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Cape Camera February 2024

Congratulations
to Mariana Vis-
ser, whose image
'Dancing in the
Wild' was select-
ed as the 'Judges
Choice' in the Zion
Photo Awards sa-
lon hosted in Sri
Lanka.

'Green Season' by Jacoba van Zyl earned a Certificate of
Merit in the Bloemfontein Salon.

CTPS Salon results (continued)

CTPS members with other primary clubs who received
acceptances are: Q&A about salons
Francois Roux (Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging)
received 8 acceptances, one of them a COM, Mariana What is the Impala Trophy Log?
Visser of Tafelberg Fotografieklub had four images ac- Every salon entrant who receives an acceptance is en-
cepted and Theo Potgieter, also from Tafelberg was tered on the Impala Trophy log, which shows how many
awarded with two COMs for his three acceptances. points you gained with awards and acceptances after
Ermelo Salon 2024 Results each salon. The Top 10 positions are fiercely contested,
especially the Top 3 in Open, Nature and Mono, and the
Joyce Goldschmidt received five acceptances, includ- overall winner of the Impala Trophy. It is awarded for
ing a COM for Sagrada Ceiling. Other images that were digital images (by far the most prestigious with about a
accepted are Sea of Canola, Sunrise in Valencia 2, Fish- thousand contestants), for print (which our Kim Stevens
ing nets at twilight, and Planetarium after dark. won last year) and AV, which was won by Ken Woods last
year. For salon entrants further down the table the Im-
Lesley Parolis also received five acceptances for El- pala Log provides an opportunity to measure their own
ephant rush hour, Abide here a while, Scattering star- progress against that of their peers. See more here.
dust, Hannah and Kyle and Maligne Lake in the Cana-
dian Rockies. What is the Premier Club competition?
Richard Goldschmidt gained acceptances for Va- The points earned by members who enter for a specific
lencia at night, Sagrada Familias Columns, and Valen- club are added together for this competition, contested by
cia Museum and Planetarium. clubs nationally and per region. The top club in each region
Neels Beyers succeeded with acceptances for Kogel- during each competition year receives a certificate.
baai in Valsbaai and Dunes Sossus 9106.
Why do salon acceptances and salon points differ?
Jacoba van Zyl gained acceptances for Teal waters The number of acceptances refers to all images that
and Gondola San Marco. were accepted in a salon. Salon points are calculated as
Nicol du Toit received acceptances for Muddy jubila- follows: acceptance =1, Certificate of Merit = 2, runner-
tion and Grand jete Pas de Chat. up or club medal = 3 and the winner (PSSA Silver medal)
= 4 points. Points are only awarded for the first three
Trudi du Toit's Augrabies Kloof and Cinderellas Prince
received acceptances. times that an image receives an acceptance (or award).
Lambe Parolis earned an acceptance with Bosjes What is a Certificate of Merit (COM)
Chapel Western Cape. In local (national salons) the top 20-25% of images en-
tered in a category are "accepted" for the exhibition.
The following CTPS members received acceptances The top 10% of images entered receive a COM. The term
under their other (primary) club name: Francois Roux acceptance refers to the origin of artistic salons where
(Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging) received 9 ac- only a certain number of works were selected (accept-
ceptances, one of them a COM, Mariana Visser of Tafel- ed) to be exhibited. From the end of April up to 30% of
berg Fotografieklub had two images accepted and Theo the images entered will be accepted in FIAP salons.
Potgieter, also from Tafelberg, was awarded a COM.

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