Competition Topics 2024

February (digital) – Open Gippsland: Any subject, any style.  Whatever takes your fancy or captures your imagination as long as your image is taken in Gippsland. For this exercise Gippsland is the local government areas of Bass Coast, Baw Baw, East Gippsland, Latrobe, South Gippsland and Wellington.
 

March (digital) – Colour me yellow: any subject depicting the colour “Yellow” or shades of Yellow (beige, lemon yellow, canary yellow, golden yellow, etc).
 

April (print) – Macro/Close Up: Macro is about shooting extremely close to your small subject. Close-up means you're just shooting at a short distance from the subject. Subjects may be animate or inanimate - a watch mechanism or butterfly wing, a pin head or a gnat’s knee. By moving in closer you start to see new details that were just a blur from a distance. 
 

May (digital) - Out of the box: a single exposure on any subject with no post-exposure adjustments (apart from cropping). No in-camera fancy effects or stacking, no LightRoom adjustments and no JPEG output sharpening. Focus on the moment and think about the image you want and how you will get it.
 

June (digital) – Autumn: It's a season of contrasts: the vibrant gold and red leaves against the clear blue sky, soft, misty mornings that cast a dreamy atmosphere, the fading daylight that creates a soft, ethereal glow, and the interplay between light and shadow that lends depth to every scene. Capture the visual poetry that autumn offers.
 

July (digital): Abstract: An abstract photograph may isolate a fragment of a scene to remove its inherent context from the viewer. It may be purposely staged to create a seemingly unreal appearance from real objects, or it may involve the use of colour, light, shadow, texture, shape and/or form to convey a feeling, sensation or impression. It communicates through these means but represents the subject in a less literal approach than usual. 
 

August (print) - Monochrome: Monochrome photography is when the entire image is recorded and represented by differing amounts of light instead of different hues. Black and white photography is the most prominent example of monochrome photography, as it represents subjects in varying shades of neutral grey but includes no other colours. Other hues besides grey, such as sepia, cyan, blue, or brown can be used in a monochrome image if there is only one hue in any one image.
 

September (digital) - Windows & Doors: any type of window and/or door. Open or closed, through the opening or the item itself or with others. It could frame something else, but the story is about the door or window.
 

October (digital) - Leading Lines: Make use of leading lines to draw the viewer to the point of interest in your image. Use the lines to help tell the story. For example, straight lines, curves, shadow, light, roads, rails, tracks or trails, lines of nature, sunrays, branches, waves etc.
 

November (digital) - Treasure Hunt: Our annual fun day out. You can’t plan ahead for this one. We will keep you posted!!! 
 

December (print) – Open:  Any subject, any style.  Whatever takes your fancy or captures your imagination but this time your image can be taken anywhere.