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Houston Photochrome Club

Volume MMXVI No. 10 October 2016

www.houstonphotochromeclub.org

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Deadline for digital submission…

All digital entries must be sent

to

Carmen Sewell

csewell3@comcast.net

by October 8

Entries received after that will not be

eligible for October Competition

FYI… the deadline is always the

Saturday before the

competition meeting.

October Meeting

Grand Canyon Adventure

by Allen Wilson

Ten of us flew from Houston to Phoenix, rented a van and took off for the South Rim of the Grand Canyon just northwest of Flagstaff, Arizona. Of the ten, all have been or are serious marathoners except me. Only four have ever done any seri-ous Grand Canyon hiking. One of the others volunteered to drive the van around to the North Rim, about a 5 hour drive. This is needed as it is a bit of a sag wagon if someone gets into trouble. One or two had indicated in ad-vance they may not do the hike back so this was perfect. We were blessed with perfect weather and left the South Kaibab trailhead about 5:30 am for the first leg of the 21 mile S to N trek. Fast at first as it was downhill but the newbies were tentative. Down 4,000 feet and then up 5,000 feet… To find out what happened next join us

at he Meeting 7pm October 13 at the

Tracy Gee Community Center, 3599

Westcenter Drive, which is one block in-

side Beltway 8 between Westpark and

Richmond.

Grand Canyon Arizona by Allen Wilson

Cookies for October

Donnie walton

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Winners of the Nelson Water

Garden Contest Announced

The Nelson Water Gardens Field Trip Photo Contest received fourteen entries from seven contestants. The entries were judged by Joe Sandler, Guy Gray, David Farrior, and Keith Gog-gin. Joe is a former HPC president, a PSA member, and a current member of the Houston Camera Club. Guy is a for-mer member of our club. Guy has had his photography published in calendars and in Texas Monthly magazine. David is a pro-fessional photographer in Dayton, Ohio. For about 25 years, David practiced his craft in the desert cities of Southern Cali-fornia. Keith is a member of the Houston Camera Club The judges were very impressed with the entries. After much review, discussion and consideration, the judges were polled, and the results of their deliberation are as fol-lows: 1st Place: "Blue Dragonfly on Purple Waterlily" .........by Julie Cheng 2nd Place: "Green Damselfly Hanging on Waterlily".........by Julie Cheng 3rd Place: White Lotus …..By Carmen Sewell Congratulations to Julie and Carmen! They will receive prints of their respective en-tries. Please be sure to congratulate Julie and Carmen at our next meeting. Thank you to everyone who attended the July field trip to Nelson Water Gardens and a big thank you goes to those who en-tered images in the contest.

Mark Farrior

1st Place “Blue Dragonfly on Purple Water Lily"

2nd Place: "Green Damselfly Hanging on Water Lilly".

3rd Place: White Lotus

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ATTENTION:

All Competition Participants

Images must be submitted according to club guidelines or your image may not be included in the monthly competition Please follow the sizing instructions carefully: A horizontal image cannot be longer than 1280 pixels along the horizontal side; A vertical image cannot be longer than 800 pixels along the vertical side. ( Vertical images cannot be sized 1280 pixels along the vertical side!) The size of the JPEG image is not to exceed 1MB.( See above for pixel size.)

NEW INFORMATION 4/1/2016

Rename the image according to the guidelines below. For example: An Assignment image by John Brown would appear as AS_Assignment_BrownJ.jpg (Use “M” for Monochrome and “O” for Open categories.) DO NOT use first names, nicknames or ini-tials only, for identification. Also, the size of the title is limited to 35 characters when naming images. It is important that the guidelines for naming files be followed when submitting images for the monthly competitions otherwise you run the risk of not being credited with your entries.

Images that are not easily identi-fied will be discarded.

Inter Club Results Since we were the judging Club for GSCCC Projected Images Nature Competition there will be no results for us for September.

Thanks to those who helped out at the GSCCC Nature Competition judging this month. Jane Ashley Interclub Chair

Eerie Blacklight

October Workshop

It's been awhile since we had a Blacklight

Workshop and they are a lot of fun. It's

surprising how many things we see every

day will pop under a black light. Vasoline

glass items are particularly good. We will

provide the required lights and some props

for a minimum of 3 set ups. Bring your tri-

pod and camera , lens and props that you

want to shoot in addition to the ones pro-

vided. Workshop will be on October 27,

7:00PM at the Tracy Gee Center.

