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January 2020 Electronic Winners – Assigned Category – Rain, fog or mist

by Susan Sheets | Jan 12, 2020 | Competition Results, EID Winners, Happenings

Three First Places

Mother Nature’s Paintbrush Cynthia Briseno

I took this picture on highway 238 on my way to Jacksonville with my Canon m50 lens 24-70.

False Kalmath Cove Greg Smith

This image was taken in early January, 2020 on the Northern California coast, just North of the town of Klamath. I spent the morning chasing Fog, Mist, or Rain for the assigned subject. I loved the morning sun filtering through the fog, coupled with some nice surf at this location. This was taken using my Canon 5D, Mk IV and 24-105mm lens. My settings were: 24mm, f/18, ISO 1600, and 1/200 sec.

PNW, Late Spring Rain Ozzie Cummins

Four Second Places

Lone Star Bridget Cline

Micro Burst Judy Cox

Frozen Fog Ozzie Cummins

Into The Light Ross Steensland

January Competition Meeting DATE CHANGE

by Susan Sheets | Dec 16, 2019 | Happenings

NOTICE OF JANUARY COMPETITION MEETING DATE CHANGE:

Because the first Wednesday in January is New Year’s Day, the Club competition meeting has been changed to Wednesday, January 8. Time and place remain the same….7:00 pm at the First Christian Church.

Please mark your calendars for this change. The assigned subject remains the same: “Fog, Mist, or Rain”. I will send out a reminder to submit your photos on December 31, with deadline being Sunday, January 5 at midnight.

The January third Wednesday Education meeting will not change. It will be on January 15.

Thanks,

Dave Church

Club Secretary

Photograph by Nomeca Hartwell

December Education Meeting is Wed. the 18th – FIX MY PHOTOS!

by Susan Sheets | Dec 15, 2019 | Happenings

If you haven’t accessed Jim’s Dropbox email for the photos that need “fixing” please contact Jim Ingraham. You will find four downloadable photos that you can add your own personal post processing spin on. Reviewing them together at our meeting will give you a lot of post processing ideas and hopefully a new skill or two!

Please send your images to Dave Church or bring them on a thumb drive for display and discussion.

See you at 7pm!

Next time…… FIX MY FACE, ha, ha.

December 2019 Print Winners

by Susan Sheets | Dec 15, 2019 | Competition Results, Happenings, Print Winners

Two First Places

Hold On Now Charlie Nomeca Hartwell

This little adventure in ‘horror’ shooting took place at Dale G.’s private studio. I ended up using his Canon 5D Mark IV since my D750 was in repairland. I have to give credit to Dale for the setup, lighting too. My contribution was in the processing and converting the jpeg to an infrared look which really brought out Charlie’s crazy eyes. After that I created a photo filter for a chocolate-brown ambience (that didn’t quite get there). ISO 100, f/7.1/ 2.5 secs. 33mm focal length.

Well…Hello Dolly Dale George

Hello Dolly was shot using a cheep plastic 2 piece backdrop purchased at Halloween City. I taped each sheet to my outside garage wall and carefully matched them together for the complete scene.I placed one of my many props in various positions till I had the pose and adequate distance from the backdrop. It was a foggy day so the subdued light was perfect as plastic backdrops can present a problem with glare.
Shot with a Canon 5DMK IV and 24-70 lens combination. ISO was 250, aperture at f/10 for additional depth of field, shutter speed 1/100 sec. Editing was first done in ON1 Photo 10 Suite. I use this software for its “magic erasure” as it is really good and easily removes objects like fold creases, of which there were many. It seems to be able to clone in what is needed to blend the removed portion.
Lastly, editing was done in Lightroom and some minor tweaking in Color Efex Pro (DXO). Mainly I did some detail extractor, adjustment in bringing out shadows and punching up the whites a bit.

Three Second Places

Night Owl Jim Heern

Amanita Muscaria Jim Ingraham

Vintage Flyer Dale George

December Electronic Winners – Assigned Category – Juxtaposition

by Susan Sheets | Dec 7, 2019 | Competition Results, EID Winners, Happenings

First Place

Diverging Skies Ross Steensland

This photo is a composite blend of two night shots. The sky was taken during the 2nd night of the Milepost 97 fire on I5 just South of Riddle. The foreground is the shoreline of Galesville Reservoir. I light painted all of the cracked mud as well as the distant snags.

The foreground and sky both have multiple exposures blended to produce even lighting and depth of field.

Canon 6D mkii

Canon 24-70mm f2.8

Second Place

Keeping An Eye On You Greg Smith