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May 2022 Cape Camera

CAPE CAMERA WHAT’S INSIDE

Editorial Team

Editor/Layout Andre Mouton
Competitions: Lesley Parolis
E & D: Kim Stevens
PSSA: Nicol du Toit
Snapshot: Andre Mouton
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ton at andre@motisse.co.za.
Portfolio managers:
Away outings: Richard Goldschmidt
Facebook: Steff Hughes
AV: Ken Woods
Archives: Trudi du Toit
The CTPS Council

President: Jacoba van Zyl
Vice-president: Lesley Parolis 8
Treasurer: Nicol du Toit Some time ago by Marianna Meyer
Secretary: Margaret Collins
Competitions: Lesley Parolis
E & D: Kim Stevens IN THE NEWS.........................................................................................................................2
Outings: Andre Mouton
Venues/PR: Mike De Villiers E & D NEWS............................................................................................................................3
Publications: Anna Engelhardt MAY OUTING.........................................................................................................................4
Webmaster: Andre Mouton MAY WINNING IMAGES...........................................................................................................6
OTHER HIGH-SCORING IMAGES FROM MAY..........................................................8
Refer to website for contact details. THE PHOTO ESSAY - AMBER BRACKEN......................................................................11
CTPS Contact details
Email: info@ctps.co.za
Website: www.ctps.co.za

On the cover

Our front cover image Portrait of a Giraffe by Jessica Nitschke was one of the winning
images in our May competition. " I adored giraffes as a child, so when I first came to
South Africa, giraffes were the number one animal I wanted to see in the wild. More
than ten years and a thousand photographs later, I still love watching giraffes, but
find it challenging to photograph these remarkable creatures in new and interest-
ing ways, particularly from the back of a safari vehicle. This image was taken early
one morning on a game drive in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi park. Although the giraffes were
backlit and very dark, I noticed that oxpeckers were crawling around the head of
one in a visually interesting way. The giraffe was gazing directly towards us, for the
moment indifferent to the birds, and I managed two shots before he shook the ox-
peckers off.
"The image is actually a blend of both shots, as one had the better giraffe expres-
sion, but the other had a more pleasing arrangement of birds; so I combined the two
using masking. The light and color in the overcast morning was not great, so I went
for black and white. Although the sky and clouds were not at all blown out, I chose
nonetheless to white out the sky completely in order to evoke the idea of a studio
portrait. Technical info: Fujifilm X-t3, XF100-400 (@211mm), ISO250, 1/500s, f/5. Pro-
cessed using Capture One, blended in Photoshop," explains Jessica.

1 Cape Town Photographic Society