With "Sand" as the topic for our February competition there was no shortage of potential subjects for Eurobodalla Photographic Club members. Entries for the monthly competition ranged from sand sculptures and exotic landscapes to textures and tracks in the sand.
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The entries were expertly judged and critiqued by John Frazer from St Peters, Broulee. John's experience as a professional photographer includes coverage of cycling events for magazines, swimming events and as a teacher. During the evening John gave the group an informative and inspiring presentation of his own work.
Winners of the Monthly competition were: Image of the Night Rob Geraghty "Namibia". Colour Images: Gold Awards Rob Geraghty "Namibia", Rob Geraghty "Alone", Dave Kemp "Sand Wash". Silver Awards Geoff McVeigh "Dragonfly warming up for flight One ThouSAND", Jeanette Robben "Stars in the Sand", Brian Gunter "Sandy Shoreline", Shirley Gunter "Sand Crystals", Dave Kemp "Toes in the Sand". Monochrome Images: Gold Award Jeanette Robben "Camel Rock at Sunrise". Silver Award George Cook "Ripples".
After a break for supper provided by Jill Armstrong, two of our members Beth Westra and Rob Geraghty displayed and discussed images that had been submitted by themselves and Yvonne Matthews to the Australian Photography magazine competition.
This competition attracts over 26,000 entries from Australia and New Zealand. Rob entered a folio of four images into the "wildlife" category, taken from his trip to the Arctic. Beth submitted her four images to the "Monochrome" category, taken from the Braidwood Rodeo and Yvonne submitted her folio to the "Portrait" category.
To achieve a standard of highly commended and commended in a prestigious competition is a significant achievement for our three members. Congratulations to Rob, Beth and Yvonne.
We warmly welcome new members and visitors to our club. Drop in at 7pm on the fourth Tuesday of the month (except December) at the Tomakin Community Hall and share our passion for photography.
