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2015 Issue 5
June
Viewfinder is the official Publication of the Christchurch
Photographic Society
PO Box 1789
Christchurch Mail Centre Christchurch 8140
President: Bruce Jensen president@cpsnz.com
Please submit articles for publication by the 22nd of the
month to Belinda Carter viewfinder@cpsnz.com
If you are interested in finding out more about CPS, you are
welcome to attend our weekly meetings held on Wednesday
nights at 8 pm at the Riccarton Community Church 44 Eliza-
beth Street, Riccarton.
Our website www.cpsnz.com contains a complete list of Offic-
ers, programme details, field trips, competitions and previous
issues of Viewfinder available to download in PDF format.
Highlights of the PSNZ convention
Duly honoured
The following CPS members
have received their PSNZ
Honours. Those who could
make the banquet at the
convention received their
awards then.
Licentiate (LPSNZ):
• Kevin MacMillan
• Andrew Thomson
Associate (APSNZ) (prints):
• Gavin James
• Anita Kirkpatrick
Fellowship (FPSNZ):
• Ann Bastion
Small copies of Gavin, Ann
and Anita's sets are avail-
able to view on page 5 and
6, mainly as a guide to the
variety of subject matter and
treatment. A photo of Ann
receiving her fellowhip is
also on page 5.
Interclub contests
CPS came first in the Wilt-
shire (projected images)
competition and third equal
in the Bledisloe (projected
images). Images were select-
ed by Ron Willlems and in-
cluded photographs by Ron
Willems, Frank Green, Ann
Bastion, JK Kueh, Jo Curtis,
Anita Kirkpatrick, Sebastian
Krebs and Newell Grenfell.
By Diana Andrews
Carolyn Elcock and I drove up to
the 2015 Convention in Tauranga
in late April/early May and
found it a really well run, inspir-
ing conference.
There were many choices for
speakers and workshops and we
enjoyed them all.
We had an early morning shoot at
the racing stables, watching the
horses being groomed, exercised
on the field and then hosed down
afterwards.
Julianne Kost, Adobe's ambas-
sador from Texas was extremely
well received, inspiring and
entertaining.
Christian Fletcher from UK
showed us fascinating photos
from his tutoring workshops from
the UK, its outer islands, Tuscany
and Scandinavia.
The field trip by boat to the
volcanic White Island was well
worth the money and a privilege
to walk on such a fascinating
landscape.
Ann Bastion and Annette Preen
came up to the banquet, Stuart
Clook came to hear Julianne Kost
speak, Trevor White and Helen
came for the Convention and Ron
and Joy Willems and Newell and
Jacquie Grenfell were present.
Ron Willems was presented with
a Medal for Service for PSNZ and
4 nations Certificate of Merit. He
also received an honorary mem-
bership of PSNZ. See page 5.
Here's another one for your collection. Murry Cave, right,
presents Ron Willems with one of several awards at the
PSNZ national convention in Tauranga. Photo: Jay Drew.

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Club news and views
of the CPS website under Competi-
tion Entry/MDC.
• You will probably need to think
about and plan your strategy, and
then put it into action.
• You have until the end of the month
to get your submission uploaded to
the CPS website.
• Results for the June competition will
be shown on Wednesday July 29th.
• If you’re lucky or expert enough,
you’ll get a prize donated by J Tech
Computer Systems. To receive the
prize you must be at CPS on the
night.
• Why not give it a go! The subject for
June is “Hands”. You never know,
your Digital Challenge image might
be a winner.
President’s
Column
Bruce Jensen
New members, and even some
of our older members may not
be aware of the Monthly Digital
Challenge, which has been run
by CPS for a number of years.
It’s a way to practise new skills
and techniques and to get your
creative juices flowing and also
of course, it provides a great
excuse to get out with your
camera.
It was introduced by Dave Slaten
and Fergus Campbell, and has
proved to be a popular and fun
club activity.
Here’s how it works…
• It’s basically a set subject ac-
tivity, decided for its poten-
tial for fun.
