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AUSTRALIAN PORTFOLIO PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

Vol. 69 No. 3 May/June, 2013

Enchanted Falls by Judy Heath - Circle 7, Folio 627

A Study in Green by Wayne Taylor - Circle 14, Folio 155

The Lens - May/June, 2013

President’s PenWell, I now know that some of

you actually read what I write in thesenotes.

Within hours of the last issue ofThe Lens coming out in the emailversion I had a response from severalmembers with options for setting up aweb presence.

I quickly accepted the kind offerof Wal Phelps to create a page, andwithin hours a draft outline waspresented to me. Circulating thisinformation to a number of memberson email the ensuing commentsenabled some tidying up to occur.

For those who were interestedthe web address is http://aus-tralianpps.wordpress.com/ and anyfurther items of interest, pictures,thoughts etc. which may be of interestwould be welcomed.

Perhaps with time we may beable to put more past issues of TheLens online as part of our historicalcollection. Unfortunately these days"APPS" is computer shorthand forapplications for many tablet likedevices, so searching on the web bythese initials would never be helpful.

There is a section on thewebpage for members images, and Ihope that it may be possible for somefolio winners to make their way toWal for inclusion on the website.

Also at the end of the year weshould be able to display the prize-winners for the year. Send [email protected]

How times change, not long agowe were talking about the hot weath-er, now we talk about the cold weath-er that we are having. We have beenhaving some cold mornings recently,but at least we have generally hadpleasant days to follow.

This morning proved the oldsaying, "you should always carry acamera with you". I went for a walkalong the beach, being able to actuallywalk along the sand because of thevery low tide.

Beautiful patterns on the sandwould have made lovely pictures, alsosome windswept trees silhouettedagainst clear blue sky. But of course,despite having purchased a smallcamera to carry with me, I did nothave it. At least one can retain thememories of what was there. But it isalways hard to practice what youpreach.

I have come across someinteresting comments from an Internetmail group I read.

"Photographers don't know howto critique art only technique.

Painters would never discus a paintingthe same way many photographersseem to want to critique photographs."

"Criticism of art and ofphotographic art should be intended tohelp the original artist to understandwhether or not they achieved thecommunication of the idea they had tothe viewer.

After all, a photograph, apainting, or a book is a way ofcommunicating an idea that the artisthas to the audience. The feedbackthey get about how successful theywere is what the critique should beabout.

Describing how you would havemade the image is less helpful thandescribing what you see in the image.If you see a dark and gloomy sceneand the artist intended it to convey alight and airy feeling, that's helpful. Ifyou "like" it or "dislike" it, that's nothelpful.

Describing how you would havedone the image by changing thecropping, changing the contrast range,etc. to get the picture you would likemight be helpful but it is talking abouta different image than what the artisthas created.

It may be that you see in theactual image exactly what the artistintended or maybeyou didn't, but theartist doesn't knowthat. All they get isa description of adifferent image thatyou do (or maybedon't) like better".

I am not sure Ientirely agree withsome of thesecomments.

I always findit hard, as theoriginal maker, todetermine the bestcrop for somepictures.

Often lookingat a picture inconjunction withcomments fromcircle members Ican think "Yes, itwould be bettercropped there". It isoften hard toanalyse one's ownwork.

One criticismI try to avoidrelates to quality ofequipment. Of

course the person with $200 camerawould get a better picture if he had a$3000 camera and comparable lens.

So is your criticism of thephotograph or the photographer notbeing able to afford better equipment?

I feel today too much of ourserious photography is based onequipment, not just cameras but alsocomputers to help fiddle out the "best"picture. I am sure that for most of ourmembers photography is a pleasure,you do it with the equipment you haveavailable, to the best of your ability,and enjoy it in the process.

So next time I go for a walkalong the beach I will try andremember to take my camera just incase.

Also to enjoy myself in theprocess of taking these pictures andperhaps presenting them in futurefolios.

Jim Thyer

Circle 26 - Commercial/Home Processed Small Colour Prints

Secretary - Helen Mackenzie-

Folio 3231st Ingrid Taylor Dinner Time2nd Martin Finzel Daisy3rd Elaine Stokman Lupins3rd Charles Le Fevre Waterfalls

Folio 3241st Helen Mackenzie Doors To Learning2nd Colin Barnes The Old Mill3rd Judy Heath Al Fresco Dining

Folio 325CHALLENGE - Happiness is. . .1st Martin Finzel Baking a Cake & Eating

& Eating It Too2nd Colin Barnes Smiley3rd Charles Le Fevre Love

Folio 325 concludes our "year". ProgressivePoints…16 Helen Mackenzie: 13 Colin Barnes, MartinFinzel: 12 Ingrid Taylor: 6 Judy Heath, George Phelps: 3Elaine Stokman, Jean Trollope: Well done to ALL.

We welcome back, Jean Trollope after a short break.Also look forward to Martin's return once he is settled on themainland.

Colin will soon be off on another term in AliceSprings, we can always count on some great photos toview on his return.

