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Competition Results
Workshops

Meetings at Whangarei

Take your camera off automatic!

We help each other to take better photos.

Competitions and workshops

Enter competitions for helpful critiques and join in on workshops nights to try new techniques.

F8 Don't be late!

The best camera is the one you have with you.

COMPETITION NIGHT

6th August 2024
7.30pm

The results of ‘Water’ and ‘Portrait Trophy’ will be presented and the winner of the Trophy announced. It is always interesting and instructive to hear the judges’ comments.

We meet at the Masonic Hall, 224 Maunu Road – past the Hospital on the opposite side of the road. Plenty of parking. (See map in ‘Contact Us’.)

COMPETITIONS

Upload your images
by midnight on the due date.

The following must be uploaded to the website by 6th August.
‘’Nautical Trophy’
‘Open’ (Projected and/or print)
and a 1-minute Video. Due in September are –
‘’Landscape Trophy’,
‘Doorways’

WORKSHOP NIGHT

20th August 2024
7.30pm

Noel will clarify some differences between lens’s and answer questions. Also bring your camera and any interesting items you can find for Creative photography.

The club holds monthly competitions to encourage members to use their cameras and be creative.
Here are some recent image entries which gained high points.
All images are copyright to their authors. Permission required for use.

Honours

: Southern Range – Sandy Campbell

: Time for Tea – Linda Sweeney

: Vegetable Mix – Noel Herman

: No Title – Barbara Herman

: Pears – Ruth Mooney

: Heart of Roses – Jenny Dowling

: Mutabilis – Christine Frost

: Five to Midnight – Louise Bobbitt

: Kingfisher – Noel Herman

: Mt. Aoraki – Jenny Dowling

: Open Wide – Louise Bobbitt

: Magnolificence – Christine Frost

: The Eight Ball – Jenny Dowling

: A Flutter of Feathers – Christine Frost

: We Mist Go Down To the Sea – Jenny Dowling

: That Extra Wave – Rose Tantau

: Christmas Joyful – Christine Frost

: Hot Smoking – Rose Tantau

: Sonics Ring – Christine Frost

: Fertilisation of Orchids by Charles Darwin – Coen Cramer

: Seven’s Long Road to Win – Coen Cramer

: Gokart – Bruce Dorset

: Lucky Number Seven – Jamie Cramer

: Winner Self Assignment – Above the Arctic Circle – Barbara Herman

: Runner-up Self Assignment – Lights, Camera Together – Jamie Cramer

: White Heron Family – Ruth Mooney

: Gerbera – Jenny Dowling – Winner Image of the Year

: Evil Eye Puffer Fish – Barbara Herman – R/u Image of the Year

: I Was a Sawmiller Once – Noel Herman – Winner President’s Challenge

: My Cup of Tea – Jenny Dowling – R/u President’s Challenge

: Last Poppy to Pollinate – Coen Cramer

: Girl with a Curl – Jenny Dowling

: Abandoned – Jenny Dowling

: Go Away Flies – Bruce Dorset

: Almost Camouflaged – Linda Sweeney

: Raccoon – Maree Wedding

: Weta Punga – Noel Herman

: Waiau Toa Cool – Christine Frost – Winner NZ Landscape Trophy

: Nugget Point – Maree Wedding – Runner-up NZ Landscape Trophy

: Last Light in the Forest – Jenny Dowling

: Gannets and a Kiwi – Maree Wedding

: Church of the Big Sky – Maree Wedding

: Autumn on the Nevis Road – Stacey Townsend

: Anchored and Waiting – Ruth Mooney – Winner Nautical Trophy

: Moonlit Mariner – Trent Roberts Runner-up Nautical Trophy

: Bones of the Jetty – Stacey Townsend

: Dangerous Past – Coen Cramer

: Intrepid – Christine Frost

: Traversing the Light – Linda Sweeney

: Missing Lace – Linda Sweeney

: See I am Broken – Rose Tantau

: Broken Light – Stacey Townsend

: CarPut – Jenny Dowling

: Split Apple Rock – Sandy Campbell

: Frozen – Maree Wedding

: Layers of Leaves – Jenny Dowling

: Landing Gear Down – Barbara Herman

: Reflection – Christine Anderson

: Green and Red – Stacey Townsend

: A Family Home No More – Noel Herman

: Abandoned – Jenny Dowling

: Keep Out – Linda Sweeney

: Humberstone – Maree Wedding

: Spice Time – Jenny Dowling

: Murder Most Foul – Barbara Herman

: Godwit Preening – Ruth Mooney

: High-rise Hologram – Linda Sweeney

: Looking In – Stacey Townsend

: Colour Patterns – Barbara Herman

: A Pattern Created – Ruth Mooney

: Coastal Planting – Linda Sweeney

: Christmas Flower – Noel Herman

: Lone Boy Just on Sunset – Ruth Mooney

: Feather Shadow – Julie Horlock – Winner President’s Challenge

: Wood for the Trees – Jenny Dowling – R/u = President’s Challenge

: Up in the Mountains – Ruth Mooney – R/u = President’s Challenge

: Campbell Albatross – Aaron Skelton – Image of the Year Winner

: Windblown – Christine Anderson Image of the Year – Runner-up

: Diwali Dancers – Stacey Townsend

: Achtham Albatross – Aaron Skelton

: Springtime Wanaka – Andrew Edwards

: Droplet – Barbara Herman

: Wet Driftwood – Coen Cramer – =R/U Creative Trophy

: Heart Island – Aaron Skelton – =R/U Creative Trophy

: Feather Art – Barbara Herman – Winner Creative Trophy

: Oil and Water Bubbles – Ruth Mooney

: The Feather – Ruth Mooney

: Its Blue Today – Rose Tantau

: First Rays – Andrew Edwards – Winner Landscape Trophy

: Whangarei Heads – Aaron Skelton – R/u Landscape Trophy

: Rushing Waters – Ruth Mooney

: Ferry Home – Aaron Skelton

: Fantail Bay – Andrew Edwards

: St. Clair Jetty -Stacey Townsend – R/u Nautical Trophy

: Nautical Navigation – Donna Russell – Winner – Nautical Trophy

: Long Walk to the Elevator – Stacey Townsend

: Lake Tekapo Mountains – Ruth Mooney

: Snowtime – Andrew Edwards

: Dinner Maybe? – Donna Russell

: Glacier Breakaway – Barbara Herman

: Azalea with Ants – Noel Herman

: Monowai Mushrooms – Stacey Townsend

: Amongst the Club Moss – Stacey Townsend

Salon Portfolio

: Winning Set – a/Fine Art – Bruce Dorset

: b/In a Flutter – Bruce Dorset

: c/Wanaka – Bruce Dorset

: R/u set – a/Colours at Night – Ruth Mooney

: b/Discarded Nest – Ruth Mooney

: c/Waiting for the Fog to Lift – Ruth Mooney

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