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Magazine of the

Eastern Suburbs

Photographic Society Inc

No A19507Y

Volume 49 Issue 7

August 2016

Down by the Station: Graeme Rippon

ESPS FORMAT - Volume 49 - Issue 7 - August 2016 Page 2

Calendar

August 2016

8pm Wednesday 24 August

Competition Meeting: Open

September 2016

Tuesday 6 September

Committee Meeting

8pm Wednesday 14 September

General Meeting

Wednesday 21 September

FORMAT available online

8pm Wednesday 28 September

Competition Meeting: “Leading Lines”

October 2016

Tuesday 4 October

Committee Meeting

7-10 October

Weekend Away

8pm Wednesday 12 October

General Meeting

Wednesday 19 October

FORMAT available online

Wednesday 26 October

Competition Meeting: Open

Set Subjects

2016 Competition Subjects

February Open

March Texture

April Open

May Shadows

June Open

July Machine(s)

August Open

September Leading Lines

October Open

November Waterfalls

Also: Berris Stokes nature competition

A discussion of ideas for a forthcoming

Set Subject is often held at the

non-competition meeting on the

second Wednesday of the month.

Entries for competitions for the whole

year are now open on the Visual

Pursuits site. You can change or

replace your photos up until the closing

date for each competition.

Important note!

The excursion to the Organ Pipes National Park on 10 September is

HOWEVER… There’s still time to join the October weekend away.

See the following pages for some

of the photography from the most

recent excursion, and for

information on the October

excursion to the

Seymour area.

Photos: Peter Williams


Another great sunny weather-wise for

the ESPS club outing to Healesville.

Annie and I enjoyed morning tea near

Healesville station while waiting for the

other 14 members and partners.

We purchased our tickets and we had

the two carriages of the Yarra Valley

Tourist train to ourselves. We were

fortunate to have the ticket inspector

on board who talked about points of

interest. There were many photo

opportunities on the 35 minutes return

trip. Then some of us made our way to

Badgers Creek for a very amicable

picnic, while the others went into

town to purchase lunch. We all

met up again, taking lots of photos

of the kookaburras and parrots.

Then we watched the arrival of a

number of vintage cars and a bright

crimson Corvette. We went in

various direction walking and

meeting back again for afternoon

tea in the beautiful surrounds of

Badgers Creek.

Overall it was wonderful ESPS

outing, with great company, great

weather and a bonus of so much

variety.

Social Update Astrid Weise

Photos:

Top & Bottom Right: Astrid Weise

Background & Others: Jenny Vass


More Photos from Healesville Jenny Vass

Clockwise from Top Left:

Travelling First Class

Feeding the Birds

Golden Oldie

Abandoned



Waiting at the station

Top Right: Healesville Racecourse

Left: Oil Cans



Clockwise from Top Left:

Forest Giant

Steaming Barbie

Old Rolling Stock

Ticket Master

Badger Creek

Kookaburra


ESPS Weekend Away

Seymour area, 7th to 10th October

Staying at the Wattle Motel, Seymour.

Cost per night -

Double: $90.00

Twin room: $115.00

Family 2 room, sleeps 6: $150.00

Two night stays are available.

On 30 July, two members and I headed to Seymour to check out the

accommodation and things to do in the area. It was a cold day and we were

rugged up warmly. We stopped off at Yea for morning tea then headed onwards.

The motel rooms were spacious and clean. Across from the motel there is a

Chinese restaurant which served the best ever delicious dim sims and spring roles.

We visited the Information Centre and came out with lots of pamphlets. We then

toured a little in the area, stopping at Trawool for a photo stop. We had a late

lunch at a lay-by and met some interesting people. Then it was homeward bound.

Thanks to Richard Gay for driving Annie Lees and myself. It was a very enjoyable

pleasant day.

There is still time to book a room of your choice, but I have to confirm numbers by

17 September. There is so much to see and photograph. I have an exciting

itinerary planned and we'll visit a place that not many have heard of. Come along

and enjoy great company and lots of photo opportunities.

Contact me via e-mail [email protected] or in person at a meeting.

Cheers, Astrid. Social Secretary

More photos from the

Healesville train:

Above: Jenny Vass

At Left: Richard Gay

More Photos from Healesville

mailto:[email protected]


Theme: Machine(s) July Competition Awards

Competition Results are available on the club’s Visual Pursuits page. You can click on each image there to see it full-size.

Select “Competitions” then “Submit Entries” to go to the competition section. There select “Competitions” then “Competition

Results”. Beside each competition there is a “Select” button; simply click on the button for the competition you wish to view.










