Results for competitions in May – Open

There were 13 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

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Classic light Brad Le Brocque – 13 Open Colour Large Print	Hira rip 2 Brad Le Brocque – 13 Open Mono Large Print
Bringing home dinner Peter Ryan – 13 Digital Open	Miss Ghoul Sue Joy – 13 Digital All Rounder – Creative
Home builder Peter Ryan – 12 Open Colour Large Print	Penny For Your Thoughts Ella Grahame Smith – 12 Open Mono Large Print
Night Glow Simon Markatcheff – 12 Digital Open	Beersheba Attack Fa Petro Holowinskyj – 12 Digital All Rounder – Creative
Two Little Bookworms Grahame Smith – 11 Open Colour Large Print	AMP Wayne Munce – 11 Open Mono Large Print
Jedi Warrior Rob Lord – 11 Digital All Rounder – Creative	49A7088 Enhanced NR Kingfisher with Lorraine Gordon – 10 Digital Open
Jetty Lightning Rob Lord – 10 Digital All Rounder – Creative

by Petro Holowinskyj, May 3, 2023

Results for competitions in April – Nature

There were 12 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

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Im king and its my castle Debbie Sutton – 13 Open Colour Large Print	Save The Rest For Later Peter Ryan – 13 Open Mono Large Print
Adelie for skua lunch Debbie Sutton – 13 Digital Theme	A Meal On The Run Sue Joy – 13 Digital All Rounder – Monochrome
It wont Hurt ! Peter Ryan – 12 Open Colour Large Print	Red on the wing Brad Le Brocque – 12 Digital Theme
On edge Debbie Sutton – 11 Open Mono Large Print	In The Bower Neville Foster – 11 Digital Theme
Resting Post Terry Bradley – 11 Digital All Rounder – Monochrome	Fill me up Brad Le Brocque – 10 Open Colour Large Print
Gut load Brad Le Brocque – 10 Digital Theme	One Lonely Crow Nancy Morley – 10 Digital All Rounder – Monochrome

by Petro Holowinskyj, April 6, 2023

Results for competitions in March Open

There were 12 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

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Plateau Hut Debbie Sutton – 13 Open Colour Large Print	Licentious Brad Le Brocque – 13 Open Mono Large Print
Majestic Beauty Natalie Poole – 13 Digital All Rounder – Photo Travel	Looking at Lunch Peter Ryan – 12 Open Colour Large Print
Himba woman Julie Rathbone – 12 Open Mono Large Print	Night walk through City Peter Smith – 12 Digital Open
Shogun’s Retreat Natalie Poole – 12 Digital All Rounder – Photo Travel	Wet and Stormy Kevin Parsons – 11 Digital Open
African Child Julie Rathbone – 10 Open Colour Large Print	Its a Hard Life Grahame Smith – 10 Open Mono Large Print
Jo and Max Julie Rathbone – 10 Digital Open	Painters on Scaffolding Myanmar Grahame Smith – 10 Digital All Rounder – Photo Travel

by Petro Holowinskyj, March 8, 2023

Results for competitions in February Open

There were 12 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

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Uber eats Peter Ryan – 13 Open Colour Large Print	The Ballerina Grahame Smith – 13 Open Mono Large Print
On Watch Peter Ryan – 13 Digital Open	Butterfly Love Sue Joy – 12 Digital All Rounder – Traditional Images
The Highwayman Julie Rathbone – 11 Open Colour Large Print	Eyes Light Up David Henderson – 11 Open Mono Large Print
Mother and Child Sue Joy – 11 Digital Open	Friar Hanging Sue Joy – 11 Digital All Rounder – Traditional Images
Logan Grahame Smith – 10 Open Colour Large Print	James Julie Rathbone – 10 Open Mono Large Print
Zac and Mum Julie Rathbone – 10 Digital Open	Busy Swallow Rob Lord – 10 Digital All Rounder – Traditional Images

by Petro Holowinskyj, February 8, 2023

Results for competitions in November – Open

There were 11 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Mr Wren Lorraine Gordon – 13 Open Colour Large Print	The Break Rob Lord – 13 Open Mono Large Print
Night Friar Sue Joy – 13 Digital Open	Milky Way Denman Rob Lord – 12 Open Colour Large Print
Hawk and swallow Lorraine Gordon – 12 Digital Open	All Hands Needed Sharron Leppien – 12 Digital All Rounder – Photojounalism
Distracted Rob Lord – 11 Open Mono Large Print	Female Bower Bird Lorraine Gordon – 11 Digital Open
Drop in Refuel 246.5 Terry Bradley – 11 Digital All Rounder – Photojounalism	Wittingham Dawn John Maher – 10 Open Colour Large Print
Road Flooded were here to help Nancy Morley – 10 Digital All Rounder – Photojounalism

