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The judges seated in the front row are (from left) Nicol du Toit, Friso Woudstra and Dave Gordon from the Western Cape, Trix Jonker,
Adri van Oudheusden and Luana Laubscher (hidden) from the Eastern Cape and Martin Kellerman, Willem Oets and Roger Young judg-
ing for the Garden Route. Lesley Parolis, WC salon administrator, is seated in the second row, third from left.

Unique experience of print circuit judging

The Cape Photographers Print Circuit Salon was judged in front of an audience at congress

The Cape Photographers salon that closed recently was Cape and Eileen Covarr for the Garden Route — cap-
unique in various respects: it was for prints only, it was a tured the scores on the TOP system as in any other salon.
circuit judged by the three regions that comprise Cape Roel was also the main salon administrator and he called
Photographers and it was judged live in front of dele- out the scores recorded by the Eastern Cape judges,
gates to the congress that ended on the 2nd of May. which told entrants how well they performed in one leg
Three judges each from the Western Cape (Dave Gordon of the circuit. It was, once again, an illustration of how the
and Nicol du Toit from CTPS and Friso Woudstra from opinions of judges differ, because Roel announced that
Kleinmond), the Eastern Cape (Adri van Oudheusden, the three regions awarded the same score for only one
Luana Loubser and Trix Jonker) and Garden Route (Mar- or two images.
tin Kellerman, Willem Oets and Roger Young) judged the The bulk of the entrants will have to wait for the official
prints simultaneously on a lightbox. results to find out if they gained acceptances or awards
The three salon administrators — Lesley Parolis for the in the Western Cape and Garden Route sections of the
Western Cape, Roel van Oudheusden for the Eastern circuit.

Neels Beyers admiring some of the entered prints.
Right: The judging viewed from behind.

beyond its original dimensions to create more space
Are you using AI? from p19
around an object. Or adding snow to a scene to change
Tools that introduce elements to an image that have nev- it from summer to winter.
er been captured by the author, are using AI — unless While it might feel as if AI has introduced a whole new
you manually introduce another item from an image you minefield for salon entrants, the PSSA rules makes it
had taken yourself. quite simple: Everything in the presented image must

In-painting, where AI generates pixels to fill a gap or be your own work and must be photographed. That in-
replace an unwanted element, is not permissible. Nor cludes every single element — no matter how small —
is out-painting, which extends the content of an image you use in a composite image or add to a landscape.

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