• The subject for each month is
posted on the members area
Committee members on leave
To enable committee members time off, to travel,
take photographs and for family or personal rea-
sons a roster has been drawn up. But there is also
a need for more people to join in and spread the
workload. More people need to volunteer for com-
mittee work. This is particularly urgent for cover
for secretary Nelson Boustead, who produces the
weekly TWIF, writes the minutes, handles the corre-
spondence and does a lot of the backroom work to
keep the club humming. Source: commmittee minutes.
Ghosts and graveyards
There weren't any "ghosts" in the graveyard in St
Peter's graveyard, except perhaps Diana moving
through someone else's long exposure on May 27.
The church hall was off limits so 14 members turned
up, well wrapped against the cold and took photos
of passing cars, street lights and shop frontages. The
church graveyard offered some interesting shots, es-
pecially when lit up by passing cars. Long exposure
times were needed and lanterns and torches proved
useful extra sources of light.
The New Zealand Camera book is now being distrib-
uted to those with individual PSNZ memberships but
anyone else can pony up with $ 40 (+delivery charge)
and get a 160 page coffee table book, showcasing
work by some of New Zealand's best photographers.
In an article in PSNZ Cameratalk Paul Willyams
described the process the small team went through to
whittle 900 images down to 300 and then make tough
choices to remove any who had more than one photo
chosen or whose images did not fit with others. For
future reference, he advised submitters against using
borders, to send in photos of different subjects, and to
print digital images out to see what they will look like
in print. It goes without saying the images need to be
technically spot on and have the wow factor.
PSNZ showcase

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Club notices and news
This month
Help wanted
Up ahead
This club runs on volunteers.
Don’t leave the organisation to other people.
Photojournalism in June
Frank Green is running two tutorials on photo
journalism on June 3 and 17, in conjunction with the
field trip organised for June 7. Photojournalism is
about telling stories with a photograph, or a series
of them, for use in a magazine or newspaper or to
enter in PJ competitions organised by other PSNZ
clubs. Post processing is limited when it comes to PJ
images, perhaps cropping and sharpening, no HDR.
Travel photography
Nature photographer, tramper and birder Kath
Varcoe is giving a talk on travel photography, with
particular focus on northern hemisphere bears
on June 17. She is a member of an online travel
Landscape photography
With the landscape salon in July it is timely for a
focus on landscape photography during tutorial
sessions. The first session on July 1 covers useful
equipment, composing images on site, lighting and
how to simplify complex subject material.
Paul Daly rescheduled
Paul Daly's postponed talk will be given on July 8.
Some of our members know him as a tutor on the
photography course at Hagley College.
Laurie Thomas landscape salon
The salon is being held on July 15 with members
of other clubs invited to attend, so a supper is also
on the menu. An AV of the winning images will be
played and trophies/medals presented to winners
if they are present. The New Zealand landscape
competition, commemorating a former member,
attracts (digital-only) entries from all over New
Zealand. The salon is being judged by West Coast-
based photographers Elizabeth Passuello, John
Reid and Peter Robertson.
Winter school
The Laurie Thomas winter school is being held up
at Flock Hill near Porters Pass from July 31- Au-
gust 2. Entries to this, and to the associated salon
have closed.
Matting photographic prints
Fewer people are entering prints into competi-
tion, partly because of the cost and not knowing
how to mount photos so the CPS committee hopes
by showing people how to matte their own pho-
tographs, more might do so. A session has been
scheduled for July 29.
Feedback on sets
Sets of photographs are required when applying
for PSNZ honours. Ian Walls, FPSNZ has organ-
ised someone from outside the club to give feed-
back on those who submit sets of 6-9 print images
on June 17, when Ian will be at the club. The feed-
back session has been scheduled for July 29.
community called Safarious, which encourages
members to post photos, video, journals related to
travel and provides page layouts to show them off
to their best advantage.
Member presentations
Erik Norder, Renier Figuracion and Keith Sycamore
talk about their photographs and photography on
June 10 at 8pm.
