Judges: Arlene Pence, Vince Williams, and Timothy Bullard (Lead Judge)
Prints Competition – Open Category
1st Place – Image of the Month
“Upside Down Breakfast” by Rose Christner
“This is a Chickadee eating a sunflower in August 2017. I stood out most of the day taking pictures hoping to get an unusual shot. By the end of the day, the sunflower seeds were all gone! It was taken with a Canon 80D, 1/250 at f7.1, ISO 100 with a 400mm lens. I’ve been with the Club for 1 1/2 years and have learned a great deal from all the awesome photographers.”
I used a Nikon D5500. It was shot at 28mm 1/80 sec f4.5 ISO 800. The skeleton was the scariest thing that I could find. Used double black backdrops behind it and a soft red flashlight to make a red glow on the burlap. It took a few shots to make sure that the eyes were glowing.
2nd Place
“Found While Hiking” by Dave Low
3rd Place (5-Way Tie)
“Don’t Hike Alone” by Debbie Jallit
3rd Place (5-Way Tie)
“The Hand” by Ozzie
3rd Place (5-Way Tie)
What Lurks Below” by Julie Padgett
3rd Place (5-Way Tie)
“Rubies” by Linda Williams
3rd Place (5-Way Tie)
“Boo” by Ozzie
Electronic Image Competition – Open category
1st Place
“The tatted Vaper” by Jim Ingraham
Shot with a Nikon D810 and 24-70 mm lens at 45 mm. f5.6 at 1/125 and ISO 64. Subject (my stepson) is lit from both side with studio strobes.
“The Death Angel’s Coming” This was done in layers in PS. My moon was shot in Feb. 2017, the time was 11:54pm shot at 1/200sec, F5.6, ISO 100 with my 400 lens on my Canon 80D. I studied how to shoot the moon and was mentored well. It was very cold and I only took 20 shots. Then the Angel was taken in July of 2016 with my Canon 80D at 1/60sec, F5, ISO125, 50mm in late afternoon. Taken at the ‘Back to the 50’s’ event in Grants Pass, OR. It is a hood ornament on a 50’s Cadillac. I am learning how to use PS and layered another pic of stars I had, but there were only a few visible, so I cloned them in….took hours….I know now there is a shorter way. I played with the eyes and put color in them and from there cloned some color for the trail and then blurred them on another layer. My son came over and taught me how to use more of the tools (he’s very, very patient)😁 . I still have so much to learn and appreciate all the mentors in our club and the teaching classes as well.
Judges: Dave Church, Vince Williams and Gene Rimmer (Lead Judge)
Electronic Image Competition – Assigned (Insects)
1st Place – Image of the Month
“Sweet Song” David Church
“This image was taken at the “Back to the Fifties-Concert in the Park”, and it features one of the lead singers of the group “Sound Stage Review”. I learned about photographing musical groups from other Camera Club members, and have found it challenging, as well as a great way to be close to the action. You often find some great expressions”.
The camera is a Canon 6d with a 70-300 mm lens at 200mm. The photo was shot at ISO 1,250 at f8 at 1/160 second.
“I’ve taken photos most of my life starting at home with my Dad’s darkroom. I joined the Caveman Camera Club in 2009, and since then have enjoyed learning and serving with a great group of folks”.
1st Place – Tie
“The eyes have it” Rose Christner
This was taken in Dec. of 2016 for our Christmas celebration at home. This is of my daughter Tamara and her boyfriend Eric and Tamara’s beloved dog Halo. She had just unwrapped the backpack for her biking/camping trip in Hawaii so she could take her well traveled dog with her. She had just tried it on with Halo in it to see if it fit and I took the fun shot. They all have extraordinary eyes, hence the title. Taken with my CANON EOS 80D at 1/80sec, F/5 62mm, ISO 5000.
2nd Place – Tie (x2)
“Cow Lick” Laurie Scaruffi
2nd Place – Tie (x2)
“Watercolor Magnolia’s” Marcia Fasy
3rd Place – Tie (x3)
“Open Up” Linda Williams
3rd Place – Tie (x3)
“Here’s Looking at You” Vince Williams
3rd Place – Tie (x3)
“It’s Getting Hot In Here” Jim Ingraham
Honorable Mention – Tie (x3)
“Stickerball” Jan Kloes
Honorable Mention – Tie (x3)
“Just The Two of Us” Linda Williams
Honorable Mention – Tie (x3)
“Watch Out” Russ Williamson
Electronic Image Competition – Open
1st Place
“A Pair of Watchful Eyes” Jim Ingraham
Taken at All Sports Park (Reinhart Park) in the late afternoon sunlight early February 2017. Not a lot of Photoshop, just basic corrections and adjustments. Shot with a Nikon D810 and a 200-500 mm F5.6 lens. ISO 800, F5.6 @ 1/320th second handheld with the vibration reduction on at 500 mm
2nd Place – Tie (x3)
“Powerful Gaze” Greg Smith
2nd Place – Tie (x3)
“Eye to Eye” Jim Heern
2nd Place – Tie (x3)
“Keeping His Eye on the Ball” Joel Takarsh
3rd Place – Tie (x6)
“Squall Line” Dale George
3rd Place – Tie (x6)
“Rockin Out” Dave Church
3rd Place – Tie (x6)
“Flowering Maple” Marcia Fasy
3rd Place – Tie (x6)
“The Little Pooper” Rose Christner
3rd Place – Tie (x6)
“Harbor View” Suzi Pratt
3rd Place – Tie (x6)
“Early Bird” Greg Smith
Print Competition – Assigned (Inseccts)
1st Place
“Onion Skin” Jim Ingraham
There is literally nothing left of this onion except the dried out skin. Took many months of sitting on the window sill for it to get this way. Taken with a Nikon D810 and 70-200 lens at 200 mm. ISO 250 at F22. Lighting is two softboxes. One on the right side of the image and the other behind and to the left of the image. Used a white card for a little bit of fill on the front left of the onion.
