedway back at the end of 2011, would seemto be the obvious candidate. Nikon has hadthe high-resolution full-frame market toitself ever since the launch of the 36-megapixel D800, and surely Canon can't letthis continue much longer?But there hasbeen so much crazy talk about a super-high-resolution Canon pro SLR over thepast few years – all of which has come tonothing – that it's tempting to take anynew rumours with a pinch of salt.However… the EOS-1D x is three years old,there is speculation that Sony has a 46-megapixel full-frame sensor in the pipelineand Canon has indicated (DP Reviewinterview) that it will use sensors fromother makers if they are the best ones forthe job.
Camera Rumours for 2015
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Nikon D7200Nikon Rumors thinks the D7100 will bereplaced with a new D7200. Our cameratimeline chart supports this – the D7100was launched back at the start of 2013,and recent launches lower down the rangemean that although it's a more powerfulcamera with more features, it now has nosensor advantage over Nikon's cheapermodels.Nikon Rumors expects a newly-designed 24-megapixel sensor, a tiltingscreen like that seen on the full-frameD750, built-in Wi-Fi, the same 6fpscontinuous shooting speed but a buffercapable of handling up to 16 RAW+JPEGimages and video improvements.If true,this will represent an incremental upgradeto Nikon's top amateur camera, and notthe long-awaited replacement for Nikon'spro-spec D300s.This would leave Nikon in abit of a hole. With the release of the EOS7D Mark II, Canon now has an affordableamateur APC-format camera that canshoot at professional speeds – 10 framesper second. Nikon does not – not by a longchalk.
Nikon D400 The obvious name for any D300sreplacement would be the D400, and apartfrom the same strengths as the D300s – all-metal body, pro controls, Nikon's pro-level51-point AF system – it would need high-speed continuous shootingcapability.Sensor-wise, Nikon has a choice.Its last-generation 16-megapixel APS-Csensor (D7000) might not be the mostmodern, but Nikon uses a non-anti-aliasedversion in the CoolPix A to good effect, andit might ease the pressure on the camera'sprocessor and buffer and allow the high-speed continuous shooting that thiscamera would need.The alternative is the24-megapixel sensor currently used by theD7100 and other models, but the limitedbuffer capacity and shooting speed of theD7100 suggests that getting similar speedsto the EOS 7D Mark II may be no easymatter for Nikon.We're dubious. We reallydo hope there will be a D400, but rightnow we're not that optimistic.
http://www.techradar.com/news/photography-video-capture/cameras/camera-rumors-1278354/4#articleContent8
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Note from the Editor
Facebook:Don’t forget to check up on our Facebook page to keep
current on club outings and club goings on. The WCC Facebook page is a great platform for asking
photography related questions and discussions as well as image sharing.
If you aren’t already part of our Facebook group, you can find us at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/9611149381/
Hi WCC’ers!
Happy New Year to each and every one of you! I hope this yearbrings you all the photographic opportunity you have wished for,and then some!
As of this month (January), I have taken over the duties as SNAPmagazine editor from Colleen. I really look forward to thisopportunity and do hope you enjoy my future issues of SNAP.
On this page in the magazine, I will be posting reminders for SNAPmagazine contributions …
Please send images of our camera club togs in action to xxxxxxx
Feel free to send me short stories of your photographic outings, accompanied with images so that I can share them in
SNAP
Until next month, happy shooting! - Kelly10
Chairman : Conrad Kelsey 083 570 0217 [email protected]
Vice Chairman : Pieter Venter 083 458 8373 [email protected]
Secretary: Lucia Phillips 082 770 1179 [email protected]
Treasurer : Karen Fischer 084 707 9090 [email protected]
Entries Steward : Pieter Venter 083 458 8373 [email protected]
Agustin Ritacco 083 651 9608 [email protected]
Web Master : Agustin Ritacco 083 651 9608 [email protected]
Outings Stewards : Des Porter 082 576 1551 [email protected]
Workshops/ Ad Hoc : Andrew Climpson 082 827 0112 [email protected]
Mike Sand 083 709 7722 [email protected]
Other email addresses: [email protected]
Snap Editor : Kelly Elliott 083 388 5258 [email protected]
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