Photo of the Month
To inspire everyone to go out there and take some cracking photographs Carnkie Camera Club invites members to submit photos on a set theme each month.
Members may submit up to TWO printsPrints must be or un-mounted and NOT framed.
The Maximum image size A4 (21cm x 30cm or 8in x 12in)
Members will vote for their TWO favourite photos in each class
Awards will me made in TWO sections
'Open' - open only to those who have previously won 1st place in the novice, and
'Novice' - open to anyone who has not previously won 1st place the novice monthly award.
Votes cast will be used to select the a first, second and third for the 'open' category and the 'novice' category
February Show Results
| NOVICE | 1 GLASS |
2 3 ON A THEME |
3 MACRO/INSECTS |
4 ACTION |
5 UNUSUAL LIGHT |
6 GATEWAY |
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| 1st | Bruce | Jo | Jean | Barry | Bruce (RBIS) | Barry | |||||
| 2nd | Debbie | Jean | --- | Clive | Zak | Christine | |||||
| 3rd | Jean | Christine | --- | Paul | Barry | Jo | |||||
| 4th | Barry | Barry | --- | Jean | Jo | Carl | |||||
| 5th | Carl T | ---- | --- | Matt | Jean | Jean | |||||
| NOVICE | 7 CAPTION |
8 BIRDS |
9 ABSRACT |
10 B/W ANY SBJ |
11 FLOWERS |
12 REFLECTIONS |
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| 1st | Jo | Jo | Barry (BIS) (BISW) | Christine | Jo | Bruce | |||||
| 2nd | Christine | Jean | Jean | Paul | Debbie | Barry | |||||
| 3rd | Barry | Carl T | Jo | Barry | Jean | Jo | |||||
| 4th | Bruce | Carl L | Bruce | Jo | Barry | Yvonne | |||||
| 5th | Jean | Paul | Debbie | Yvonne | Paul | Jean | |||||
| NOVICE | 13 OLD MACHRY |
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| 1st | Jean | BIS = Best in Section | |||||||||
| 2nd | Jo | RBIS = Reserve Best in Section | |||||||||
| 3rd | Barry | BISW = Best in Show | |||||||||
| 4th | Debbie | RBISW = Reserve Best in Show | |||||||||
| 5th | Christine | ||||||||||
| OPEN | 1 PPL@WORK |
2 CHURCH(S) |
3 B/W PORTRAIT |
4 ICONIC CWALL |
5 TREE(S) |
6 BLUE |
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| 1st | Lisa | Vickie | Lyn (BIS) (RBISW) | Lisa | Vickie | Vickie (BIS) | |||||
| 2nd | Brian | Lyn | Vickie | Bob | Lisa | Lisa | |||||
| 3rd | Bonnie | Lisa | Bonnie | Vickie | Brian | Brian | |||||
| 4th | Bob | Bonnie | Jen | Bonnie | Bob | Bob | |||||
| 5th | Lyn | Jen | Brian | Brian | Bonnie | Bonnie | |||||
| OPEN | 7 RIVER |
8 LANDSCAPE |
9 PERSONALITY |
10 FUN |
11 FLOWER |
12 LAST WEEK |
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| 1st | Vickie | Brian | Lyn | Brian | Lisa | Lisa | |||||
| 2nd | Lisa | Lisa | Vickie | Lyn | Brian | Brian | |||||
| 3rd | Bob | Lyn | Lisa | Vickie | Lyn | Vickie | |||||
| 4th | Lyn | Vickie | Bob | Lisa | Bob | Lyn | |||||
| 5th | Brian | Bonnie | Bonnie | Bonnie | Jen | Jen | |||||
| OPEN | 13 VINTAGE |
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| 1st | Vickie | BIS = Best in Section | |||||||||
| 2nd | Lisa | RBIS = Reserve Best in Section | |||||||||
| 3rd | Brian | BISW = Best in Show | |||||||||
| 4th | Lyn | RBISW = Reserve Best in Show | |||||||||
| 5th | Bob | ||||||||||
| SPECIAL | 1 ROCKS |
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| 1st | Brian (BIS) | ||
| 2nd | Lyn (RBIS) | ||
| 3rd | Barry | ||
| 4th | Bonnie | ||
| 5th | Jean | ||
| 6th | Lisa | ||
| 7th | Bob | BIS = Best in Section | |
| 8th | Bruce | RBIS = Reserve Best in Section | |
| 9th | Vickie | BISW = Best in Show | |
| 10th | Jo | RBISW = Reserve Best in Show |
| PLACINGS | Novice Section | Points | Open Section | Points | |
| 1st | Barry | 35 | Lisa | 47 | |
| 2nd | Jean | 34 | Vickie | 41 | |
| 3rd | Jo | 32 | Brian | 34 | |
| 4th | Bruce | 20 | Lyn | 31 | |
| 5th | Christine | 17 | Bob | 17 | |
| 6th | Debbie | 11 | Bonnie | 16 |
January Competition - My Best Photo of 2009
There was a huge entry for the first competition of the year. Congratulations to all those who entered, the "BEST SEVEN" in each category were as follows:
| Novice Section | Open Section | |
| 1 | Paul | Vicky |
| 2 | Clive | Lyn |
| 3 | Christine | Mick |
| 4 | Barry | Lisa |
| 5 | Zak | Bob |
| 6 | Paul | Darren |
| 7 | Debbie | Lisa |
I can only put on the site the images that people give/send to me in electronic format.