Monthly digital challenge
For this month the challenge is to produce a digital
image on the theme of Hands. Quite a rich area for
photography. When you start going beyond the
everyday - palmistry is the art of reading hands and
hands are used in signing for the deaf. Then there
are idioms, such as " I've have to hand it to him" etc.
There's a whole language of symbolism, legends and
folklore surrounding hands offering inspiration and
stories for writers, artists and photographers.
Help required to prepare salon AV
We need someone who would like to put the Lau-
rie Thomas Landscape competition DVD of re-
sults with music together for presentation (will be
around 100 images). The work needs to be carried
out during the last two weeks in June. If have AV
skills/ suitable software and you can help please
email carolyn@fusiontrust.co.nz.
Committee vacancies
• One person to compile the weekly TWIF
emails (for 3 months while secretary overseas)
• One person to take minutes (three meetings),
handle correspondence and other duties
• Two more committee members (ongoing)

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Field trips and photowalks
October 16-18
This is the last (currently sched-
uled) weekend trip for the year.
We'll be doing a Friday even-
ing - Sunday afternoon trip to
Oamaru and Moeraki, details to
be confirmed over the coming
weeks. Plenty of opportunities to
explore Steampunk, white lime-
stone buildings and Victoriana in
Oamaru, the Moeraki boulders
and of course the sealife of the
coastline, especially the pen-
guins. Dates have been changed
from the originally published
ones so we don't clash with the
Southern Regionals in Gore in
early October. Expressions of
interest are now invited so James
Gibson can start looking for suit-
able accommodation. (Updated
details provided on CPS face-
book page).
Sebastien Krebs led a field
trip to Castle Hill on May
16 for some night photogra-
phy. It proved an intensive
and very informative week-
end. After a rainy Friday
sunset, it was back to the
accommodation in Castle
Hill village for a gourmet
pot-luck dinner.
Seb ran us all through the
basics of night photog-
raphy including camera
settings, how to focus in
the pitch dark and some
great grounding in how to
look for a successful image
(planning really is key).
We then all settled in for
an early night and were up
for photos at 4.30am. The
cloud did not play ball but
it gave us a great opportu-
June 7
This field trip is mainly about the
A428 steam train, old railway
stations, large rocks and people.
The train runs monthly on Sun-
days between Glenmark Station
(Waipara) and Waikari via Weka
Pass for $15 each way. The train
stops at one point mid-journey,
disgorges passengers, backs up
and steams towards photogra-
phers. Meet at 9:30am at 32a
Prestons Rd to drive in convoy
or catch the first train at Glen-
mark Station at 11.30 am, arriving
at Waikari at 12.15pm. Time for a
quick lunch as the return journey
departs at 1pm. There's another
run from Glenmark to Waikari
leaving at 2pm, arriving back in
Glenmark at 3.45pm. Or chase
the trains instead, for the cost of
petrol. Stay on for sunset at 5pm.
July 3-5
Contact: andrews.diana@xtra.
co.nz or 021 288 6877
Annual mid-winter field trip
to mid-Canterbury lakes in the
mountains: Lake Heron, Maori
Lakes, Lake Emily, Lake Camp
and Lake Clearwater. Take pho-
tos of sunrises and sunsets and
maybe catch some icicles. There's
bunkroom accommodation for
10 at Castle Ridge station and
other places at the lakes. BYO
food, camera gear and warm
clothing. Friday to Sunday or
just come for the day. Two hours
drive from Christchurch. Some
driving on gravel, but nothing a
standard car can't handle. Come
for a fun, photographic week-
end. Alternative accommoda-
tion at Lake Clearwater includes
baches, holiday homes etc.
nity to practise the tech-
niques we discussed and
then have a quick play with
light painting.
Later that day, while one
group took off in search of
fungi, the remainder dis-
cussed advanced panorama
techniques and then head-
ed off to catch the sunset at
Cave Stream and take some
night shots around the
village (including a bit of a
dunking in the stream for
James whilst playing with
wire wool).