by Petro Holowinskyj, November 2, 2022

Results for competitions in October: Macro Close Up Photography

There were 36 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Beauty and the Beast Stage One Grahame Smith – 13 Open Colour Large Print	Backyard Dragonfly Brad Le Brocque – 13 Open Mono Large Print
Me and my shadow Lauren Lynch – 13 Digital Theme	Pearlie Shell Terry Bradley – 13 Digital All Rounder – Monochrome
Slimey and red Brad Le Brocque – 12 Open Colour Large Print	Double Cigar Debbie Sutton – 12 Open Mono Large Print
The Hitchhiker Sue Joy – 12 Digital Theme	Mono Strawberry Leaves Petro Holowinskyj – 12 Digital All Rounder – Monochrome
Buzz Off Grahame Smith – 11 Open Colour Large Print	Tear Drop Greg Campbell – 11 Open Mono Large Print
Damsel in blue Brad Le Brocque – 11 Digital Theme	Up Close and Dead Sue Joy – 11 Digital All Rounder – Monochrome
Burning Match Rob Lord – 10 Open Colour Large Print	Shifting soil Brad Le Brocque – 10 Open Colour Large Print
Pink phalenopsis Debbie Sutton – 10 Open Colour Large Print	Hairy Legs Rob Lord – 10 Open Mono Large Print
Praying Mantis Rob Lord – 10 Open Mono Large Print	Clam David Henderson – 10 Open Mono Large Print
Feeling a Bit Jumpy Today Grahame Smith – 10 Open Mono Large Print	A Bit Scary Grahame Smith – 10 Open Mono Large Print
Pushing through Debbie Sutton – 10 Open Mono Large Print	MICRO BANKSIA _MG_1132 Wayne Munce – 10 Open Mono Large Print
Fairy Skimmer in Flight Neville Foster – 10 Digital Theme	BlueDragonFly Graeme Wright – 10 Digital Theme
Collecting the mud ball Brad Le Brocque – 10 Digital Theme	Threaded rainbow Debbie Sutton – 10 Digital Theme
Red splash Debbie Sutton – 10 Digital Theme	Praying Mantis Grahame Smith – 10 Digital Theme
3 STAGES RED GUM_IMG_7988 Wayne Munce – 10 Digital Theme	Incy Spider Sue Joy – 10 Digital Theme
Prickles Nancy Morley – 10 Digital All Rounder – Monochrome	Block2 Graeme Wright – 10 Digital All Rounder – Monochrome
Kotara Bee feeding Kevin Parsons – 10 Digital All Rounder – Monochrome	Loving Lavender Kevin Parsons – 10 Digital All Rounder – Monochrome
CITY PLAN_MG_1123_Focus Wayne Munce – 10 Digital All Rounder – Monochrome	Daisy Jennifer Muscat – 10 Digital All Rounder – Monochrome

by Petro Holowinskyj, October 5, 2022

Results for competitions in September – Open

There were 16 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Pondering Peter Ryan – 13 Open Colour Large Print	No Escape John Maher – 13 Open Mono Large Print
Amazing Skies Rob Lord – 12 Open Colour Large Print	Smooth David Henderson – 12 Open Mono Large Print
Four on the Trunk Brad Le Brocque – 11 Open Colour Large Print	Masai Mara Tribesman Grahame Smith – 11 Open Mono Large Print
Stack Graeme Wright – 10 Digital Open	Fish Eagle lift off Peter Ryan – 10 Digital Open
Bronte Dreaming Terry Bradley – 10 Digital Open	NORFOLK NIGHT 00746 Wayne Munce – 10 Digital Open
Choppy seas at pumphouse Jennifer Muscat – 10 Digital Open	A Window View Sue Joy – 10 Digital Open
The Salute Kevin Parsons – 10 Digital All Rounder – Photo Travel	Walking Paris Nancy Morley – 10 Digital All Rounder – Photo Travel
A vivid Opera House Jennifer Muscat – 10 Digital All Rounder – Photo Travel	Vivid John Maher – 10 Digital All Rounder – Photo Travel

by Petro Holowinskyj, September 7, 2022

Some Inspirational Creative Photographers

As I drove home last night I was thinking of other creative photographers that I have come across in my roles with various national and international competitions. I thought members may like to explore some or all of the following!