December Competition - Machinery
Congratulations to Jean (novice), and Lyn (open)
I can only put on the site the images that people give/send to me in electronic format.
November Competition - Texture
Congratulations to Keith (novice), and Bonnie (open)
I can only put on the site the images that people give/send to me in electronic format.
October Competition - View through a Window
Congratulations to Mick (novice), and Brian (open)
I can only put on the site the images that people give/send to me in
electronic format.
If you would like to see your competition entry then please send it
to me and it can be added.
September Competition - Shadows (hope you like the new format|)
Congratulations to Bob (novice), and Bonnie (open)
I can only put on the site the images that people give/send to me in
electronic format.
If you would like to see your competition entry then please send it
to me and it can be added.
Recent Winners
- Monthly Theme August - "Contrasts"-
Open Section
Congratulations to Lyn
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- Monthly Theme July - "Contrasts"-
Novice Section
Congratulations to Lisa
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- Monthly Theme July - "Kids and Childhood"-
OPEN Section
Congratulations to Jen
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Taken at the Bugle Band Festival 2009 Technical Info: Samsung S1050, 1/250sec F5.3 @ISO 80 |
- Monthly Theme July - "Kids and Childhood"-
Novice Section
Congratulations to Lyn
![]() Taken in the Rain at Trevithick Day, Camborne Technical Info: Sony a200 with Tokina 100-300 lens (full zoom 300mm). 1/320sec f7.1 ISO400 |
- Monthly Theme June - "Action"-
OPEN Section
Congratulations to Brian P
![]() Technical Info: Canon SX1 IS - Max Zoom 1/250sec f5.6 |
- Monthly Theme April - "Action"-
Novice Section
Congratulations to Vici
![]() Technical Info: FinePix S9600. 1/1200sec, f3.8 ISO 200 |
- Monthly Theme April - "Animals"-
OPEN Section
Congratulations to Bonnie
![]() Technical Info: Nikon DX40 1/160sec @f 6.3 ISO 100 |
- Monthly Theme April - "Animals"-
Novice Section
Congratulations to Jen
![]() Technical Info: Samsung 1050 1/250sec @ f5.3 ISO 80 |
- Monthly Theme - March "straight from
camera to print- no manipulation of any type permitted"
Congratulations to Brian P (again - yawn !)
![]() Technical Info: Canon SX1 IS - set on P (program) zoom=180mm 1/500sec @f4.5 The story behind the photo Trevithick day was wet this year so I took my "second camera" a Canon SX1 IS, wrapped in a plastic bag. This was my best shot to the day taken and the steam engines set off on their parade around the town. I tried to capture the atmospheric nature of the driver through the steam. This was the best of six photos taken in rapid succession. I felt it had just the right amount of steam. |
- Monthly Theme - March "Wildlife" Congratulations to Brian P
![]() Technical Info: Sony a350 180mm 1/250sec @f8 The story behind the photo I had been watching this female chaffinch visiting out garden over several days but my efforts to photograph it had been fruitless. So I bought some mealworms and put them in a hanging basket and over a two or three days the chaffinch go used to feeding from there. I was then able to hake this shot handheld through the open patio doors as she came to feed one day. |
- Monthly Theme - February "Slow Shutter Speed" Congratulations to Brian P
![]() Technical Info: Sony a350 35mm 20sec @f32 with NDx8 filter The story behind the photo Over a week I visited Godrevy three times in differing light conditions and experimented with different combinations of shutter speed and aperture. This particular photo was taken at about 3:30 on a February afternoon. There was a moderate south-westerly wind. With the camera mounted on a tripod and positioned on the rocks near the National Trust Car Park, I took a number of shots. I kept the tripod at its lowest height to prevent it catching the wind and used the camera's self timer to keep camera shake to a minimum. With my Sony a350 set to ISO 100 and on aperture priority I set my 18-250 zoom to 35mm and stopped it right down to f32, to allow an even slower shutter I used a Cokin ND8 filter and was able to bring the shutter speed down to about 20sec and blur the sea nicely. |
- Monthly Theme - January "My Best Photo of 2008" Congratulations to Vicky
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- Monthly Theme - November
"Emotion" Congratulations to
Bonnie

- Monthly Theme - October
"Feet"
Congratulations to Darren

- Monthly Theme - September:
"Water" Congratulations to Maureen











