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Cape Camera April 2024

AV News

Superb achievements by CTPS AV makers

CTPS AV makers received two medals, a COM and two depicting the “harmony of light and shades of colour in
acceptances in the Port Elizabeth Camera Club (PECC) a macro view of the flower.”
International AV salon. These are wonderful achieve- His AV Field of Yellow described as “harmony of light and
ments in the light of the stiff international competition. colour in the canola fields of the Overberg” earned an
A total of 133 entries were received – 109 of them in Open acceptance in this category.
and 24 in Photo Harmony – with 26% of the entries from AV boffins and CTPS members Joan and Clive Rathband
the UK, 20% from Australia and 19% from South Africa. were again rewarded for their great work: they were
Other entrants came from the Netherlands, France, Italy, awarded the PSSA Bronze medal for their hauntingly
Ireland, Belgium, Slovakia and one from Canada. beautiful rendition of images accompanying the African
CTPS AV convenor Ken Woods was among the winners: hymn Ukuthula .
he received a FIAP Gold Medal in the Photo Harmony They also received a COM in the Open category for
category for the AV Harmony in Pink. He describes it as Heartbreak, inspired by a visit to the Kruger National
Park during the drought. They say “The global influence
of El Nino caused a severe and prolonged drought in
the South African Lowveld region. It brought about ex-
treme suffering and death to the wildlife in the Kruger
National Park.”
“Old Bottles” earned CTPS member John Arseniou an ac-
ceptance in Photo Harmony. “I saw these old bottles in a
museum and could not resist the temptation to photo-
graph them,” he says.

The salon’s results will be shown via zoom on Saturday
11 May 2024 at 11:00.

If you are interested in AV-making or want to join Ken
Woods' AV group, contact him on av@ctps.co.za. Also
see more on the CTPS website here.

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