Blacklight images from

previous workshops.

Top Left is Vasoline Glass

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Assignment Categories 2016-2017 The Assignment list is: October – Architecture This assignment follows the presentation by Richard Payne on photographing architecture in June and gives another chance to use what you have learned. November – Sunset or Sunrise Since we no longer separate nature and pictorial as assignment categories, these images may have human elements. December–Street photography Street photography is photography that fea tures unmediated chance encounters and random incidents within public places. Street photography does not necessitate the presence of a street or even the urban environment January 2017 Landscape/Seascape Another category that is eligible with human elements in it. February 2017 Holiday scenes. A scene from any recognizable holiday such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memo rial Day, Halloween , etc. March 2017 People Candid Unplanned photos of people . (Street Photography} April 2017 Abstracts Abstract photography concentrates on shape, form, color, pattern and texture. The viewer is often unable to see the whole object. May 2017 Domestic Animals Pets or Livestock such as but not limited to horses, cattle, sheep, goats etc June 2017 Springtime Images that say spring :flowers, baby ani-mals such as lambs baby birds etc

Assignment Categories {continued}

July 2017 Only in Houston Images that can be taken no other place but Houston. August 2017 Vehicles Your choice of travel conveyances. September 2017 Shadows Iimages that show the shadow of subject rather than the subject itself. October 2017 Panorama Images with wide vistas. November 2017 Close-Up Nature Zoom in on nature subjects to get fine detail.

December 2017 Silhouette

Back lit images.

Remember that assignment images must have been shot within 12 months, prior to competition meeting for that assignment . Because of this restriction, we will now choose the categories a year in ad-vance of the category date ,for your convenience. ( This list will also appear in the Reflex News each month, in case you forget.)

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September 2016 Competition

Judges: James Gamble, Scott Meyer. Stephanie Rudd,

Assignment-Winged Creatures Open

Swan Mom and Baby Janet Chung 24 Lavender Fields Forever Stephanie Rudd 23

Painted Bunting Carmen Sewell 22 Watchful Eyes Scott Meyer 23

Heavy Load Philip Tan 21 Two Butterflies C.T. Edwards 22

Lilac Breasted Roller F. Joe Schmitt 21 Pelicano Rob Mood 22

Swimming thru Reflections Joe Smith 21 Cardinal Drinking Jane Ashley 21

Flamingo Close-up Jane Ashley 20 Leopard in a Tree F. Joe Schmitt 21

Juvie Ibis Rob Mood 19 Great Egret in Flight Joe Smith 21

Butterfly on Leave C.T. Edwards 19 Lonely Frog James Gamble 21

Blue Dasher James Gamble 18 Snorting in the Snow Scott Meyer 21

Delicate Songbirds Donnie Walton 17 Little Bee Eater F. Joe Schmitt 21

10 images 20.2 avg. Pelican Chicks Feeding Joe Smith 21

Portrait of Shana James Gamble 21

Monochrome Two Birds Helen Weng Pan 21

Droplet Reflections Philip Tan 21 Orchid Island Fishing Boat Janet Chung 20

Poudre Lake Scott Meyer 21 Great Blue Rob Mood 20

New Born Helen Weng Pan 21 Preying Mantis Reflected Jane Ashley 20

Brussels Shopping Mall Jane Ashley 20 Embrace Philip Tan 20

African Boy F. Joe Schmitt 20 Twin Rainbows Carmen Sewell 20

Mountain and Ice Stephanie Rudd 20 Boat House Janet Tan 20

Texture of Wood James Gamble 20 Sniffing Around Philip Tan 19

John Durr Rob Mood 19 Irish Coast 2 Carmen Sewell 19

Wired Wool Carmen Sewell 19 Sand Painting Janet Tan 19

Solitude at San Luis Pass Joe Smith 18 New Orleans Cathedral C.T. Edwards 19

Train Steam Engine Donnie Walton 18 A Walk in the Woods Donnie Walton 19

11 images 19.7 avg. Resting Janet Chung 19

General Sam Houston Stephanie Rudd 18

Castle Helen Weng Pan 18

Colorful Stairs Donnie Walton 18

Total Entries - 49 28 images 20.2 avg.

Sept. Avg. - 20.1

Photographers - 14

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Houston Photochrome Club is a member of the Gulf States Camera Club Council and the Photographic Society of America