Pride and Prejudice & Member Shirts
Hi All,
My apologies for not being fully prepared last night, we’d had some medical complications in the family which had taken priority over the last week.
As mentioned last night, the reparatory theatre is holding a Pride and Prejudice night, on the 16th of August Toowoomba Photographic Society is hosting the night and all profits made go toward the general running of the society. This is a fantastic way to help the overall budget. Invite along your friends, co-workers and the such to a fantastic night out.
Tickets are $25 each.
Please contact Val via treasurer@tpsi.org.au or order via our website here: https://tpsi.org.au/store/
Also, the members shirts look and feel fantastic. We would love to see all of our members owning at least one and wearing to field days and meetings at DeMolay!
Shirts are $20each.
Please contact Val via treasurer@tpsi.org.au or order via our website here: https://tpsi.org.au/store/
by Jasmin Lord, July 13, 2022
Results for competitions in July 2022
There were 69 entries that gained our highest award(s).
Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in July 2022
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
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penny Dianne Horrocks – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Burnt wattle Jo Christensen – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Can’t Catch Me Nicola Lancaster – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Freedom Jasmin Lord – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Burnett Bridge Veronica Sorley – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Helix Bridge Singapore Veronica Sorley – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Gateway Fly Over Roberta Edwards – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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The Climb Veronica Sorley – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Firth of Forth Jan Collings – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Salad Lover Belinda Kranz – Honour DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Singapore Shutters Pete McDonald – Honour DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Sunset on the Lake Cheryl Bellette – Honour DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Railway Bridge lit at night Peter Allison – Honour DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Bridge with a Twist Belinda Kranz – Honour DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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After the Flood John Stewart – Honour PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Bashford St Bridge by Night John Stewart – Honour PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Brilliant Bridge John Stewart – Honour PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Ramco Lagoon Sunrise Andrew Raguse – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Making Noddys Janine Waters – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Burst Your Bubble copy Pierre Boudib – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Strolling Along Sonny Rutherford – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Mono 
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Ghost Ship Waves Of Time Belinda Kranz – Honour DIGITAL B Grade Open Mono 
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I gotta take a photo of this place Pete McDonald – Honour DIGITAL B Grade Open Mono 
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Hanging Around Bruce Tame – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Ambleside Secret Margaret Kebble – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Cordobas Roman Bridge Val Shield – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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City Link Anthony Harrison – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Evening Traffic Dean Mengel – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Ghost Gondola under Rialto Bridge Richard Wyton – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Avon River Bridge Sonny Rutherford – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Tower Bridge Jan Collings – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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willie iris Castle – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Fungi. Terry O’Brien – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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ACTION !!! iris Castle – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Hangman’s Bridge Inge Gajczak – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Blooming Kym Stewart – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Australian Perentie Ken Morton – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Hey Look Gracie Lord – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Basking under the rainbow Vivienne Lord – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Wood Duck Charlotte Lord – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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All Weather Bridge Evan Williams – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Brooklyn Bridge Evan Williams – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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What’s Beyond… Jasmine Warner – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Through the bridge Gracie Lord – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Looking up to the bridge Charlotte Lord – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Otira Viaduct Arthurs Pass Sandra Neill – Merit PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Catching Bubbles Sandy Adsett – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Bath time Andrew Raguse – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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First Light Over Uluru Janine Waters – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Along the winding path. Robert Fox – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Ruby Red Robert Fox – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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On Target Pierre Boudib – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Feed Us Travis Lord – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Comin Round the Bend Travis Lord – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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O.O. Madsen Bridge Jenny Graff – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Richmond Bridge Jenny Graff – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Johnny Sandy Adsett – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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just cooking Sara Hedley – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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walk on the beach Sara Hedley – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Historic Bridge Allan Rosser – Merit PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Swing Bridge Sandra Neill – Merit PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Over My Shoulder Graham Burstow – Merit PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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The Country Bridge Graham Burstow – Merit PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Seen Better Days John Rens – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Bristol Gorge Suspension Bridge Margaret Kebble – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Bridge on the River Kwai Jo Christensen – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Another World Underneath. Jasmine Warner – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Dunns Swamp Ann Gibbs-Jordan – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Mono 
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Dreamtime Margaret Kebble – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Creative 
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by Travis Lord, July 12, 2022
Judging Night 12/07/2022 @7PM DeMolay
Hi All, Tonight is our Monthly Competition Judging Night for Set Subject “Bridges”.
