Photoshop quicktip #15

Hold down the alt key and press the eye on layers will hide all other layers. Useful if you want to have a quick look at your starting image again. Alt click will turn the other layers back on again.

First get together night success!

On behalf of everyone who turned up - many thanks Graham for organising the night. I'm sure it was most appreciated by all there.

I recall about nine of us being there. Conversations ranged all over - how to use my new camera, what does this mean, what do these settings do, what can I do with raw files; suggestions about cleaning, enhancing and saving images - and I believe we all had a great time. And we all learnt something as well!

I for one would like to see such nights become a regular feature of our club's activities. What do other members feel? Leave a comment here, or have your say at next general meeting. Thanks again Graham.

Thursday 9th April – Open Forum Night

The club rooms will be opened at 7:30 pm. Agenda – none. The idea is to provide members an opportunity to discuss and seek help on matters that there just isn’t enough time for on competition night. Possible discussions points could include
· Photoshop skills
· Suggestions on how to improve a picture of yours
· Bring a picture on a laptop or memory stick and see what others can do with it
· Bring your camera and ask how to use certain features of your new camera
· Ask about camera gear
· Discuss photo processing options
· Borrow magazines from the library
If the night is a success we may consider making the 2nd Thursday of the month a regular event. See you there.

April Competition Results

The set topic for this month was Decay. Congratulations to all place getters.
The photos displayed of the winners were handheld photographed using available light. The fishing line used to support the prints can be seen. Due to the way I did it the quality of the prints have not been fairly represented. Please take this as more of an overview and record of the night. Anybody not wishing to have their work displayed on the internet should contact Graham Dixon. Comments welcomed.

Small prints Set – Decay
1st Galapagus Postbox John Culver
2nd Wolf Ranch John Culver
3rd Urban DK Patti Vallance












Small prints Open

1st Paper Darts John Culver
2nd Clothes Drier John Culver
3rd Frigate Bird Chic John Culver











Set Colour – Decay
1st Better Days Les Lockland
2nd Rusty Metal Graham Dixon
3rd Seen Better Days kate Hope












Open Colour
1st Bush Stream Graham Dixon
2nd Iguana Sunbake John Culver
3rd Bee J and Bessie Kate Hope












Monochrome Set – Decay
1st Decayed Building Graham Dixon
2nd Dead Chic Graham Dixon











Monochrome Open
1st Summer Kate Hope
2nd Seen Better Days Les Lockland













Experimental
1st Birds In Flight Graham Dixon
2nd Hay Bales Kate Hope
3rd Gridlock Patti Vallance

South Western Interclub Results

Congratulations to everyone that entered prints and slides in the recent Southwest Interclub competition. Unfortunately Warrnambool was placed third (only just), but we did have some excellent individual results.

Open Colour
Tania Jacobson "Brodie Elder"- First Place - 15pts
Les Lockland "Deserted"- Third Place - 14pts
Graham Dixon "Hopkins Mouth"- Commended - 13pts

Colour Set Subject (Macro)
Craig Homberg "Pretty Flower" - Third Place - 14pts
John Culver "Fungi 2" - Commended -13pts

Open Monochromatic
Tania Jacobson "Reflections" - First Place -15pts
Patti Vallance "Early Morning Lady Bay" - Third Place -13pts
Les Lockland "Soaped Up"- Commended - 12pts

Monochromatic Set Subject (Abstract)
Shane Vallance "Aliens Above" - Second Place - 13pts
Kate Hope "Sand" - Third Place -12pts

Small Print (Novice)
Leigh Borchard "Scotch Thistle" - Highly Commended - 13pts
Joey Vallance "Reflection" - Commended -12pts

Slides/EDPI
Craig Homberg "Russell Falls"- Commended - 12pts

Overall Results
Colac 437
Portland 421
Warrnambool 418

Well Done everyone. Special congratulations to Tania.