“This photo was taken on a Caveman Camera Club field trip to the dress rehearsal of the Heartland Dance Studio production of “The Wizard of Oz” in 2018. I took the photo with a Sony a6000 mirrorless camera with an 18mm-200mm lens. I shot the photo at 73mm, f/5.6; 1/250. ISO was 3200. I love the challenge of shooting ballet, because I took ballet lessons when I was a little girl and have always found the dance, costumes, and lighting very appealing. I became a member of the Caveman Camera Club about three years ago and I’m grateful for the advice, mentoring, and friendship of the members”.
Congratulations! Judy on a beautiful image. Look for Judy’s image soon in the Daily Courier.
It’s time to start thinking about locating your eligible prints for the year end judging. We expect to collect most of them at the May competition meeting ( 15th of May) but if you will not be there, be sure to hand in ahead of time or arrange for someone to bring them for you.
Here are the terms and conditions
Year End Prints
Bring this year’s print winners ( Honorable Mentions and all 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place Winners) to the May 15th Weds. competition meeting. If you cannot make that meeting, you can bring them to the May 1st Educational meeting.
Be certain your prints and print protectors are fully labeled and have the same title that it won with (“untitled” causes too much confusion.. at least add something unique to the ‘untitled’ so that we can pin it down) .
Please remove any metal hangers on print backs since these will ruin some else’s print.
Use the emailed list as a reminder of which prints are eligible or see PDF below. Deliver to VP Susan Sheets or Judging Secs. Nomeca and Debbie by the May 15th meeting at the latest. Also don’t forget to include any May competition winning prints for the Year End Judging.
Prints should be picked up at the Year End banquet June 5th at the Hivve or make special arrangements.
Our last Education Meeting for the season will include Slide Show presentations from members AND Randy White, local photographer extraordinaire, will be joining us for a 30-40 minute presentation.
Randy will be sharing “The three letter word that separates many of the top photographers from the “wanna bees”.
Especially landscape photographers.” and
“The most popular photographic tool, everyone has one, very few know how to use it to see better and to improve compositions.”
Come and enjoy a little entertainment and some learning too for our last Education meeting of the season!
Enjoy this link to Randy’s website – there is so much to be enjoyed and inspired by! randywhitephotography.com
A typical beautiful and peaceful September sunrise taken 10 days before the end of my lookout ‘career’ though I didn’t know it at the time. I blended 2 bracketed shots to get the foreground and sky properly exposed and then took it from there with some luminosity masks and a little dodging to get the feeling right. Taken on a tripod with my Nikon D750 and the 24mm f1.8 lens at f/4, 1/640 sec., ISO 1600 ( manual settings), 2nd shot at 1/160 ( +2EV). Blended in LR, finished in PS.
If The Shoe Fits Dale George
This image was taken at the Pike Place Market in Seattle about 3 years ago. I was at the lower level and saw this “Shoe Museum” or others would call a tourist trap. I loved the nostalgic look and feel of it and had to have it.
Taken late day when the crowds had diminished. Used my trusty old Canon 5DMKIII and 24-70 Canon lens. No flash was used and I had it on a tripod. I took a 3 image bracketed set at ISO 2000, set on aperture priority, f/6.3 and average exposure of 1/50th sec. I usually set my bracketed sets at plus and minus 1 stop or slightly more. Blended in Photomatix and worked on in Lightroom. This still rates as one of my top ten favorite images of mine because of the nostalgic look.
The subject is a Blue and Gold Macaw. This photo was taken with my Nikon camera, and a free standing flash with reflecting umbrella. The camera settings were F/16, 1/80 sec., ISO-200, and a focal length of 165mm in the 35mm format. The photo was sharpened, and cropped in Photoshop for showing on the club’s projector.
I’ve been a Caveman Camera Club member for the last twelve years and I’m currently assisting the club as the Electronic Image Coordinator. Photography has always interested me, and I enjoy seeing the images each month that the club members show.
Congratulations! Russ on a beautiful image. Look for Russ’s image in print in the Daily Courier.
“This photo was taken as the sun was rising over the Applegate River at my home. It was shot on April 13th, when I was scouting around for some images to submit to the Club “Wide-Angle” competition coming up the following week. I have always like sunstars, and I thought this turned out pretty good. The original shot was taken with my Canon 6D using a 16-35mm lens. The camera settings were 1/80 sec, f16, ISO 250, 16mm. It was processed in Lightroom. I’m a big fan of the Clarity, Dehaze, and Vibrance tools, and I also played around with the HSL colors section”.
Tube City Jim Ingraham
‘Tube City’ Technical data: Nikon D700 with Sigma 14-24 mm lens at 14 mm. ISO 400 and f14 at 1/500th second. This image was taken at 17th and Lawrence in downtown Denver on a warm winter day this last Christmas. Shooting straight into the sun. I had to lay on my back to get the sculpture to frame the skyscrapers. I believe it was a Sunday so I didn’t get too many weird stares from people.
Four Second Places
Redwood Gateway Greg Smith
Brilliance Of Vine Maple Ozzie Cummins
I Saw The Light Pam Arbogast
Coastal Contemplation Pam Arbogast
Four Third Places
Joshua Tree Jim Heern
Happy New Year Jim Ingraham
The Empty Docks Rose Christner
Condensed Beauty Greg Smith
Open Category Winners
Three First Places
Eyeing You Russ Williamson
The White Walkers Are Coming Rose Christner
“This was shot on 11/18/18 at Dale Georges studio. A few of us came to play with Dales dolls…as he so graciously set them up, provided lighting as well as smoke. It was a first for me and I had a lot of fun shooting. This image was one of hundreds I took that day at 1/8 sec, F5.6, 27mm, ISO 500 with my Canon EOS 80D on a tripod. To all of us there, it was about the lighting and moving them and shooting thru the smoke. Very fun and cool way to learn how to make the shot! Thanks again Dale!
This was named after the “Game Of Thrones” series that is so popular right now. “The White Walkers Are Coming”.”
Lovely Lexi Susan Sheets
Second Place
Contemplating The Bottom Susan Sheets
I visit this waterfall often in the Willamette National Forest. Last July was the lowest I have ever seen it. I enjoyed finding someone’s rock cairn on this visit while I contemplated the falls and captured some images of this place that is special to me. Shot at 15mm, f8, ISO 640, 1/8sec.