How I Did It

Red Hot

by Alan Mackinlay

The “RED HOT Repco Brabham V8” engine powered the late Jack Brabham

to two World Championships and was mounted on a stand in the Ian

Potter Gallery during the “Shifting Gear: Design, Innovation and the

Australian Car” exhibition in mid 2015. For the “Machine(s)” competition I

tidied up the background and added drama with the red tint. The image

was captured on my Nikon D90 using ISO 2000 and a 12-24 Nikon lens at

14mm, 1/20th sec at f 4.0 without flash or tripod.

Graffiti Attack

by Evelyn Ware

This image was captured at a derelict building

beside what was originally a quarry, later

converted into a swimming pool called Surrey

Dive, now Surrey Park, in Box Hill.

Conditions were less than favourable as it was late

afternoon, in heavy shade, at a distance behind a

secure cyclone fence, and I did not have a zoom

lens on hand. (Sony XT100 Mark 3, 25.7 mm)

The original was heavily cropped by about 50% and

the sombre colour converted to Black and

White. Clarity in Lightroom assisted with

sharpness and contrast. Then various applications

of the graduated filter highlighted the

wheel and seriously darkened the

rest. A final painting-in of brightness

on the wheel itself further enhanced

its prominence in the image. With an

ISO of 800 it was necessary to reduce

the noise whilst taking care not to

sacrifice the sharpness. From

Lightroom it was then edited in

Photoshop using the clone tool to

remove spots and distractions before

returning to Lightroom to apply a vignette.

The original image, shown, illustrates the transformation.


How I Did It

Moving Parts

by Evelyn Ware

When visiting The Steam Engine

Museum with ESPS I was fascinated by

this engine. I wanted to capture the

silky sheen of the oil on the moving

metal components. Nikon D7000,

Tamron 18-270 zoom lens at 100mm,

ISO 400, f5.6, 1/50th sec. In order to

keep the ISO no greater than 400, I

risked taking the shot at 1/50th sec

instead of the 1/100th sec that the

100mm focal length required.

In Lightroom I lightly cropped the

image, reduced the highlights,

increased clarity and applied some

sharpening and a light vignette. I did

my usual trial print out on A6 size

glossy paper, then again on metallic

paper expecting a leap in the

impact but surprisingly the image

looked better on the glossy paper.

Click Go the Shears

by Jenny Vass

This photo was taken in 2007 on

a visit to Wirrealpa. The shed was

very dark inside except for the

very bright shaft of light flowing

in through one window. To get

detail in the darkness I set my

Canon 30D, used at that time, at

1000 ISO, f/4 supported against a

beam hand held at 1/15 sec. This

brought out the detail of the

machines but the bright beam of

light was completely blown out.

I selected those areas and

reduced the exposure. Detail was

still lost in some of the floor

boards so I cloned in, at a

reduced transparency, some

boards from surrounding area.

Part of the harness also needed

filling in this way. To enrich the

wall timber and rust of machines

I ran a brilliance and warmth

filter. Finally I did a high pass

filter to add sharpness to

compensate being for hand held.


How I Did It

Old Petrol Meter

by Wirut Khemnak

I took this photograph when I visited Clunes, a former gold mining town. When

I passed by this old gas station, it was the blue colour that caught my eye. I really

liked the texture and rustic look of this scene. I used my Nikon D300 with a Sigma

18-200mm. I captured this scene by zooming out 70mm length using my zoom

lens. I used high aperture about f/8 to make the photo look sharper. When I got

home, I edited the photograph using Photoshop to change it to HDR and also

cropped it to become panoramic format."

Street Machine

by Paul Nador

This image was taken two years ago during one of my regular city walks. I used

my Pentax K30 camera which now is playing second fiddle to the newer K3 model.

I have always been a car enthusiast so I couldn't resist when I saw this mean

looking Lamborghini Murcielago parking in one of the lane-ways of the city.

I chose a low point of view to emphasize the proportions of the car and tried to

fully fill the frame. The monochrome treatment lessens the distractive elements

in the background and the selective red colouring adds some pop to the image.


How I Did It

Steam Train

by Richard Gay

The picture of Puffing Billy was taken some time ago. It was a bit of an

experimental HDR, just really playing around.

Then in Corel it was sharpened. Then I added a orange filter to give it a

grunge earthy look and then cranked up the vibrancy, The colours are

not meant to be real just a bit of a different look. Then just put a

frame around it.

At the August general meeting members

were treated to two excellent

presentations by members.