Our Challenge subjects keep stretching ourimaginations, has been encouraging to have full participationfrom all members.

Helen

CircleReports


Members Gallery . . .

Fishing Fleet by David Cooper - Circle 6, Folio 610

Ross by Ian Bock - Circle 11, Folio 134


Circle 2 -10” X 8” B & W PrintSecretary - Keith Smith-

No report - last Folio #731

Circle 7 - General Colour SlidesSecretary - Judy Heath-

No report - last Folio #642

Circle 9 - Any type of printSecretary: John Pratt-

Martin Finzel and his wife are now resident in Berwick,Victoria, and Heather Boulton has shifted to East Ballina, NSW.We wish them all well in their new places of residence. Foliosare now back to normal.

I have only one folio to report; Folio 125 (results below).This folio also completed the 2012-13 year. End-of-Year resultswere Jenny Davidson 19, Martin Finzel 14, Roger Clark 12,Peter Hunter 8, Pat Murray 6, Graeme Collins 6, John Pratt 4,Heather Boulton 3, and Len Haskew 1. Congratulations toJenny and also to runner-up Roger and Peter. It was pleasingthat all C9 members, even if for only a part of the year,registered a score.Folio 125

1st Pat Murray Lucky 132nd Peter Hunter Pelican Parade 3rd Graeme Collins Two Little Girls

All prints digital colour.John

Circle Reports

Circle 20 - 35mm Colour Slides - GeneralSecretary - Stephen Straube-

Folio 5851st Stephen Straub Paris XX2nd Athol Blake Bellingen Falls3rd David Dent 12 Apostles

Folio 5861st David Watts No Grass Here2nd Pat Murray The Rock3rd John Pratt Drought

Folio 5871st David Watts Lonely2nd John Pratt Dutchmans View3rd David Dent Areora Church

Folio 5881st Athol Blake On The Prowl2nd John Pratt Skeletal Remains3rd David Watts Hiding

Circle 20 comp. David Watts 1st, John Pratt 2nd,David Dent 3rd, Athol Blake 3rd. Clare Taylor has left theCircle.

Stephen

Circle 6 - General Colour SlidesSecretary - Don Estell-

Folio 6181st Don Estell Fremantle Hall2nd Dawn Patterson Iced Berries3rd David Cooper Tulip Farm

Folio 6191st Dawn Patterson Boulder View2nd David Cooper View From Home3rd James Heriot Apostle Sunset

Folio 6201st James Heriot Riding Foam2nd Craig Homberg Tail3rd David Cooper Arthur River Mouth3rd Colin Barnes Living on the Edge

Don

Circle 14 - Any Type of PrintOutgoing Secretary - Jean Trollope-Incoming Secretary - Margaret Gilet

Folio 1641st Una Brown Ballerina2nd Margaret Gilet Water Dragon3rd Wal Phelps Spooks

Folio 1651st Wal Phelps Clancy Erin #12nd Margaret Gilet Observatory Hill View3rd Una Brown Seashore

Folio 1661st Wayne Taylor Fordson2nd Margaret Gilet Shawn’s Workhorse3rd Stuart Gibbons Waiting for Spares

Folio 1671st Una Brown Pelican Landing2nd Margaret Gilet Red Hot Poker Inspection3rd Wayne Taylor Shayne

Folio 1681st Wayne Taylor Best Friends2nd Stuart Gibbons Missing Boys3rd Margaret Gilet Norfolk Island Lighter Boat

ReportAs Jean retires from the position of Secretary we are sure

she will enjoy her extra spare time. She has our thanks andappreciation for the fine work she has devoted to our circle. Thestandard of work in this circle is very even which makes votingquite a difficult task. We will miss the high quality images ofWal and Stuart who have recently resigned from the group. Hopeto see them back some time in the future.

Regards, Margaret

Circle 21 - 35mm Nature Colour Slides/PrintsSecretary - Dorothy Deverell- No report - last Folio # 562

Circle 24 - Circle SecretariesSecretary - Rita England-

Folio 108 is on its way, but I had made a mistake inthe scores of Folio 107, this has been corrected, sorry. Thecorrect results are:-Folio 107

1st Jenny Davidson Sri Lankan Girl Colour print2nd Judy Heath Double Dipping slide3rd Rita England St Luke’s colour print

Rita

Divisional Secretary’sReport

Circle changes-Margaret Gilet has taken over as Secretary of Circle

14 from Jean Trollope. Jean Trollope has also joinedCircle 26. Clare Taylor has retired from Circle 20.

Hi everyone, The two months between copies of The Lens seems to

come round very quickly. I have had some good news for APPS one of our

members Wal Phelps has volunteered to set up and main-tain a webpage for the organisation - this is great news asso many people seem to rely on the Internet for informa-tion these days. I guess Jim will have more of this in hisreport.

I am starting to think that if you do not live in a met-ropolitan area you cannot get things done.

Recently my large format Epson printer stoppedworking, that in itself is a long story, however after somevery helpful intervention from the guy at Kayell, Epsonagreed to repair it.