Liz Hardley – is a New Zealand photographer who enters in the Maitland Salon. She has diverse creative images. https://www.lizhardleyimages.com/creative.html

Heather Prince – is a Victorian photographer. Again, enters in the Maitland Salon. All Heather’s work is stunning. I particularly like her still life work and its lighting. https://heatherprincephoto.com/altered-reality-off-and-away/

Karen Alsop – Karen like Michelle Kennedy has a creative mind that is beyond belief. https://www.portfolio.storyart.com.au/

Michelle Kennedy – is a local photographer who has presented sessions for MCC in previous years. Her work is superb. https://mkdigitalart.com.au/

Dianne English – is a long-time friend of our club and she will be doing two sessions later in the year. Dianne has a range of creative work, but recently she has been playing a lot with flowers. Dianne has a policy of growing all the flowers that she uses in her photography! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076287452776

by Debbie Sutton, August 10, 2022

Results for competitions in July – Open

There were 14 entries that gained our highest award(s).

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Valerie John Maher – 13 Open Colour Large Print	The fence sitter Brad Le Brocque – 13 Open Mono Large Print
In Restless Dreams I walked Alone Simon Markatcheff – 13 Digital Open	Beware of the Dog Grahame Smith – 13 Digital All Rounder – Creative
Betty on guard Debbie Sutton – 12 Open Colour Large Print	Welcome To My Parlor Sue Joy – 12 Digital Open
Spring or sprung Lorraine Gordon – 11 Open Colour Large Print	Moron Row Barns Grand Tetons Greg Campbell – 11 Open Mono Large Print
Sydney Town IMG_7744 Wayne Munce – 11 Digital Open	Ice Flower Sue Joy – 11 Digital All Rounder – Creative
Helping Hand Rob Lord – 10 Open Mono Large Print	Cubby n Stars Kevin Parsons – 10 Digital Open
Something To Crow About Sue Joy – 10 Digital Open	Beware of Trains Grahame Smith – 10 Digital All Rounder – Creative

by Petro Holowinskyj, July 8, 2022

MCC Procedures for the Selection of Images for External Competitions (PSA Interclub, APS Challenge Cup, FFC Cup etc)

Competing in national and international competitions is a key strategy our club uses to extend the photographic skills of our members and to ensure we all continue to grow as photographers. This strategy also provides an opportunity for more experienced members to be involved in the judging process.

However, in our busy lives, ensuring our best quality entries are entered by the deadline is just another thing we have to do!

Neville Foster coordinates the PSA Interclub Competition, lately it has been very difficult for him because of the limited number of images members have entered for consideration. This has resulted in an entry that was not up to our usual standard.

For the remainder of 2022, MCC will trial a different system for selecting the images that represent the club in these external competitions. This new system should make it easier for both members and coordinators.

Selection of Images

• The MCC competition coordinator/or their nominated member will make the selections for the nominated competition. They will select from images held in the MyPhotoClub database for all competitions that members have submitted images – this could be the monthly competitions, special events etc
• The selected images will be emailed to the MCC competition coordinator for final checking, size and category etc and will be uploaded to the nominated competition address to represent Maitland Camera Club.

Submitting New Images

• The entry point/button for these external competitions will remain in the Member’s Section of our website. Members are encouraged to submit any new images they wish to be considered using this facility.
• These new images must reach the coordinator before the nominated closing date.

The MCC competition coordinator will circulate to all members, the successful images to represent MCC in the respective competition; and adjust their personal records.
This is to be recorded in the club’s MyPhotoClub system also; against the respective image.

Opting Out

If a member does not want their images used in this way they will need to opt out by emailing the Secretary who will maintain a register.

We hope that by doing it this way there is a strong possibility that we will have a stronger entry to represent the club.

Determining Eligibility to Represent MCC

• The competition coordinator will only consider images of financial members of MCC for entry in external competitions.
• The membership records maintained by the membership secretary will be consulted to determine eligibility for each competition.
• The MCC competition coordinators will provide the membership list to the member doing the selection of the images.

by Debbie Sutton, March 24, 2022