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Photography club starts 2024 on a high note

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The Sasol Highveld Photography Club’s January meeting showcased some excellent photographs by its members.

The entries once again impressed seasoned and renowned judge Amy Ansel.

Amy Ansel has been involved in Photography for many years and in 2018 she celebrated 50 years of membership at the Benoni Photography Club.

Read their tribute HERE.

An interview with Amy Ansel (October 2022)

The next club meeting will be held on Friday 9 February at Sasol Club (Secunda)

The Set Subject will be “Met die Maan Gepla – Kreatiewe foto van die maan/creative photo of the moon.”

Contact Hanno de Beer for any enquiries you might have at 071 365 6440 The Sasol Highveld Photography Club is passionate about photography and the quality of the images they shoot. They want the members to enjoy their photography.

Members are also graded by their skill levels and receive points to progress to a higher level. The aim is that photographers should improve by having their photos judged and critiqued. By taking note of the commentaries of the guest they should be able to improve.

Different “certificates” are awarded to the photographs. These are Bronze, Silver, Gold and Certificate of Merit (COM). If the author (photographer) does everything wrong in a photo, for his/her skill level, such as out of focus he/she will receive a bronze. Doing everything right will result in gold or even a COM.

Here are the photos for January that received Gold or COM.

Best Senior Photographer (January)

“Blouberg view” by Danie Smit

Best Junior Photographer (January)

“Please Brush My Teeth” by Edmund Hattingh

Best Set Subject (January)

“Lekker” by Johan Viljoen

Categories:

Nature – Birds Only

Piet Potgieter – Stretch
Hanlie de Beer – Posing
Piet Potgieter – Lovely crab
Edmund Hattingh – See my Crest
Louis van der Walt – Feed Us 1
Hanlie de Beer – Hoe rooier hoe mooier
Sussa Pelser – Showing Off
Johan Viljoen – Wet
Lorraine Botha – Falcon 1

Scapes

Louis van der Walt – Rooilande Sun Set
Anzette Snyders – Mountainous
Anzette Snyders – blissful
Leon Pelser – Birds eye on Okavango Delta
Danie Smit – Melkweg by Jakkalsfontein
Sussa Pelser – Blyde Rivier Canyon

Monochrome

Louis van der Walt – Banana Beach Painting -BW
Johan Viljoen – In a harry
Danie Smit – In the mud trench
Leon Pelser – Capturing Mabhida

Nature

Edmund Hattingh – Sunset Walk
Johan Viljoen – Mushroom
Edmund Hattingh – Sun through the Clouds
Sussa Pelser – Young Elephant Eating
Johan Viljoen – Daytime moth
Hanno De Beer – Early morning lion

Pictorial

Sussa Pelser – Beautiful Smile
Lorraine Botha – Class
Danie Smit – Dipsy swem
Leon Pelser – pothole reflexions after rain
Piet Potgieter – Sandwich on its way
Anzette Snyders – morning station
Lorraine Botha – so fragile
Anzette Snyders – dagga bol
Lorraine Botha – Its been a long day
Anzette Snyders – ferropower
Louis van der Walt – Wolfberg Arch Camp Little World

Photojournalism

Hanno De Beer – Unstoppable charge
Hanno De Beer – Princess warrior crossing water hazard
Leon Pelser – Ballet act
Hanno De Beer – That princess warrior smile

Set Subject – The seven deadly sins

Sussa Pelser – All I Need Is A Dop
Lorraine Botha – Vainglory 2
Danie Smit – Motherless
Leon Pelser – The wrath of the Knight