As we were going to Sydney we delivered it to therepair centre at Epson, they have rung me saying repairsare completed this took over three weeks but they will notfreight Orange; we must pick it up, this is rather ridiculousand rather difficult.

I do wonder if people living in a metropolitan arearealise people in the country don’t ride around onkangaroos and eat snakes and lizards - we actually domuch the same as our big city cousins. Sorry, but I am veryfrustrated with the ridiculous attitude taken by Epson -great printers but it will be a Canon next time, they have aservice centre here.

With winter well and truly here, now is the time tostart doing some indoor table top photography. Our clubrecently had an evening where we made a set up formembers to take water drop images, this is not as easy asit seems but it can be quite good fun.

We also had another table set up to take smokeimages, this is a little easier using incense to create thesmoke then it is just a matter of focus and lighting, a bit offun on a cold winter’s night.

With all the wet weather around I am trying to takesome successful images of reflections in water drops;another thing that is nowhere near as easy as it seems.

Most of these things are better done with an assistant,it’s times like these I wish someone else in my family wasinterested in photography, but I guess I would end up beingthe assistant so that wouldn’t work either.

I mentioned in an earlier report a member of oursociety, Rhonda Martin, had lost everything in the

Coonabarabran fires, happily Rhonda has purchased a newhome in Glen Innes and is settling in.

The folios seem to be circulating without too manyissues - perhaps the only thing our organisation now needsis some new members.

With the APS making the decision not to worry aboutmembers without Internet access we could perhaps offerthese people an alternative, if you know anyone who isinterested in photography and would like to become part ofour organisation please pass on our details and perhaps acopy of The Lens.

As I mentioned in the past, I much prefer to see aprinted image than one on digital monitor. I do send myimages to digital competitions but feel that a printed imagehas a more lasting impression and it is a real pleasure toreceive the folios each month of such a diverse range ofprints.

We are probably the only organisation that stillsupport slides, however, I don’t believe many of ourmembers are now taking new slide images. I guess this isprogress. We have some younger members of our cameraclub who ask ‘what is a slide’ - how quickly these thingsget forgotten.

Jenny DavidsonSecretary


A.P.P.S. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:PRESIDENT: Jim Thyer,6 Beach Close, Point Lonsdale, Vic., 3225 03 5258 3213

e-mail: [email protected]

GENERAL SECRETARY: Jenny Davidson,6 Yackerboon Place, Orange, NSW, 2800 02 6361 2792


TREASURER: Don Estell,9 Noel Street, Wollongong, NSW, 2500 02 4229 4419


DIVISIONAL SECRETARY: Rita England,East Street, Ulamambri, NSW, 2357 02 6842 7846

EDITOR - “THE LENS”: Graeme Collins,24 Church Street, Quirindi, NSW, 2343 02 6746 1147


STATIONERY OFFICER & CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS:Keith Smith,10 Owl Place, Ingleburn, NSW, 2565 02 9605 1164

e-mail: [email protected] SECRETARY: Don Estell,9 Noel Street, Wollongong, NSW, 2500 02 4229 4419

e-mail: [email protected]: John Pratt,16 Oakfield Ave., Clarence Park, SA, 5034 08 8371 1934

e-mail: [email protected] OFFICER:

One wanted.

WEBMASTER: Wal Phelps, PO Box 2A, Fairfield Heights, NSW, 2165 02 9604 3542www.australianpps.wordpress.com

General Secretary’s Report

COPY DEADLINEArticles are copyright by the contributors but can be reproducedin other Camera Club newsletters provided that acknowledgment

is made both to the author and to “The Lens”.If the words “Copyright by” followed by the author’s name is

printed after the article, the author should be asked for permissionif reproduction is desired.

All submissions for the next issue of THE LENSJuly/August should be forwarded to

The Editor, Graeme Collins, no later than

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 24 Church Street, Quirindi, NSW, 2343

OR e-mail: [email protected]


Members Gallery . . .

Three Sisters by Martin Finzel - Circle 26, Folio 309

Bill by Alan Morcom - Circle 2, Folio 714

Maclean Falls by Chris Duggan - Circle 6, Folio 609

Blacksmith Welding by Jenny Davidson - Circle 9, Folio 112

Ian Potter Gallery by Ian Bock -Circle 7, Folio 630


“The Lens” Tutorial by Jenny Davidson

Creating an interesting edge effect using quick mask

1. I have opened an image of Ellie

2. Make a rectangular selection staying about a half inch from all edges of the image.

3. Switch to Quick Mask Mode or hit Q on your keyboard.

4. Go to Filter > Brush Strokes > Spatter or Sprayed

5. Adjust the preview window so you can see the edge of your mask and move the sliders until you are pleased with the effect. I used a radius of 20 and smoothness of 4.

6. Exit Quick Mask Mode. Hit Q on the keyboard

7. Invert the selection. >Select>Inverse

8. I used the eyedropper to select a colour from the image and used the paint brush to paint in the selected area.

Kookaburra by Judy Heath - Circle 21, Folio 549

Echidna Chasm by John Pratt - Circle 20, Folio 576

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