Apologies on the lateness of this email, there has been some issues with the myphotoclub website
John Stewart will be our judge tonight
Where: DeMolay & Zoom
COVID Restrictions have been lifted by Queensland Health / Government and all members are welcome to attend. If you are currently sick, or isolating due to a COVID Positive test – please stay home and join us over Zoom instead.
TIME: 7:00PM
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/99285901931?pwd=L2pCbitxWGdZSGx1YXBSQTZTMElsZz09
Meeting ID: 992 8590 1931
Passcode: q8X1Yw
Images for set subject “Water” are due by 11:59PM Tonight!!
by Margaret Kebble, July 12, 2022
Skills Night Tuesday 28/06/2022 @DeMolay 7pm
Hi All,
John Stewart will be showing us how he prints and then does a foam core Matt live.
For anybody interested in printing your photos this is a session not to miss.
Time: 7PM
Date: Tuesday 28/06/2022
Where: DeMolay
There will be no Zoom for this meeting, we will try our best to record the session. Attendance at DeMolay is highly recommended.
Check out Johns slides from his previous talk on printing:
And the recording of the last Microskills:
Attached image from:
https://petapixel.com/2017/04/24/printing-photos-will-make-better-photographer/
by Travis Lord, June 27, 2022
Image Review Night 21/06/2022 @ 7PM on Zoom
At the start of the meeting we will ask for volunteers and then prepare the images.
If you would like to get some feedback on images you may be thinking of entering for future judging’s, please submit them in the “Critique Corner” which you can find here:
https://toowoomba.myphotoclub.com.au/enter-a-collection/?collection_id=1315
After the image review section there will be some discussion around the next set subject of Water.
Set Subject Defined as:
Water is an essential ingredient to life. Photograph water in any form the appeals to you; be it, the local creek, water drops, the surf in the ocean, ice cubes, bath tub full of water in a paddock etc. Use your imagination.
Some inspiration for the set subject might be found here:
https://www.viewbug.com/search/water
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/99285901931?pwd=L2pCbitxWGdZSGx1YXBSQTZTMElsZz09
Meeting ID: 992 8590 1931
Passcode: q8X1Yw
by Travis Lord, June 21, 2022
Results for competitions in June 2022
There were 45 entries that gained our highest award(s).
Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in June 2022
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
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Golden Beauty Margaret Kebble – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Taking 5 Jo-Ann Aspromourgos – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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New Holland Honey Eater Ann Gibbs-Jordan – Honour DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Wilpena Pound at dawn after the rai Pete McDonald – Honour DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Farmer Asif Rasheed – Honour DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Tiwi Artist Sandra Neill – Honour PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Butchers Table Pierre Boudib – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Aurora Australis Nov 2021 Jenny Graff – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Lunch Time Janine Waters – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Missing the Message John Stewart – Honour PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Waiting for the One John Stewart – Honour PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Under Pressure Veronica Sorley – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Life through a hole in a wall Jason Wheeler – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Mono 
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Flower Fairy Roberta Edwards – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Creative 
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Keyed Alike Pierre Boudib – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Creative 
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Bike Jump Robert Brown – Merit PRINT A Grade Open Colour 
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Boat Bedtime Anthony Harrison – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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I Think I Got One Dean Mengel – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Into the Mist Sonny Rutherford – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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relaxing in Queen’s Park Dianne Horrocks – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Justin Roberta Edwards – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Working for Crackers Veronica Sorley – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Recreation Time Dean Mengel – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Is this a round To-It Peter Allison – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Right Place, Right Time Cheryl Bellette – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Cape Nelson on a bad day Pete McDonald – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Cruising Is Tiring Dennis Clark – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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strange stranger iris Castle – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Pink Fungi Sandra Neill – Merit PRINT Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Autumn baby Sara Hedley – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Mothers Day. Robert Fox – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Glengallan staircase Jenny Graff – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Aurora Australis Feb 2022 Jenny Graff – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Happy Soul Janine Waters – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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The Protector Janine Waters – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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lost in thought Sara Hedley – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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A lot of fun! Sara Hedley – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Catching Up John Stewart – Merit PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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The Winner Is Graham Burstow – Merit PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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The Last One Standing Allan Rosser – Merit PRINT Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Good Knight Jason Wheeler – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Mono 
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Thoughtful Nicola Lancaster – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Mono 
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Happiness Asif Rasheed – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Row Row Row your Boat Kym Stewart – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Creative 
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Toowoomba Medley Margaret Kebble – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Creative 
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by Travis Lord, June 14, 2022
Judging Night 14/06/2022 7PM @DeMolay
Hi All, Tonight is our Monthly Competition Judging Night for Set Subject “Stranger”.
We will have two guest judges as follows:
Rochelle James for our Prints
Simon Cox for our Digitals
Where: DeMolay & Zoom
COVID Restrictions have been lifted by Queensland Health / Government and all members are welcome to attend. If you are currently sick, or isolating due to a COVID Positive test – please stay home and join us over Zoom instead.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/99285901931?pwd=L2pCbitxWGdZSGx1YXBSQTZTMElsZz09
Meeting ID: 992 8590 1931
Passcode: q8X1Yw
Images for set subject “Bridges” are due by 11:59PM Tonight!!
by Travis Lord, June 14, 2022
1H22 Trans-Tasman Results
I wish to thank everyone who entered into the first Trans-Tasman competition with our friends from Howick for 2022.
Standings:
1H21 – Our town – Winner: Toowoomba
2H21 – My Springtime – Winner: Howick
1H22 – Nature – Winner: Howick
Last nights judging was performed by Anne Pappalardo from Brisbane and Elizabeth Passuello from New Zealand. Both judges put in a monstrous effort in not only scoring the images, but preparing exceptional feedback for all images shown. They spent a lot of time explaining to us how “Nature” photography would be judged in an “international” sense and how certain elements, composition and in some cases image titling can have a impact to an images eligibility.
The competition was fiercely contended throughout the night with Howick coming out on top. We now have the opportunity to set the subject for the 2H22 comp and we’re definitely going to find a subject to challenge our NZ friends.
We should be proud of our efforts, with 96% of images entered coming from our B and A grade’s, opposed to Howick’s 40% from their C and B grades.
Special mention to Pete McDonald receiving the highest marks from Toowoomba from both Judges and a 9/10 from Elizabeth with a total of 15 for his image Wilpena Pound at Dawn after the Rain, and Dianne Horrocks having received a 9/10 from Anne but also getting a total score of 14 from both Judges for her image My Breakfast.
For anyone interested, all of the images entered onto MyPhotoClub by members were scored by all members of our Committee and the top 30 images from the collective scores were entered into the competition against Howick.