The second night was
cloudless and gave us a
great opportunity to re-try
the first night's shots, with
a bit more success in and
around the village, light
painting on the rocks and
the odd panorama.
James Gibson
Weka Pass by train Frostie Freezies Weekend in Oamaru
The Castle Hill rocks on the way to Arthur's Pass
offer a marvellous view of one arm of our galaxy,
the Milky Way while the cave at Cave Stream is
a good place to try painting with light on a rainy
night, or fire if you can know how to handle it.
Castle Hill at night

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Sets apart: PSNZ honours
These sets, from Ann Bastion (top), Gavin James and Anita
Kirkpatrick (page 6) reveals the breadth of subject matter and
treatment CPS members are specialising in. These images are
best viewed on CPS facebook) or buttonhole these photographers
if you have any questions. Anita is now back living in Ireland.
Newell Grenfell wrote this proposal, for a
PSNZ service award for Ron Willems, later
endorsed by Ron Parry and Lynn Clayton.
Subsequently, the PSNZ Board recommended
to the Council that Ron Willems be given an
honorary life membership, which was presented
at the convention in Tauranga in early May.
Ron Willems is one of the most success-
ful photographers in Australasia. He is a
rare double Fellow of The Photographic
Society of New Zealand (FPSNZ) and
Australian Photographic Society (FAPS).
He has won the Robinson Cup for best
projected image in the PSNZ National
Salon a record six times.
His service to photography is also consid-
erable, and yet to be formally recognised.
In 1992, he produced ‘The Willems
Report’, on a possible restructuring of
PSNZ. One outcome was the important
addition to PSNZ photographic honours
of the popular Licentiate distinction (LP-
SNZ).
Ron has assisted many photographers to
apply successfully for PSNZ photograph-
ic distinctions and has, himself, served
on the Honours Board. He has authored
PSNZ help sheets.
He is an enthusiastic and patient teacher
and never hesitates to respond to those
who seek advice.
He is a prolific lecturer - both in New
Zealand and overseas. He has spoken
at national conventions, regionals and
countless clubs. He regularly conducts
photographic seminars and workshops
on a voluntary basis. Many of these have
raised money for the organising clubs.
He is in great demand as a photographic
judge, well qualified to assess both prints
and projected images.
Ron has served in almost every admin-
istrative position in the Christchurch
Photographic Society (CPS) ~ including
treasurer, newsletter editor, competition
secretary, grading and selection commit-
tee member, vice-president and president.
He was made an Honorary Life Member
of CPS in 2009.
Life membership
Ann Bastion receiving her fellowship (FPSNZ) from
patron John Boyd during at the PSNZ national conven-
tion in Tauranga in early May. Photo: Jay Drew.

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Anita J Kirkpatrick
Artist's statement
Je suis Charlie 12
On 7 January 2015, two gunmen forced their way into the
offices of French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo
in Paris. Twelve people, including the editor-in-chief and one
lady, were killed. Following the situation, the phrase Je suis
Charlie, French for ‘I am Charlie’, was coined, recognising
freedom of speech and support for those affected by the
tragedy.
These images are my reaction to the tragedy.
I have learnt French at school, I have travelled in France, I
have worked in France, I have lived in France, I have photo-
graphed France, I consider myself to be an artist. I shared
a connection with these people through art. I felt motivated
to create an original tribute to them. I merged their creative
tools with mine.
Je suis Charlie 12
Image 1 Arbres de vie trees of Life
Image 2 vie cachée hidden life
Image 3 assassiné murder
Image 4 balles de plomb lead bullets
Image 5 une seule femme only one woman
Image 6 reposent en paix rest in peace
Image 7 la Tour Eiffel the Eiffel Tower
Image 8 le corps the body
Image 9 liberté d'exoression freedom of speech
Image 10 la France France
Image 11 solidarité solidarity
Image 12 les Bleus the Blues
This set of work was triggered by one image cre-
ated for my blipfoto on 9 January 2015: www.po-
laroidblipfoto.com/entry/2000378752034409615. It
was in memory of the people killed in the Charlie
Hebdo attack in France.
