Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia

Here are some of the remaining PSA Scores from several of the divisions.

EID Division – Judged May 17th by Foto Club Quilmes – Argentina (out of 15)

Water Lily – Hubert Boudreau – 6
Posing Bluebird Female on Twig – Marian Boyer – 9
Peek-A-Book Kitty – Joyce Chew – 6
Golden Edged Tulips – Jen Fried – 6
Apprentice Blacksmith – Ken Renton – 8
Seasmoke Over Grand Canal – Keith Vaughn – 10 (HM)

At the end of the season, we stand 15th out of 21 clubs who participated.

Nature – Judged by F/67 Camera Club – Washington (out of 15)

Two Hungry Moorhen Chicks with Mom – Marian Boyer – 10
Catching The Wind – Joyce Chew – 9
Two Burchill Zebras – Nanciellen Davies – 8
Elk In Thicket – Viki Gaul – 9
Honey Bee – George Mitchell – 10
Bryce Canyon Mini Wall – John Wm Webb – 8

At the end of the season, we stand at 16th place out of 26 clubs in the B group.

Photo Travel – Judged by Gem State Camera Club (out of 15)

Painted Ladies of San Francisco – Marian Boyer – 12
Time Square New York – Carolyn Renton – 12
Harbin Ice Sculpture – Nanciellen Davies – 11
Camel Ride – Keith Vaughn – 11
Chapel Bell Trio – Joyce Chew – 10
Slot Canyon – Viki Gaul – 10

At the end of the season, we stand 9th out of 32 clubs.

PJ – Judged by Gulf States Camera Club, Corpus Christie, Texas (out of 15)

Sure Winner – Tanya Elson – 8

C-4 200 – Laszlo Podor – 7

Wheelie Wave – Charles Plant – 6

Attack of the Pride of Baltimore – Nanciellen Davies – 6

Flying at Cheer Expo – Peter Steeper – 9

Hard Hit – Mike McCarthy – 7

At the end of the season, we ranked 7th out of 18 clubs.

I’m still waiting for the final Creative judging, but the most recent scores are from the

November Creative competition are as follows:

Solitary Yellow Iris – Marian Boyer – 10

Butterfly Intercept – Bob Kerr – 12

Genie In A Box – Mike McCarthy – 11

Ghost Ship – Marg Nolen – 12

The Clogs – Ken Renton – 13

Cara Pin-Up 1 – Mike McCarthy – 14 (HM)

PGNS
Program Change Highlights for 2009/2010
September 2009

1) New Trophy

Mervyn Kumar-Misir has generously donated a new trophy to be awarded annually to the person with the highest cumulative score in Guild and CAPA Theme Competitions.

2) Print Competition Entries

Prints no longer need to be mounted for Guild, CAPA or PSA competitions. Prints that are not mounted will be the new norm. However, previously mounted prints may be entered in PSA and CAPA competitions. Print images should be a minimum of 80 square inches e g 8 by 10 .

3) Additional Digital Competition

An additional digital competition has been added to balance with the John Wm Webb original slide night. The rules are identical to a Guild Competition i e maximum total of 7 entries with no more than 2 entries per category; and all images must be new (never previously entered in any competition at the Guild.)

4) Trophy Calculations

CAPA pictorial slides will not count towards the Tim Randall Trophy for cumulative pictorial score. CAPA and PSA slides will not count towards the Cyril Smith Trophy for cumulative nature score. All CAPA and PSA slides will now count towards the John Wm Webb Trophy for slides (in addition to slides entered in the four regular Guild competitions and the JWW special slide competition.)

5) CAPA Changes

All entries in CAPA competitions must be taken within the two year period before the competition closing date. i e the date by which club entries are to be submitted by the Guild. So, for example, in the case of the CAPA competition scheduled for the Guild on September 20, the closing date for our submission of entries is October 30th. Therefore all images for the competition must have been taken after October 30th 2007. Timing requirements for all other CAPA competitions will be posted in the schedule on our website in due course.

CAPA has a new Altered Reality Competition where images must be “heavily manipulated” and obviously creatively enhanced. This includes, but is not limited to, composites, creative filters, etc. The images are not meant to look like a regular photograph.

CAPA no longer has the rule for the Nature Category that : No more than 20% of the original image may be cropped.

CAPA print images must be a minimum of 80 square inches in size, excluding any digital mat area.

6) PSA Print Competition Changes

The Guild will be competing in 4 PSA print categories:

- Large Colour Print
- Small Colour Print
- Large Monochrome Print
- Small Monochrome Print

There will no longer be a distinction between prints made by the “Maker” and those produced commercially “Trade”. Both types of prints can be entered in any of the four categories.

Maximum dimension for a small print is 96 square inches e g 8 by 12 inches
Maximum dimension for a large print is 16 by 20 inches.

The Monochrome categories include black and white, sepia tone, and allows one highlight colour.

In each PSA print competition, members may enter up to four prints with a maximum of 2 per category. For example you could enter one print in each of the four categories, or two prints in Large Colour and two prints in Small Colour. (The rule that only one print per maker per category may be sent away has not changed.)

Just received the February Make-Up returns as well as the May Returns for PSA’s Nature Division – Colour Slide Interclub Competition.

February Images:
“Tri-Colour Heron No.2″ by Keith Vaughn – Scored 12
“Alert Heron” by Eugene Mio – Scored 12
“Frost Lichen & Red Berries” by Joyce Chew – Scored 12
“White Egret” by Keith Vaughn – Scored 13 and received an Honourable Mention
“Mono Lake – Dried Up” by John Wm. Webb – Scored 12
“Emerald Spring Yellowstone” by John Wm. Webb – Scored 11

May Images:
“White Tailed Deer” by Marg Nolan – Scored 12
“Colours on Rocks” by Eugene Mio – Scored 10
“Sunset” by Hubert Boudreau – Scored 11
“Determination” by Eugene Mio – Scored 12
“Jack Pine Forest Foliage” by John Wm. Webb – Scored 11
“Mon. Valley Utahs” by John Wm. Webb – Scored 12

This concluded the competition for the 2008/9 season and leaves PGNS in 2nd place overall out of 13 clubs – 11 of which competed in every competition – 15 points behind the Greater Lynn Photographic Association.

Just received the scores from the May PSA Phototravel International Interclub Competition and without further ado here are results:

“Lucca Piazza” by Colin Campbell – Scored 12
“Havana Style” by Dean Hirtle – Scored 12
“Border Abbey” by Ken Renton – Scored 12
“Yi Festival” by Marg Nolen – Scored 12
“Four Women of Rajasthan” by Keith Vaughn – Scored 12
“Fall Travel” by Nanciellen Davis – Scored 13

Each image was judged by three judges who scored between 1 to 5 each for a possible total high score of 15. No images received awards from this round.

This was the final round of PT for the 2008/9 season which places PGNS in 2nd place overall out of 14 clubs. 2 points behind the West Cumbria Camera Club.