Welcome to Toowoomba Photographic Society
by Grant Phillips, May 31, 2017
Digital Photography – Exposure
Tonights Zoom Training Session will be looking at “Getting the Right Exposure“. In this session we will look at:
- assessing image exposure
- controlling exposure
- using the exposure histogram
- fine-tuning exposure
- exploring exposure
- reducing digital noise
Join us for this Zoom session at 7pm on Tuesday, 15 October 2024 using the meeting details below:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5857960052?pwd=bXdRalhQc1MzeUxYUUZMYURGQVNaQT09&omn=89599917497
Meeting ID: 585 796 0052
Passcode: q8X1Yw1
by Graham Harris, October 15, 2024
TPS Field Day – 19 October 2024
The next Toowoomba Photographic Society Field Day will be held on the 19 October 2024. This field day is being held at “Gleneden Farm”, 375 North Branch Road, Maryvale – from 9am to 12:30pm. The cost is $10 per person with morning tea provided.
For more details about “Gleneden Farm” visit their website at https://www.glenedenfarm.com.au .
This should be great morning photographing a working farm using regenerative agricultural practices. Please RSVP your intention to attend by the 15 October 2024 using the electronic form at https://tpsi.org.au/field-days/. – this is needed for insurance and catering purposes.
by Graham Harris, October 9, 2024
October 2024 Image Awards
At our Aggregate Competition held on the 8 October 2024 the following images received our highest awards from our judge Tryg Helander PSQA.
Congratulations to both members for these awards. They are now in the running for the overall awards to be announced in December 2024.
by Graham Harris, October 9, 2024
Results for competitions in 2024 October Aggregate Comp
There were 94 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).
Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in 2024 October Aggregate Comp
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
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Back Alley Industrial Wayne Liebelt – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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JuvenileGreen Janine Waters – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Looking toward the onslaught Ann Gibbs-Jordan – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Cutting Edge Pierre Boudib – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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A Place To Reflect Melanie Emeny – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Sunkissed Silhouettes Melanie Emeny – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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The Heavy Lifters Dennis Clark – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Ahoy there! Pete McDonald – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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all in a row Iris Castle – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Serenity Marilyn Johnson – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Water Snowflake in Triplicate Allan Rosser – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Metal in the Making Jenelle De Costa – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Golden Beginning Jenelle De Costa – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Snack time. Kym Stewart – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Elegance Kym Stewart – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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little Amber Sara Hedley – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Sunset on the old works Jo Christensen – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Broken Hill mine building John Stewart – Honour PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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The price of progress John Stewart – Honour PRINT Salon Grade Open Mono 
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78°96′N remote unprofitable abdo Jill van der Zwan – Honour DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Bronco Rider Trepidation Julie Buza – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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The dam wall Jenny Graff – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Amongst the rocks Mitchell Roberts – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Three’s a crowd Mitchell Roberts – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Preening Cathy Reed – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Feeding Time Pierre Boudib – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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An Integral Part of Industry Roberta Edwards – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Millmerran Power House Roberta Edwards – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Creative 
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Bee Timothy van den Bosch – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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In the Making. Marilyn Johnson – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Harvest Moon Veronica Sorley – Merit PRINT Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Last Light Sunset Evan Williams – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Fossicking Allan Rosser – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Rock Pool Reflections Sandra Neill – Merit PRINT Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Beating the Rain Dean Mengel – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Looking down the lane Robert Fox – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Whistling Duck trio Graham Harris – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Lookout Dianne Horrocks – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Sparks A-plenty Cheryl Bellette – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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wave walker Sara Hedley – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Dragonflies Mating Grant Phillips – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Old and new industry Longyearbyen Jack van der Zwan – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Breakfast on the go Sandy Adsett – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Humpback whale’s ID Kim Shoesmith – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Resting Dragon Jo-Ann Aspromourgos – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Open Mono_Bare Bones Belinda Kranz – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Sun sets on industry Iris Castle – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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My Ball Darren Hocking – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Industrial Rust Wayne Liebelt – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Madigan_Camp20 Janine Waters – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Making Hay Early Morning Claire Hammond – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Coast Line In Bay Of Fires Claire Hammond – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Getting Closer Peter Allison – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Restoring Downs Steams Railmotor Barry Whisson – Highly Commended PRINT A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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An industry causing habitat loss_di Barry Whisson – Highly Commended PRINT A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Hard at Work Cathy Reed – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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From salt to spinifex Ann Gibbs-Jordan – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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The Future of Renewables Dennis Clark – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Mono 
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Lunchtime Snooze Pete McDonald – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Weep for Me Veronica Sorley – Highly Commended PRINT Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Hand Made Evan Williams – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Getting Ready Dean Mengel – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Rotorua Steam Bruce Tame – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Tom Price Iron Ore Processing Richard Wyton – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Just a Little More. Cheryl Bellette – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Digging a hole Jo Christensen – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Power a Plenty Les Maidment – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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I knew you were coming so I waited Tim Dunn – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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A Dilemma – Friend or Dinner? Jane Lobegeier – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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HELLFIRE II AGM-114R Tim Dunn – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Southern Carmine bee eater Jill van der Zwan – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Cotton Harlequin Bug Julie Buza – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Formation 4 x 4 to the Cape Jack van der Zwan – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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The Center Sandy Adsett – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Behind The Scenes Ginger Factory Belinda Kranz – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Beach Fun Dianne Horrocks – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Going up Ken Morton – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Fiona Peter Allison – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Sheep Timothy van den Bosch – Commended DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Im running late Im running late Sandra Neill – Commended PRINT Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Rotors right now Bruce Tame – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Early morning Breakfast Robert Fox – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Export Bulk Carrier Richard Wyton – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Tasmanian Devil feeding Graham Harris – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Solitary evening strole Les Maidment – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Calm Blue Sea Jane Lobegeier – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Osprey on his nest Grant Phillips – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Bergen Brian Kenny – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Boda Brian Kenny – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Simplicity Jo-Ann Aspromourgos – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Dinner time! Kim Shoesmith – Commended DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Strathgordon Dam Jenny Graff – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Out on a limb for a breakfast Ken Morton – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Ready To Pass Darren Hocking – Commended DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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by Graham Harris, October 8, 2024
TPS Club Meeting – 8 October 2024
Our next TPS Club Meeting and Aggregate Competition is tonight – 8 October 2024 – at 7:00pm. The Zoom details for those attending on-line are provided below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84578097656?pwd=ozp0SWUR6DNcLkRsPNGCSOGaabvzbZ.1
Meeting ID: 845 7809 7656
Passcode: 936419
Tonight our judge is Tryg Helander PSQA who will provide feedback on the 94 images submitted by members for this competition. See you all then.