I started to think about the connection between
lead pencils and lead bullets. As I was sharpening
pencils to get pieces of lead to photograph, I no-
ticed that some sharpenings came off the pencil in
circles. The work evolved from that humble begin-
ning. I lost the mojo after a week or so but found
inspiration again to see if I could make it into an
A-set.
I had the existing photos printed to 6x4 inches and
that made it easier to push them around, placing
them in various sequences and looking for ‘miss-
ing’ images. Images that would fill in the gaps in
the storyboard I had put together. All the images
comprise of 12 pieces (except for the flag). Once the
images were decided upon, I rephotographed some
of them to get the continuity I wanted, such as an-
gle of view, depth of field and to tidy up bits that
bothered me.
All this work was done on my kitchen drainer
with natural light from behind, a reflector in front
of me, and the background was a large piece of
card. It was all set on a tray and as kitchens are, it
couldn’t stay out there, so it was back and forth as
I got time to work on it.
All images were taken to black and white to get
rid of the variation in natural light. All detail was
brought forward in colour. The border was added
to resemble the border of a cartoon and the writing
to both title the image and look like a signature.
I would like to sincerely acknowledge the support
and advice of Ian Walls, Ferg Campbell, Sebastien
Krebs and Kevin Macmillan for their contribution
to the success of this Honours set. Ian was my main
man and he liaised with Ferg, Sebastien improved
my rusty French, and Kevin helped with layout in
the initial stages.
Anita Kirkpatrick describes the process she went through to produce the images that earnt her an APSNZ.
A set triggered by one image

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Brief Snapshots
Other clubs and events
Pinhole photography in Oxford
If you are at a loose end or happen to be in Oxford
on June 6, Ryan McCauley is running a workshop
on pinhole photography, where you get to turn
old tin cans into cameras and take photos. Dan-
gerously old-fashioned, requires photo paper and
developing. Costs $55 plus $25 for materials. Ryan
is also holding an exhibition of his pinhole photog-
raphy. with the title YARD, at the Arts in Oxford
gallery until June 7. Visit www.artsinoxford.co.nz
for more information.
Photoforum marks 40 years
Photoforum, founded in 1973 helped photogra-
phers gain recognition for photography as an art
form. Their magazine, known these days as Mo-
Mento, has included images by Anne Noble, Robin
Morrison and others. An exhibition, called His-
tory in the Taking, being held at the City Gallery
in Wellington until June 14, also forms a kind of
social history of New Zealand since the 1970s. Pho-
toforum stills exist as a not for profit society with
website, facebook and publications.
Advanced Lightroom
John Foster is running a two day workshop on
Lightroom, aimed at those with some experience
of the software (not for beginners) at Papanui High
School on June 20 and 21. Fee: $123. Contact the
school for further information. The school also
runs other photography-related classes during
term time evenings or at weekends.
National Geographic Competition
Categories include travel portraits, outdoor scenes,
sense of place and spontaneous moments. There
are no limits to the numbers of photos that can
be entered but they need to be digital files, taken
within two years before the entry date and meet a
number of other strict requirements. The deadline
is midday on June 30, EST. Top prize is a place on
an expedition to Costa Rica and Panama Canal.
For more information visit travel.nationalgeo-
graphic.com
Competition includes timelapse
The 2015 New Zealand Geographic Photographer
of the Year, which closes on July 15, also includes a
timelapse category for multiple images. So charge
your intervalometer and win public notoriety and
industry backslaps.
National Geographic icons
Fifty of the National Geographic's top images,
going back some decades, are on display at the
Expressions Gallery in Upper Hutt until July 26.