2nd Place
“Hairy Texture” Dave Church
3rd Place – Tie (x4)
“Painted Hills ” Dave Bell
3rd Place – Tie (x4)
“Curly Bark ” Judy Cox
3rd Place – Tie (x4)
“After Harvest ” Greg Smith
3rd Place – Tie (x4)
“Burma Dream ” Nomeca Hartwell
Print Competition – Open category
1st Place
“Of Bygone Days” Dale George
Photo was taken in Astoria at the Flavel House Museum. The house built by Mr. George Flavel, a river boat pilot who earned his fortune mainly by piloting ships up and down the treacherous Columbia river. He then expanded his fortune by getting into real estate in later years.
Built between 1884-1886 in the Queen Anne style, the home boasts 2 ½ stories including an upstairs cupola where George could watch the ships going up river. The home has 6 fire places, tons of hand carved woodwork, 14 foot ceilings downstairs and 12 foot ceilings upstairs. The home managed to survive a fire that destroyed much of town in 1922 and later survived 2 attempts to have it torn down to make way for a parking lot. Every room on the 2 floors are open to the public and decorated with antique furnishing, dishes and trappings of a fine Victorian mansion.
The house made a great impression on me and I really wanted to bring home images that when viewed, would give the atmosphere of this fine old home. So naturally, I used my tried and true method of taking multiple exposures, on a tri-pod which to my surprise was allowed. I used my new (then) Canon 5DMK3, Canon 16-35mm lens combination. Lens was fully open to 16mm, ISO setting 125, aperture set at f/8. 3 shots were taken at .3, .125, .8 seconds and combined and tonemapped in Photomatix. Next was some clean up work in Lightroom and finally a little more detail extraction in NIK Efex Pro.
The 3 main entertaining rooms downstairs were open, but roped off at the doorways to keep visitors from damaging the rugs and furnishings, but this in no way hampered the view or accessibility for my camera. If you go, be sure to allow a good 1.5 hours to fully appreciate and photograph this gem.
Taken at f/11, 1/2 second, ISO 400 with a Nikon D810 and 24-70 lens at 56 mm. Tripod mounted. The trick is getting to the other side of the creek without falling in the water!
Resizing and Adding a Stroke in Photoshop Elements
for Submission to the Caveman Camera Club
Video tutorial on resizing:
Video tutorial on Adding a Stroke:
After you’re finished with any post processing (photoshopping) of your image, INCLUDING adding a stroke if desired, you’re ready to resize.
Text Tutorial
Go to Image and down to Convert Color Profile. Choose Convert to sRGB.
Go back to Image, down to Resize, then over to Image Size. Click on it.
Go to Pixel Dimensions. The image should never be more than 1050 pixels high and no more than 1400 pixels wide. For a horizontal image, change the Width to 1400 but don’t change the Height. For a vertical image, change the Height to 1050 but not the Width. A square image should be 1050 for both Width and Height, if it is truly square.
Be sure all three boxes near the bottom are checked: Scale Styles, Constrain Proportions, and Resample Image.
Skip the Document Size This is for printing only.
At the bottom, click Bicubic and scroll down to Bicubic Sharper (best for reduction). Click
Now go back up to File and down to Save As.
At the top, be sure you are in the Folder that you want to save it in.
Then go to File Name and enter as directed in the www.cavemancameraclub.com website. For example: YourName_CAVE_PictureName.jpg or JaneDoe_CAVE_PrettyFlower.jpg.
In the middle, go to Format and click on JPEG (or jpg).
Hit Save.
The screen will then go to another box of JPEG Options. If the size estimate shows more than 2 MB, use the slider to decrease the quality until the size is 2 MB or less.
Click OK.
When finished, send the image to the Electronic Image Coordinator as directed on the website, including instructions about which category the image is to be in (Assigned or Open). The official guidelines are at www.cavemancameraclub.com under Learn>Prepare your Photo for Competition>Caveman Camera Club Competition Rules.
Adding a Stroke to your image
A stroke is desirable if your image has dark edges. The stroke will outline the image to more clearly define the edges against a black projection screen. Add the stroke BEFORE you resize.
Make sure you are in Expert
Hit Select – All.
You should now see “marching ants” (little dashed lines) around your image.
Hit Edit – Stroke (outline) selection.
A box pops up – Choose the width you want (start with 3 -5 pixels).
Then choose the color. Clicking on the color block brings up a color selector. Or you can place your mouse anywhere on your image and an eye-dropper appears which allows you to choose an exact color from your image.
Then in the next box, click
You can experiment with the blending modes, but start with Normal 100% (default).
Click OK.
Now go back to Select, but this time choose Deselect. The “marching ants” are gone and your image now has a stroke around it.
Now you can proceed with the resizing of your image. Text Update August 28, 2018 by Susan Sheets