Below is a breakdown of the images and scores received:
You can see the images here:
https://tpsi.org.au/1h22-trans-tasman-toowoomba-images/
| Image Name | Author | Grade | Total |
| Wilpena Pound at dawn after the rai | Pete McDonald | B | 15 |
| My Breakfast | Dianne Horrocks | B | 14 |
| Flying High | Dean Mengel | A | 14 |
| Lake Mungo – home of Mungo Man | Pete McDonald | B | 14 |
| Pretty Face Wallaby | Veronica Sorley | A | 14 |
| Small Green Banded Blue Butterfly | Travis Lord | Salon | 14 |
| Grass Skipper | Charlotte Lord | B | 13 |
| Nap time | Jo-Ann Aspromourgos | A | 13 |
| Azure Kingfisher | Richard Wyton | A | 12 |
| BYO Lunch | Belinda Kranz | B | 12 |
| Crocodile Soup | Anthony Harrison | A | 12 |
| Dagg Falls after flooding rain | Peter Allison | B | 12 |
| Masked Lapwings | Gracie Lord | B | 12 |
| Playing Chase | Dean Mengel | A | 12 |
| Afternoon Swim | Tim Dunn | A | 12 |
| Black-shouldered Kites | Veronica Sorley | A | 11 |
| Dwarf tree frog | Jo-Ann Aspromourgos | A | 11 |
| Fallen Mushroom | Sonny Rutherford | A | 11 |
| flycatcher | iris Castle | B | 11 |
| Flying Seagull | Sonny Rutherford | A | 11 |
| Purple Plant | Gracie Lord | B | 11 |
| White faced Heron | Kym Stewart | B | 11 |
| Yellow Throated Shrubwren | Bruce Tame | A | 11 |
| Me and my Shadow | iris Castle | B | 10 |
| The Ranges | Jasmin Lord | A | 10 |
| Wait for Me | Anthony Harrison | A | 10 |
| Cotton-On | Charlotte Lord | B | 8 |
| Wonderland | Jasmin Lord | A | 8 |
| Daisy Love | Kym Stewart | B | 7 |
| Foxtail weed | Margaret Kebble | A | 7 |
Please keep in mind that a number of images the judges explained were amazing captures, but that they did not fit into the nature category and as such scored them lower.
For future competitions I have recommended we use different naming criteria to allow for more freedom and a broader range of images.
by Travis Lord, June 8, 2022
Starting 5:30PM TONIGHT 7/06 – Trans-Tasman Cup Judging on Zoom
REMINDER: the judging night for the “Nature” images that were entered for the Trans-Tasman Cup will occur Tonight.
The Zoom meeting will open at 17:30 QLD Time for some general conversation time with Judging to commence from 18:00. We encourage all members to join us on zoom for the judging process.
Topic: Toowoomba Interclub Zoom Meeting
Time: Jun 7, 2022 05:30 Brisbane Time
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89897651472?pwd=R1VpQ3F4VlU4aTEwSkxrTkFicC9jdz09
Meeting ID: 898 9765 1472
Passcode: 278497
To see the 30 images we submitted click the following link:
https://tpsi.org.au/1h22-trans-tasman-toowoomba-images/
There were 25 Toowoomba members who entered with a total of 63 images for the committee to go through. These images were scored by all members of the committee which then gave us our top 30 images.
Thank you to everyone who entered and wish you all the best on judging night!
by Travis Lord, June 7, 2022
Trans-Tasman Cup Judging
As mentioned last week, the judging night for the “Nature” images that were entered for the Trans-Tasman Cup will occur on Tuesday – 7th of June.
The Zoom meeting will open at 17:30 QLD Time for some general conversation time with Judging to commence from 18:00. We encourage all members to join us on zoom for the judging process.
Topic: Toowoomba Interclub Zoom Meeting
Time: Jun 7, 2022 07:30 PM Auckland, Wellington
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89897651472?pwd=R1VpQ3F4VlU4aTEwSkxrTkFicC9jdz09
Meeting ID: 898 9765 1472
Passcode: 278497
To see the 30 images we submitted click the following link:
https://tpsi.org.au/1h22-trans-tasman-toowoomba-images/
There were 25 Toowoomba members who entered with a total of 63 images for the committee to go through. These images were scored by all members of the committee which then gave us our top 30 images.
Thank you to everyone who entered and wish you all the best on judging night!
by Travis Lord, June 5, 2022
