Tygerberg Photographic Society - March 2015

The set subject for this month was "Sunsets or sunrises". I've taken so many of these over the years that it should have been easy to find two images to submit that would have eared Gold ratings. But, I decided to be clever, and enter an image that would stand out from the rest (the "Cold sunset" image - first one shown below), and it did, but not in the way I had hoped! With hindsight, I think the judge (and everyone else) wanted to see a sunset with the rich warm colours one normally associates with that time of day, so that image only earned a Silver rating. All my other submissions, however, earned Golds. All in all a good month!

As usual, just click on the image for a larger version. Titles and ratings can be seen on the TPS page (link on menu bar).

I must also just say that I really enjoyed playing with the macro images. The colours, lighting and reflections really have made the marbles a very special project, and the colours and detail that came out of photographing the pink butterfly bush were very special indeed!

Tygerberg Photographic Society - January 2015

Set subject for the month: Black and White. 

Real highs and lows during this particular competition. My photo of two dahlias featured as runner-up in the set subject print section, while the digital submission of the black and white sunset got me my first Bronze! In fairness to myself, though, our projector was displaying the images much brighter than what they were actually, and the photo looked completely blown out when shown on the screen. There was a number of images from different members that suffered the same fate.

The images entered into the "Open" category can be seen on the TPS Entries page (link is on the menu bar). 

As usual, please click on the images for the large versions.

Sunset with the fishermen - 4 September 2014

It's the first time in eight years that we have seen this many fishing boats out in our bay. Here are just three images to share. Click on them to see full-size.

Hope your evening was as beautiful.

Birthday weekend in Melkbos

What a special weekend to celebrate 67 years! Please click on the photos to see the larger versions.







We arrived on Friday late morning to see 
the bay full of whales

Friday's sunset was clear and crisp












Saturday evening gave us the mist

And we ended off the Birthday with this prelude to a beautiful hazy sunset






My sincerest thanks to all of you who have made this a very special birthday - especially my wife Jacqui, plus all the friends and family members who phoned or sent Facebook and text messages. You are all awesome!