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January 2024 Cape Camera
CAPE CAMERA WHAT’S INSIDE
CAPE CAMERA News from the CTPS Council
March 2024 03 Decisions and future plans you need to know about.
04 In the news
Performances of members and important news and
reminders.
06 Salon news
Member salon acceptances and ranking on the Im-
pala Trophy table, plus delivery of print entries to
Calitzdorp.
07 GIP Salon acceptances
Official Newsletter
CAPE TOWN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY CTPS members earned numerous awards and ac-
ceptances in the GIP circuit.
Our man from Munster • How to capture long exposures and F1 boats
08 Member profile: Ivan O'Riordan
On The Cover Our member from Limerick is one of the photogra-
Good morning sunshine by Lesley Parolis phers of the Munster rugby team supporters' club.
was one of the high-scoring images in our
March club competition.
Lesley explains how she captured the 10 Capturing Formula1 boat racing
shot: "We have a bird feeder in our gar- Dave Gordon describes the how, what and when you
den, and I love to watch the little sunbirds
coming in to feed in the early morning. can capture exciting Formula1 boat racing images.
We have the orange breasted, amethyst
(or black), southern double collared and The club outing to Green Point
sometimes the malachite sunbirds visit- 12
ing. It is especially rewarding to photo- Members captured some dramatic sunset scenes on
graph them in their breeding plumage. the recent outing to Green Point.
"One lovely sunny morning I was out
early watching the birds and as the light Long exposure photography explained
peeped over the trees, it caught the little 14
orange breasted sunbird lighting him up Steff Hughes provides some tips on making the most
beautifully. of long exposure photography.
"Fortunately, he sat on the twig for a short
while and I was ready with my 400mm The next E&D meeting
lens and managed to capture this image. 16 French photographer Valérie Jardin will be talking
"I was shooting handheld as one must be
agile to capture these birds as they move about street photography at our next E&D meeting.
so quickly. My shutter speed was 1/800s,
aperture f4.5 and iso 1000. PSSA entries for March
"I processed the raw file using DXO Pure 17 The winning senior and junior images entered in the
Raw3 and followed that up with a few ed-
its in Adobe Lightroom." PSSA monthly club competition..
CTPS was founded in 18 Winning entries in March
1890. It became a The images that won the different categories and ad-
founding member vancement levels, with comments from the judges..
of the Photographic
Society of South
Africa in 1954 and 25 High-scoring images in March
has been affiliated Images that scored 24 and above in the March club
to PSSA ever since. competition.
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