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Cape Camera October 2023

In the News

Dates to remember! Recent salon acceptances
5 November: Entries for the CTPS annual competition
closes. Enter up to two images in each of the 8 compe- In the recent Midlens Salon five CTPS members earned
titions to stand a chance to win a medal. Enter on Pho- 19 acceptances.
tovault. • Lesley Parolis – 7 acceptances: 1 in Nature-Birds Only,
10 November : 2 in Scapes, 2 in PJ and Sport and 2 in Monochrome.
Opening of the Cele- • Neels Beyers – 5 acceptances: 1 in Nature-Birds
bration of Photogra- Only, 2 in Scapes and 2 in PJ and Sport.
phy featuring 21 • Nicol du Toit – 4 acceptances: 1 in Nature-Birds
Western Cape clubs Only and 3 in Scapes.
at Groot Constantia • Brian Jones – 2 acceptances in Scapes.
wine tasting cellar • Lambe Parolis – 1 acceptance in Scapes.
by Martin Barber.
The exhibition is cu- Five CTPS members got 10 acceptances in the recent
rated and hosted Maritzburg salon.
by CTPS and is on • Nicol du Toit – 4 acceptances: one each in Nature
until 31 December. Brids Only, Nature - No Birds, Open Colour and Red -
The opening func- Colour.
tion is almost full • Neels Beyers – 2 acceptances: one each in Nature -
— email nicol@ No Birds and Red - Colour.
sportstrader.co.za • Anna Engelhardt – 2 acceptances in Open Mono-
to enquire about chrome and Red - Colour.
available space. • Simon Mouton – 1 acceptance in Open Colour.
11 November: • Lambe Parolis – 1 acceptance in Open Colour.
Martin Barber’s presentation that is going to rock you
as he demonstrates how your photography can become PDI Impala Log after 6 salons
more creative. R200 for two lectures and refreshments.
Book with nicol@sportstrader.co.za. Name PDI PSSA Pos WC Pos
13 November: Join Zoom to watch how the CTPS imag- points
es perform against those of the Scottish club, Kirkcaldy. Nicol du Toit 21 46 8
15 November: David Barnes demonstrates how to use Neels Beyers 14 53 14
layers in Photoshop. At SASNEV. Lesley Parolis 13 54 16
18 November - weather permitting! The long-awaited
birding outing with Vernon Chalmers. Trudi du Toit 11 56 19
6 December: the CTPS Year-End function at Simon’s Anna Engelhardt 10 57 20
Function room at Groot Constantia Wine Estate. Brian Jones 3 64 31
Jonathan Burchell 2 65 33

Welcome to 4 new members Lambe Parolis 2 65 33
A warm welcome to our new members who Simon Mouton 2 65 33
joined CTPS this month. Chris Coetzer from Big Evelyn Gibson 1 66 39
Bay is a retired, self-taught, wildlife photogra-
pher, who had a few of his Kgalagadi photos in- The current PDI Impala log results published on the PSSA
cluded in the exhibition in the SanParks informa- website, shows the acceptance points earned by pho-
tion room at Twee Rivieren. Andrew Bell from tographers in the first six salons of the year. Ten CTPS
Goodwood and Christa Maling from Claremont members have earned acceptance points so far. In the ta-
were both inspired join to CTPS when they at- ble above their positions on the national log (PSSA Pos)
tended a talk by Kyle Goetsch. Alex Jordaan is and among the 44 entrants from the Western Cape (WC
Pos) are indicated.
an adventurer, biker and photographer who en-
joys long-exposure astrophotography. He was Theo Potgieter (#26 on the PSSA log) and Mariana Visser
convinced to join CTPS by a visitor to his recent (#43 on the log) are Tafelberg members who joined CTPS
photographic exhibition. as one of their additional clubs. Theo is the WC member
with the second most points on the log.

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