Maja Moritz running workshops
Maja is running her small (four people or fewer)
courses on Thursday evenings (theory) and Satur-
day afternoons (practical) in June and July, cover-
ing the basics (exposure, aperture, shutter speed
etc). A workshop on photo creativity is planned for
September. For more information visit majamoritz.
photoshelter.com
Plan ahead for Southern Regional
As we head into winter, now's a good time to an-
ticipate the spring flowers and warmer weather in
early October. The Gore camera club is hosting the
Southern Regional at the Heartland Hotel from Oc-
tober 2-4. They've rounded up the speakers (Scott
Fowler, Roger Wandless and Keith Tyree) and
hooked some good deals on accommodation (from
high school hostel to upmarket motels). There's a
salon - more about that in a later Viewfinder. Field
trips have been arranged to the ice rink, Hokonui
pioneer village and an aviation museum. Good
excuse to stay a day or too longer - the Catlins are
nearby. The fee to attend: $195 per person, payable
online. Check out the website gosouthernregional.
weebly.com for the main details and their face-
book page for any updates. The following week-
end CPS has a field trip to Oamaru, so plenty of
time to take the long way home.
Tauranga holding AV salon
Entries close on June 10 for the Tauranga AV salon.
There are four categories: theme, documentary, mu-
sic poetry and song, and fusion. The latter category
combines stills and video. For more information and
for samples of fusion visit taurangaphoto.org.nz
Trenna Packer Salver
This is an interclub competition hosted by the Na-
ture Photographic Society. CPS will choose images
to represent the club (before June 19) for a presenta-
tion a month later at St Christopher's in Avonhead.
Creative Focus competition
Pukekohe-Franklin Camera Club is running its
Creative Focus competition again this year. There
are four sections: create focus, beautiful blur,
colour harmony and mirror image. The competi-
tion closes on August 9. For more information visit
www.pfcc.co.nz.

8. 8
Natural History Projected Image #1
Judge: Ron McKie
Accepted
Gavin James Wandering Albatross
Jou Khiang Kueh
Australian crested pigeon
(Ocyphaps lophotes)
John Thornton
Blue Fungi,
Entoloma hochstetteri
Geoff Elmsly
Buller's Mollymawk
Thalassarche bullleri bulleri
Jo Curtis
CHORUS CICADA
(Amphipsalta zelandica)
Sandra Hobbs Circumhorizontal arc
Alan Moore
Danaus plexippus
(Monarch Butterfly)
Stephen Laird
Egretta novaehollandiae.
White-faced heron
James Gibson
Entoloma hochstetteri
(Blue mushroom)
Clive Collins Excited Bellbirds
Helen McLeod Female New Zealand sealion
Trish Brown Gannet pair and juvenile
Bevan Tulett
Hungry chicks, Southern
Black-backed Gull
Annette Preen Loxodonta africana
Paul Willyams Mandrill
Barry Dench
New Zealand robin,
Petroica australis
Newell Grenfell
Old Saltwater Crocodile head
detail
Peter Curtis Pate - Schefflera digitata
Les Armon Porphyrio porphyrio
Annette Preen Red billed gulls mating
Michael Molloy Robin
Renier Figuracion Song Thrush
Peter Curtis
South Island Robin -
Petroica australis australis
Gavin James
Southern Giant Petrel-
head detail
Pol Syrett Sumatran tiger at Orana Park
Stephen Laird
Tadorna variegata.
Paradise shelduck in flight
Honours
Nataliia Krupka
Damselfly
(Ischnura heterosticta)
Ann Bastion
Ice formation on foliage in
Arthurs Pass 2
Nelson Boustead
Notamphisopus male captur-
ing female
Ron Willems Saguaro Cactus detail
Bevan Tulett
Wandering Albatross
Diomedea antipodensis gib-
soni
Nataliia Krupka's Damselfly, top, Bevan Tullet's
Wandering Albatross and Ron Willems' Sa-
guaro Cactus detail were among the top images
in Nature Projected Image #1.

