Judging Comments – John Blessas
John Blessas who judged our March Aggregate Competition was unable to present his image assessments owing to work commitments – he had a 2am start the following morning. He has provided the following information for members explaining his judging process.
“I found the standard to be quite high.
The primary factor in looking at all images is emotion.
How does the image generate feeling (good or bad)?
Have I felt a sense of a feeling, story, place or other emotion?
Technical merit is considered, but only as to how it helps with the emotion/story/etc of the image. I believe an image does not have to be razor sharp, on the thirds, etc to tell its story.
I do use the” Three Images” test for deciding grades.
If this was one of three images on a wall, what would make me come back to that image?
All comments are made with the consideration that if it was me submitting my images for critiquing;
“What would I be happy to have a judge say about my images (good or bad) and how I could possibly improve them?”
As I do not know the level of the photographer, how much post processing was done, etc. my comments are made with the best intent to help the maker of the image.
Travel and workshop images. These can compete with each other. When you see a similar image come up it will be subconsciously compared to the first image. It helps if only one image from a trip is entered to keep the wow factor alive.
Personal emotion. We all have favourite images and family images. These shine in our eyes. But how will someone else with no emotional attachment see them?
All advice is given for use with Photoshop and initial adjustments in Photoshop Camera RAW. I use and recommend third party software from Topaz and NIK. A very useful add on I use is the free “A Touch of Light and Touch of Darkness” from MCP Software.
All images were judged in simular light conditions and normal resolution. No images were greatly “blown up” or “pixel peeped” during judging.
Again, thank you for this opportunity.
I am quite happy to answer questions if members want further comments.”
John Blessas – 0428 495929 or jb@mky.net.au
by Graham Harris, March 18, 2024
The Digital Darkroom
Toowoomba Photographic Society is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: The Digital Darkroom with Margaret Kebble
Date: Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Time: 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Join Zoom Meeting by clicking on the link below:
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by Graham Harris, March 15, 2024
Results for competitions in 2024 March
There were 91 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 March
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
Sweet nectar Mitchell Roberts – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Clock Tower Julie Buza – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Spice It Up Melanie Emeny – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
On top of the world Margaret Morton – Honour DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour |
FOOD AT LAST Claire Hammond – Honour DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour |
Just blowing smoke Veronica Sorley – Honour PRINT Salon Grade Open Colour |
Orange Tips Sandra Neill – Honour PRINT Salon Grade Open Colour |
Leaf on the car Jo Christensen – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Joyful Pierre Boudib – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Immature Victorias Riflebird Grant Phillips – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Lake Mulwalla Pete McDonald – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono |
Pastel Petals. Kym Stewart – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Creative |
Monet water colour of flowers Jason Wheeler – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Creative |
Red Bull Starts A Dive Tim Dunn – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
I’ve been waiting for you Ken Morton – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Cackleberries Cheryl Bellette – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
One Million calories Kym Stewart – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
They’re all mine. Stewart Dorman – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Hard Yakka, mate. Stewart Dorman – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Pretty and Pink Timothy van den Bosch – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour |
On the Wind Evan Williams – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour |
Seafood Meal Claire Hammond – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour |
Female Wood Duck Sandra Neill – Merit PRINT Salon Grade Open Colour |
The old bakery Lyn Liebelt – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Lilac Breasted Roller Richard Wyton – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Bathers Ann Gibbs-Jordan – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Good to the last drop Ann Gibbs-Jordan – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Boobie in flight Jason Wheeler – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Sandblasting facial Sandy Adsett – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Summer twilight Foxbar Falls Pete McDonald – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Shucking The Peas Robert Fox – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
A Sweet Win Belinda Kranz – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Flower Bell Tower Sandy Adsett – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono |
I do like chocolates! Sara Hedley – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono |
Ready to Blow Away Allan Rosser – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono |
The King Andrew Raguse – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono |
wounded Terry O’Brien – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Mono |
Storm hits Fairyland Fairies escape Barry Whisson – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Creative |
Doughnuts Roberta Edwards – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Creative |
kestrel Watching Dianne Horrocks – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
If it’s flooded get a tractor Marilyn Johnson – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Tarome Dennis Clark – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Beauty in Milora Dennis Clark – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Mr. And Mrs. Bones Dressed To Impre Tim Dunn – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
after the rain Iris Castle – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
80 KPH Mower Racing Les Maidment – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Busy Bee Jane Lobegeier – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Gumnut Decor Julie Buza – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Snack time Ken Morton – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Morning Tea Marilyn Johnson – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Morning Tea Cheryl Bellette – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Majestic Opera House Evan Williams – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour |
On Golden Pond Veronica Sorley – Highly Commended PRINT Salon Grade Open Colour |
Water worn stone from above Wayne Liebelt – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
jump! Sara Hedley – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Well Balanced Pierre Boudib – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Undercover Dean Mengel – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
The Acropolis Janine Waters – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