The first was by Chris Hayward –

“Photographers through history” – which

included about 20 photographers, from

19th century to present day, whose work

he found inspiring and/or interesting. It

included names such as Ansel Adams,

Dorothea Lange, Lewis Carrol, Robert Capa,

Alfred Stieglitz and Australia’s own

Max Dupain.

While I had not heard of many of the

earlier photographers, their work is quite

remarkable considering the equipment and

environments available. The images Chris

presented covered landscape, portraits and

street scenes. Some were quirky, some

experimental and others atmospheric.

One wonders, as Chris pointed out, how

judges would rate some of the iconic

images, such as Max Dupain’s “Sunbaker”?

What would they have said about the

negative space in the lower third (almost

half) of the image. Others had people

facing the edge of the frame — ie no space

August General Meeting Joseph Maher

to move into. I guess it demonstrates that

“rules” can be broken!

After supper, David Simcox’s presentation

was of a selection of images from his recent

trip to southern Africa from Cape Town

through J’burg, Kruger National Park to

Victoria Falls.

As might be expected, many of the images

were of animals –elephants, lions, leopards,

giraffes, birds, etc. some were landscapes of

significant places, such as Table Mountain

with its “table cloth” of cloud.

David related that while some elephants

were not happy with humans being present

other animals (e.g. leopard in tree) were

quite oblivious to humans being nearby.

David explained that it had been a long held

desire to go to southern Africa, especially

Kruger Park, however he was disappointed

at the lack of “smoke” at Victoria Falls, it

being at the end of the dry season.

It was a most interesting night and I hope it

encourages other members to make their

own presentations at future meetings.


Official Information

Eastern Suburbs Photographic Society

Inc No A19507Y

PO Box 187, Forest Hill VIC 3131

Web: www.esps.org.au

Email: [email protected]

Complete details of the Society’s meetings

and competition program can be found in

the Society’s published program on our

website, with updates published in this

magazine from time to time. Further infor-

mation about the Society may also be

found on our website or enquiry email

(both above) or by contacting the appropri-

ate Officer from the list of contacts provid-

ed elsewhere in this magazine.

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this magazine

are not necessarily those of the Society. The Society

does not accept responsibility for those opinions nor

the accuracy of any statements appearing in this

journal.

Membership Fees

$60 pa—Full adult membership.

$55 pa—Each additional family member or partner

living at the same residence as the full member.

$50 pa—Students and holders of a Commonwealth

Government Concession Card.

Payment Methods

By Bank Transfer

BSB: 633000

Account: 131803314

Account Name: Eastern Suburbs Photographic

Society

In the reference field please insert your last name.

Please send a confirmation to Treasurer:

[email protected]

Other method

Cash brought to a meeting of the Society and paid

to the Treasurer.

ESPS meets at the

Pines Senior Citizens Centre,

25 Central Road, Blackburn

(Melway Map 48 A10)

General Meeting

2nd Wednesday each month (not Jan)

Competition Meeting

4th Wednesday each month (not Dec)

All photos appearing in the Format

magazine and on the ESPS web site are

copyright of their respective

photographers and may not be used or

reproduced elsewhere without

permission.

Please contact the Secretary or President

if you wish to be put in contact with a

photographer about reuse of an image.

2016 ESPS Office Bearers — Committee and [others]

President Wim van Eijk [email protected]

Deputy President Des Lowe

Secretary Alan Mackinlay [email protected]

Treasurer Joseph Maher [email protected]

Competition Steward Des Lowe [email protected]

Entries are submitted online at

esps.visualpursuits.com

Interclub Competition

Steward

Vacant [email protected]

General (Club)

Meetings Coordinator

Roger Vass

[Librarian] Vacant

Membership Officer Des Lowe

Meet & Greet Joseph Maher

Social Secretary Astrid Weise

Minute Secretary Stephen Everett

General Committee More positions

[Webmaster] Vacant [email protected]

[FORMAT Editor] Peter Williams [email protected]

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ESPS Member Gallery If you would like to share one of your own special images—not necessarily a

competition entry—or to nominate another member’s image for inclusion, let us

know at [email protected].

7360 horse power: Paul Nador

Fun Machine: Betty Luders Heart of a Machine: Trixie Corless

Preparing for the Parade: Peter Williams

Old Timer: Ros Osborne

Hidden but not Forgotten: Chris Burt


Documents

Magazine of the Eastern Suburbs Photographic …included names such as Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Lewis arrol, Robert apa, Alfred Stieglitz and Australia’s own Max Dupain. While