9. 9
Open Print #2
Judge: Scott Fowler
Accepted
Carolyn Elcock Tui #1
Christopher Lagria Sea Prints
Annette Preen Cosmos
Paul Furborough Lost in the city
Ann Bastion White feathers
Alistair Phillips Give me life
Alistair Phillips Life lines
James Gibson Becalmed
Clive Collins The appeal
Paul Willyams Lost or left
Jou Khiang Kueh
Fallen stars on Motukeikei
Rocks
Helen McLeod Dancing Lights
Sandra Hobbs Otematata river from above
John Suckling Making snow
Ann Bastion After the burnoff
Gavin James Barbarossa the Piper
Stuart Clook Cleddau River Chasm
Clive Collins Twin flyover
Sebastien Krebs Dusk lustre
Honours
James Gibson Grey Buzzard Eagle
John Suckling Abstract 2
Helen McLeod The beauty in the broken
Stuart Clook
Best in Show
Winter's Willow
James Gibson's Grey Buzzard Eagle
comes in for the kill (left) and from top
Stuart Clook's Winter Willow was best in
show. Helen McLeod found Beauty in the
Broken while John Suckling found some-
thing a bit different and called it Abstract
2. All four images received honours.

10. 10
Open Projected Image #3
Judge: Anna Mandeno
Accepted
Paul Willyams Lauren
Alistair Phillips Brilliance in the back streets
Andrew Thomson Grin
Trevor White Wreck of the Waverley
Ann Bastion Stepping stones to beyond
Annette Preen Poppy bubbles
Renier Figuracion Catch me
Maxine Cooper Tail feathers
Tsumuki Taniguchi Steve Jelley
Sandra Hobbs Lake Mahinapua at sunrise
Helen McLeod Washed up
Nola Sumner Keep it steady
Carolyn Jenson The sky is the limit
Pam Cumming In loving lemory
Clive Collins Bumble bee heaven
Barbara Burry Crashing waves
Keith Sycamore Kaikoura's rugged coastline
James Gibson Shadow flight
Clare Roberts Beach bach
Anita Kirkpatrick Doorway to yesteryear
Tracey Weir In a dark place
Gavin James Holi man
Sebastien Krebs
Sunset at the Brighton Pier
#2
Martyn Cook Sunrise over Boulder Bay
Patti Madsen Anomaly
Honours
Newell Grenfell Blind penny whistle blower
Nataliia Krupka Cabbage white butterfly
Dawn Kirk Into infinity
Robbie Barratt I am who I am
Richard Cooper Birdlings Flat
Erik Norder The fig thief
Alan Moore
Best in Show
Hippeastrum
Allan Moore's Hippeastrum (top) won best in
show. Robbie Barratt's I am what I am, Patti
Madsen's Anomaly, Erik Norder's Fig Thief and
Martyn Cook's Sunrise over Boulder Bay.

11. 11
C grade print #1
Judge: Paul Daly
Commended
Helen McLeod Pier in storm surge
Les Armon Jetski racer
Helen McLeod Corporate punishment
C grade projected image #1
Paul Daly
Commended
Irene Ferguson
White Faced Heron 2 - Ma-
tuku Moana
Christopher Lagria Against all odds
Andrew Millar Sunset at Lake Ellesmere
Renier Figuracion Fishing boat
Clifford Read Woman about town
Steven Carpinter Karyn 3
Peter Curtis Hosed off
Irene Ferguson
White Faced Heron 1 - Ma-
tuku Moana
Kelvin Aird Whose rose is this anyway?
Stephen Laird Ducks in a row
Highly commended
Helen McLeod Ghost Ship
Christopher Lagria
Heathcote River Reflection
of Port Hills
Barry Dench
Red Billed Gull- having a
juicy morsel
Steven Carpinter Karyn 1
Helen McLeod Autumn Tree
Helen McLeod's Corpo-
rate Punishment (top),
Les Armon's Jetski racer
and Helen's Pier in storm
surge were commended in
the C grade print competi-
tion. Christopher Lagria's
Heathcote Reflection of
the Port Hills and Helen
McLeod's Autumn Tree
were highly commended
projected images.

