06 Saturday Oct 2012
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You can’t beat Wellington on a good day. Nor can you beat it on a dramatic weather day.
There’s been everything from sun to gale northerlies, and gale southerlies, and heavy showers. We’ve all managed to get out and about and capture some of the drama and the wildlife and the fantastic views from Matiu/Somes.
Here’s just one example of the view towards Wellington city as the southerly and showers arrived around 6 pm this evening.
06 Saturday Oct 2012
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A dozen KCPS members have arrived here safely, for an overnight stay and to take advantage of the many photo opportunities.
This is the beautiful view over Wellington Harbour as we plan the rest of the day.
08 Saturday Sep 2012
Posted in News, PSNZ Notices, Useful Links
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PSNZ has launched a new blog. This has worked well for KCPS, and I’m sure it will for PSNZ as well.
Please click on blog.photography.org.nz to read the launch post from the PSNZ President, our own KCPS member Shona, and more posts as well ….
… and subscribe to follow along with the PSNZ blog, as many more posts are added to keep members of PSNZ and affiliated clubs such as KCPS up to date.
24 Friday Aug 2012
Just to note that today is exactly one year since this blog and web site started up. Thanks all for your support and for following along.
A few statistics:
Below is a graph showing monthly page views for the site for the last year, and a map and list of the top countries (there’s another 36 countries with less than 5 page views) for the last six months.
08 Wednesday Aug 2012
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As photography enthusiasts we concentrate on our efforts on ground-based photography, or sometimes from the air. Photographic imagery is also a valuable tool from space – to assist weather forecasting (of course), and also to monitor ash plumes from volcanoes. The ash can be very dangerous for airline operations, but isn’t always easy to detect when there is lots of cloud around.
A new polar-orbiting satellite was recently launched (Suomi NPP) and NASA has just posted an image from it, showing the ash cloud from Mount Tongariro, around an hour after it erupted late Monday evening. You can see the impressive full image at the NASA site, but below I’ve cropped in to show the central North Island with the ash heading east towards Hawke’s Bay. This image was from around 12:55 am NZ time – note the lights from major population centres as well.
28 Saturday Jul 2012
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This year, for the first time I am aware off, the Kapiti Coast Photographic Society entered the annual Trenna Packer Nature competition.
The results are now out, with the first three places being taken by the Nature Photographic Society, the Pukekohe Franklin Camera Club, and the Greymouth Photography Club. Check out their sets.
We were aware that our entry probably had too many birds, and needed to be more diverse. But I think it was a good effort for a first try, with some excellent images (see below). Thanks to all who submitted images to be considered, and to Carol for helping with the selection. Onwards and upwards for another KCPS entry next year!
Hygrophorus sp – (c) Carol Molineux
Morus Serrator with Nest Material – (c) Neil Gordon
Kotare (Halcyon Sancta) with crab – (c) Gavin Klee
Wind formed patterns on sand dune – (c) Hugh Scott
Kahu (Harrier Hawk) – (c) Gavin Klee
27 Friday Jul 2012
Posted in Exhibitions, News
In association with the World Press Photo Exhibition 2012 in Wellington from now until 29 August, the Dominion Post has an exhibition called “Wide Angle: Celebrating a decade of The Dominion Post” that provides a retrospective on the occasion of the newspaper’s 10-year anniversary.
The Dominion Post also ran a competition for readers’ photos and announced the results on 23 July. Besides the winner, fifteen photographers had their images highly commended. One of those was KCPS member Johanna Goudsblom, with her image “Cormorant Fisherman, Li River, China”. Well done, Jo!
“Cormorant Fisherman, Li River, China” – (c)Johanna Goudsblom
17 Tuesday Jul 2012
Posted in News, Salon Results
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Congratulations to KCPS members Shona Jaray, Hugh Scott, Michael Martin, Peter Beddek, and Neil Gordon, who have done well in two recent New Zealand national photography salons.
Peter, Michael and Neil had images accepted for the Laurie Thomas New Zealand Landscape Salon (Shona Jaray was one of the three selectors). There were 131 photographers who submitted 516 images, of which 143 were accepted.
Shona, Hugh and Neil had images accepted for the North Shore Salon of Photography, with Shona and Neil receiving higher awards.
The following images from Peter, Michael and Neil were accepted for the Laurie Thomas Landscape Salon:
“Tree” (c) Peter Beddek, Accepted, Laurie Thomas
“Otago Harbour” (c) Michael Martin – Accepted, Laurie Thomas
“Bendigo Morning” (c) Neil Gordon – Accepted, Laurie Thomas
“Cape Foulwind Dawn” (c) Neil Gordon, Accepted, Laurie Thomas
The following images were accepted for the North Shore Salon, with Shona receiving an Honours and a Highly Commended, Neil receiving a Highly Commended and an Acceptance, and Hugh Scott two Acceptances.
Coalpit Dam (c) Shona Jaray – Honours, North Shore Prints Open Colour
“Sun Setting on the Hawkduns” (c) Shona Jaray – Highly Commended, North Shore Digital Open Colour
“Munted” (c) Neil Gordon – Highly Commended, North Shore Digital Abstract
“Navigation” (c) Neil Gordon – Accepted, North Shore Digital Open Colour
“Strolling to Hardwick Hall” (c) Hugh Scott – Accepted, North Shore Digital Open Colour
“From a Fantasy Forest” (c) Hugh Scott, Accepted, North Shore Digital Abstract
15 Sunday Jul 2012
Posted in Meeting Report, News
Wow. The weather may have been a bit miserable outside, but the atmosphere was warm and friendly inside. People started arriving right on noon and kept coming. We had around fifty visitors during the afternoon, who all had the chance to meet some of our members, see and hear what we do, and get some advice on photography.
As a result, we already have five new members signed up, and I expect there will be more to come. Welcome!
A big thank you to all those involved in organizing the event, and helping out on the day. At the risk of missing someone out (sorry if I did – there were so many!) this includes Ian, Sandra, Karyn, Hugh, Debbie, Stu, Brian, Carol M, Carol S, Colin, Michelle, Rex, Scott, Marshall, Peter E, Peter B, Katie, Helen and Rod, as well as those others who submitted prints for the print display.
We’re also very grateful to Beach FM, the Kapiti News and Kapiti Observer for their part in promoting this successful, local community event. I think it would be well worth repeating, perhaps on an annual basis.
04 Wednesday Jul 2012
We’re going to hold our first ever Open Day from noon to 3 pm on Sunday 15 July, to welcome members of the community, and share our passion for photography. Below is a flyer advertising the event. Please contact Hugh Scott if you are able to assist on the day, and do encourage friends and family to come along.
Kapiti Coast Photographic Society 