by Graham Harris, October 8, 2024
Qld Interclub Results 2024
The 2024 Queensland Interclub Competition results are now in. The winning clubs were:
- Photo Arts Club Tweed – 415 points (19.8 image average)
- Aspley Camera Club – 404 points (19.2 image average)
- Queensland Camera Group – 401 points (19.1 image average)
Toowoomba Photographic Society was placed equal 15th (with the Wynnum-Bayside Camera Club) of the 24 clubs that entered the competition – with a score of 343 points (16.3 image average).
The individual results for our images are provided in the table below:
| Section | Title | Photographer | Score |
| Architecture | Like a lift | Dean Mengel | 19 |
| Arcade Bourke St Melbourne | Pete McDonals | 19 | |
| The Jewel | Jo Christiansen | 17 | |
| Creative | An Apple a Day | Roberta Edwards | 13 |
| CityScrape | Brian Kenny | 12 | |
| Bizarre Bouquet | Pierre Boudib | 12 | |
| Food | Spice it up | Melanie Emeny | 19 |
| Shucking the peas | Robert Fox | 16 | |
| One Million Calories | Kym Stewart | 16 | |
| Nature | Immature Victorias Riflebird | Grant Phillips | 20 |
| Mine | Mitchell Roberts | 18 | |
| Mushrooms | Dennis Clark | 17 | |
| Non-A Grade | Green Tree Python | Kim Shoesmith | 16 |
| Breakfast Time | Margaret Morton | 15 | |
| Bull riding fun | Kim Shoesmith | 13 | |
| People | Amber and her lambs | Sara Hedley | 19 |
| Stirring the pot | Pierre Boudib | 16 | |
| Thirsty Work | John Stewart | 12 | |
| Scapes | Sunsets out west | Melanie Emeny | 18 |
| Sunset Volcano | Tryg Helander | 18 | |
| Great ocean road sunrise | Wayne Leibelt | 18 |
Congratulations to everyone who had an image chosen for our entry. The maximum possible judging points was 27. The Set Subjects for the 2025 Queensland Interclub Competition have been chosen – they will be used for our Set Subject categories in our 2025 Aggregate Competition.
by Graham Harris, October 1, 2024
Digital Photography – Shooting Modes
Our next Zoom Session is tomorrow evening – Tuesday 1 October 2024 at 7:00pm. This week we will be exploring “Shooting Modes” with our cameras.
This module will examine:
- basic camera modes
- scene modes
- exposure compensation
- adjusting brightness
The details to join the Zoom meeting are provided below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5857960052?pwd=bXdRalhQc1MzeUxYUUZMYURGQVNaQT09&omn=88568497865
Meeting ID: 585 796 0052
Passcode: q8X1Yw1
by Graham Harris, September 30, 2024
Guest Speaker – Scott Shirley – Architectural Photography
Next Tuesday (24 September 2024) at 7:00pm our guest speaker will be Scott Shirley, He is an architectural photographer based on the Gold Coast. Examples of his photos can be found at his website – https://www.scottshirley.com.au
To join this meeting please use the Zoom links below. We also intend to record the session which will be available to TPS members after the session.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5857960052?pwd=bXdRalhQc1MzeUxYUUZMYURGQVNaQT09&omn=81544442791
Meeting ID: 585 796 0052
Passcode: q8X1Yw1
Looking forward to catching up with you all then.
by Graham Harris, September 19, 2024
Digital Photography – Focusing
Our next Zoom Session is tomorrow evening – Tuesday 17 September 2024 at 7:00pm. This week we will be exploring “Focusing” with our cameras.
This module will examine:
- shifting the focus point
- comparing different focus modes
- focusing for effect
- sharpening photos
The details to join the Zoom meeting are provided below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5857960052?pwd=bXdRalhQc1MzeUxYUUZMYURGQVNaQT09&omn=88568497865
Meeting ID: 585 796 0052
Passcode: q8X1Yw1
by Graham Harris, September 16, 2024
September 2024 Image Awards
At our Aggregate Competition held on the 10 September 2024 the following images received our highest awards from our judge Keven Hyde PSQA.
Congratulations to both members for these awards. They are now in the running for the overall awards to be announced in December 2024.
by Graham Harris, September 11, 2024
