Tygerberg Photographic Society - March 2016

So after a disappointing February, back with a bang in March! Four entries, four Gold awards! Including a surprising winner in the Set Subject Print section. All photos were taken around the home and nearby locations.

The set subject for the month was "Nature". I remember the winning image specifically, as it was taken at about 5pm on the day that final entries were due. It was a Sunday afternoon and I was really tired, and just about to go and rest the body, when Jacqui came in to the study and said she thought she might have my second entry for the set subject. So off I went to have a look and it was our new Frangipani plant that had started shooting. The cutting looked completely dead, and yet it was producing new shoots. So five shots later and a bit of Photoshop stacking produced the image titled "Never say die".

The digital entry for the set subject section was of a dandelion found at a local dam. The final product reminded me of the New Year's fireworks display, hence the title "Nature's fireworks".

For the open section, I firstly used a photo of two white feathers collected at the same dam as the dandelion. The white feather on the black background looked so similar to the All Blacks' emblem that I called it "All Blacks father and son".  The second image is of a Consol solar light jar that we used while celebrating this year's Earth Hour, suitably titled "Earth Hour 2016".

Needless to say, I was very happy with the judge's ratings for the evening.