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Tips, tricks and gadgets
This collection covers tips and tricks that photographers might find handy. It’s a grab-bag for items
on taking photos, using computer software, webpages with useful information, apps for smart-
phones and any other clever devices that come out of Apple or Google. Contributions welcome.
A different way to take photos
COVR is a case with a prism lens that slides over
the top of an iPhone camera lens and lets the
shooter snap photos of friends, family or city-
scapes, while appearing to be checking messages.
And if you want to avoid sneaky photographers,
watch out for smartphones with appendages. They
probably aren’t twittering. It's still in kickstarter
fundraising mode but likely to cost above $100
when on sale. More information: covrphoto.com
(De) haze those images
There’s a lightroom feature in beta testing at the mo-
ment called Dehaze that removes haze from images,
if you want that to happen - with some pictures the
haze is what makes them eg: West Coast images.
You can even add haze to images that don’t have it.
Dragon telephoto array
The University of Toronto has put together 10
Canon 400mm f2 8L IS II lenses in an array that
mimics a dragonfly’s compound eye - hence the
name. The array is used for astrophotography,
with the overlap between the lenses helping when
it comes to dealing with light interferences. www.
dunlap.utoronto.ca/instrumentation/dragonfly
Walk on (photographed) water
Photos can take up a whole wall, and now they can
take up the floor as well, which could mean walk-
ing on water if you have a high enough resolution
picture of a seascape and cash to spare when reno-
vating the bathroom. Glamour Decor Australia, a
German franchise based in Sydney, has been install-
ing 3D effect floors for more than two years. It can
be applied to just about any type of surface and
costs around $350 per square metre. Some of those
images of steep cliff faces are a bit hard to handle
if you don’t like heights. Check out: glamourdecor.
com.au/sk_portfolio/3d-effects-floors
Stacking teleconverters
From the experimental files of petapixel.com: Take a
Sony A6000, add five teleconverters that magnify the
power of the Canon 200mm lens and you have got a
9600mm lens. However, the more teleconverters are
added, the less stable it becomes and the images lose
contrast, but I guess someone always has to try these
things out to see if they can be done or not.
DIY virtual reality with Cardboard
You can make your own virtual reality set, with a
cardboard template and two biconvex lenses. Slot in
a smartphone containing Google’s cardboard app,
from Google play or Apple's app store, or wait until
later in the year when Viewmaster gets on board.
There are already some cardboard viewers you can
purchase online for under $30 and put together. A
simple cardboard case, perhaps from dodo, will turn
your smartphone into a stereo viewer similar to the
ones Viewmaster used to make, with those circular
discs containing multiple images. You could prob-
ably even adapt one of those old-fashioned stereo
viewers from earlier in the 20th century. This is for
those of us who cannot afford an Oculus Rift, a far
more expensive, immersive virtual reality device/
experience. Visit: www.google.com/get/cardboard
Flickr upgrades space
Facing competition, Flickr now offers 1 terabyte of
space free and makes it easier to find and upload
photos from your computer, manage photos and
browse them. Share between desktop and smart-
phones. Visit: www.flickr.com
Google photos app
Google now offers photographers unlimited online
storage for your terabytes or petabytes worth of
photos. This time Google's product is standalone,
has unlimited storage space, useful tools for editing
and managing the photos in their original resolu-
tions and is accessible anywhere with internet
access. The only trouble is the time, and the ISP
costs to upload all those photos. No need to tag or
label the photos or put them in albums as a simple
search will retrieve them. Other features include
making collages, animations and movies. Photos
can be shared across other services such as Twitter.
Available for Android, iPhones/iPads and on the
web. Visit: photos.google.com
Sherish for desktop and mobile
Sherish let’s you bring together photos on different
websites to share with others, on a desktop com-
puter or mobile. Use the photos in their original
resolutions, add audio messages, turn into gifts etc.
Sherish offers nlimited space but charges a small
monthly sub. Visit: www.sherish.com
Online storage/display for photographs