A Misty Toowoomba Morning Grant Phillips – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Sleeping Shipwreck Belinda Kranz – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Ebi Sushi and Soba Tryg Helander – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Blueberry pancakes Jo-Ann Aspromourgos – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Lift Carry and Fight Tryg Helander – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono |
Take a seat its quiet in here Wayne Liebelt – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono |
Coco Chanel Sharon Helander – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Hungry Budda Sharon Helander – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Superb Fairy Wren Mitchell Roberts – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Beautiful Rose Les Maidment – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
By The Waters Edge Dianne Horrocks – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Berry Berry Bright Melanie Emeny – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Cheese platter tonight_hey mate Barry Whisson – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Borough Markets in London Jane Lobegeier – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Snappy Steaks Allan McLucas – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Sunset over Thames Margaret Morton – Commended DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour |
Lunch Kim Shoesmith – Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour |
Wishful Thinking John Stewart – Commended PRINT Salon Grade Open Colour |
Matera Church Lyn Liebelt – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Karijini Jo Christensen – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
I See Lunch Dean Mengel – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Mother frogmouth with fledglings Graham Harris – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Tassie Devil feeding frenzy Graham Harris – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Flamingo_scape Janine Waters – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Dewdrops on Moss Allan Rosser – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Lunch Roberta Edwards – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Vine ripened Jo-Ann Aspromourgos – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Fish Cakes and Sweet Chilli Sauce Robert Fox – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
In the Masai Mara, Kenya Richard Wyton – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono |
Silent Assassin Andrew Raguse – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono |
Morning at Woodenbong John Stewart – Commended PRINT Salon Grade Open Mono |
Fish Dinner Allan McLucas – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono |
wildebeasts Terry O’Brien – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Mono |
by Graham Harris, March 13, 2024
March 2024 Competition Night
Here is the latest post on our website. For more information please contact the author, Graham Harris – President@tpsi.org.au. Do NOT reply to this message.
DATE: 12/3/2024
TIME: 7:00PM
Where: DeMolay & Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting
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by Graham Harris, March 10, 2024
The Digital Darkroom – Zoom Session
Toowoomba Photographic Society Zoom training sessions with Margaret Kebble are resuming on Tuesday, 5th March 2024. Margaret will be demonstrating how to combine the use of Lightroom and Photoshop in post-processing your photos.
In this meeting Margaret will look at organising your photos and the options available to do this. Importing into a Lightroom Catalogue will be demonstrated and for those using Adobe Bridge organisation with this tool will be examined.
We will also look at –“Help My Lightroom Catalogue is a Mess” and what to do about it.
To join the Zoom Meeting click on the link below:
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Passcode: 974056
by Graham Harris, March 4, 2024
Results for competitions in 2024 February
There were 95 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 February
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
African Tulips Julie Buza – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Autumn is coming soon Barry Whisson – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Serene Spoonbill_ Melanie Emeny – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Standing tall. Stewart Dorman – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
The Sands Hotel Allan McLucas – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Felgueiras Lighthouse Brian Kenny – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
New York New York Evan Williams – Honour DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour |
Disappearing Fence John Stewart – Honour PRINT Salon Grade Open Colour |
Banksia Beauty Ann Gibbs-Jordan – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Dying cosmos Jo-Ann Aspromourgos – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Like a Lift? Dean Mengel – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
The Jewel Jo Christensen – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Arcade Bourke St Melbourne Pete McDonald – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Singapore Skylight Pete McDonald – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono |
Tawhai Falls Andrew Raguse – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono |
White and Yellow Rose Les Maidment – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Perfect Imperfection Kym Stewart – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Purple Petals_ Melanie Emeny – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Camouflaged Iris Castle – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Fred is on level 9 Bruce Tame – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Dizzily high gargoyles_Melrose Abbe Barry Whisson – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Brisbane Quarter Dennis Clark – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Over the bridge and far away Ken Morton – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Skyward Cheryl Bellette – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
The Twins Cheryl Bellette – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
National Art Gallery Canberra Timothy van den Bosch – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour |
Japanese Garden Toowoomba Timothy van den Bosch – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour |
Church of the Good Shepherd Margaret Morton – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour |
Rotorua Bathhouse Margaret Morton – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour |
Drama at 1770 Sandra Neill – Merit PRINT Salon Grade Open Colour |
Indoor Beauty Allan Rosser – Merit PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
3 Flowers Pierre Boudib – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Flamingo_scape Janine Waters – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Koala descending gum Graham Harris – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Night time waves Belinda Kranz – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Monreale Cathedral Sicily Wayne Liebelt – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
St Peters ceiling Rome Wayne Liebelt – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Sicily Lyn Liebelt – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Singapore Architecture Dean Mengel – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Old and New Melbourne 7 a.m. Robert Fox – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Follow the Lights Tryg Helander – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono |
Centre Punch Tryg Helander – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono |
Holy Water Pierre Boudib – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono |
Sleeping Musk Duck Andrew Raguse – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono |
ready for the relay race Sara Hedley – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono |
beach fun Sara Hedley – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono |
A touch of Audrey Jo-Ann Aspromourgos – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono |
Angular and rounded John Stewart – Merit PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Mono |
Wave Building Sharon Helander – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono |
Moody silos. Stewart Dorman – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono |
Shearing Sonny Rutherford – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Mono |
Yellow Rose Sharon Helander – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Blue hour Iris Castle – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Lonely Surfer Dianne Horrocks – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Happy Wrensday Bruce Tame – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Up The Ladder Julie Buza – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
A 1862 fashionable house in Adelaid Peter Allison – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
London Bridge Jane Lobegeier – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Which Way Allan McLucas – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Grand Old Lady Claire Hammond – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour |
Syles of Architecture Claire Hammond – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour |
Wellington after the Quake Evan Williams – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour |
Inky Sands Sandra Neill – Highly Commended PRINT Salon Grade Open Colour |
Sega Arcade Tokyo Veronica Sorley – Highly Commended PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Te Rewa Rewa Bridge Allan Rosser – Highly Commended PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
LavalWaterfall Janine Waters – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Camouflaged crab Graham Harris – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Stockman’s Hall of Fame, Longreach Grant Phillips – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Old Bridge Architecture Roberta Edwards – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Book Filled Beauty Kim Kuhnemann – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
The Bank Brian Kenny – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono |
A broken tree last defiance Peter Allison – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Mono |
Metamorphosis – there and back Margaret Kebble – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Creative |
Incoming Kym Stewart – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Cheeky little baby sloth Jane Lobegeier – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
King Parrot Its Feed TIME Dianne Horrocks – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour |
Settler’s Cottage Marilyn Johnson – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Church Tower Marilyn Johnson – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Home sweet home! Ken Morton – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour |
Dance of the net thrower Jason Wheeler – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
Hobbit Hole Cotswold Kim Kuhnemann – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour |
The Abbey Lyn Liebelt – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Church of San Cataldo Jo Christensen – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai Richard Wyton – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Modern Architecture for the Pigeons Roberta Edwards – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Unified Chaos Ann Gibbs-Jordan – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour |
Old Tin Shed Sandy Adsett – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono |
Skeleton Sandy Adsett – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono |
Grosvenor House, Dubai Richard Wyton – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono |
Reef Fleet Terminal, Cairns Grant Phillips – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono |
Waterfront buildings Brisbane Margaret Kebble – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono |
Tobacco Barns of Texas Veronica Sorley – Commended PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Mono |
Textured Wall Sonny Rutherford – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono |
Abandoned Dennis Clark – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Mono |
Broad Axe Les Maidment – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Mono |
by Roberta Edwards, February 14, 2024
2023 TPS Members Photography
Check out all of the amazing Photography shared by our Members during 2023!
https://youtu.be/U3Wr0Ed_ukw
by Travis Lord, December 21, 2023
Multi-Club Memberships & Competitions
All,
Please note the following notice from Ralph Brown – President of the Photographic Society of Queensland.
This is in regards to members of PSQ affiliated clubs who are members of multiple clubs.
Excerpt as follows:
A question was raised at the last committee meeting about how to best manage entries into interclub competitions from members who are in more than one club.
This is our recommendation: –
Anyone who is a member of more than one club must designate one club as their primary when entering into interclub competitions and notify their other clubs that their images cannot be used for that club’s interclub entries.
This includes the Salon of Excellence (SEQ), the Qld Interclub, River City Print, Tewantin Shield, the Three-way (north Brisbane) and any other competition where the members must designate the club affiliation.
We considered this the fairest way to ensure that all members have an equal opportunity when entering these competitions.
End Excerpt:
Should you have multiple memberships across the PSQ clubs, if you wish to represent the Toowoomba Photographic Society as your primary club, you must notify the committee.
This can be done by emailing:
committee@tpsi.org.au
by Travis Lord, December 19, 2023
2024 Committee Change Notification
Dear Members,
The committee wishes to advise that the following position holders have officially expressed that they will be stepping down from the Committee from 2024.
Roles:
President
Vice-President
Treasurer
We have received notification that Sharon Helander will be nominated to take on the Treasurers role in 2024.
Both the President and Vice-Presidents roles will require nominations for 2024.
Should you wish to fill these roles, please ensure a committee nomination form is completed and returned to the secretary ASAP.
by Travis Lord, December 18, 2023
2024 AGM
The committee is preparing for the 2024 AGM. As most will know this is where we discuss the following:
- Review of 2023.
- Financial reports from 2023 and forecast for 2024 budget.
- Presidents reports.
- 2024 Committee Nomination
- Awards and Commendation from Aggregate and End Of Year competitions.
- Any other business
Members must attend the AGM, or if unable to do so complete a proxy vote form.
Should you wish to nominate people for the 2024 committee, a nomination form needs to be filled in and returned ASAP.
Both forms can be found here:
https://tpsi.org.au/2024-agm-forms/
Please send any agenda items / queries to the secretary to ensure they’re added before the meeting.
Email: secretary@tpsi.org.au
by Travis Lord, December 18, 2023