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The newsletter of the Central Alberta Photographic Society
Issue 2 2013 - 2014
Presidents
Perspective
Comments from
Our President
Member’s Article
Winter on the Farm
Monthly
Assignment
Close-up/macro, Emotions,
Wildlife, Landscape
Scotty Roxburgh
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Club Meetings
Internet Info
When to meet for Winter
Pro Digital Image
Bracketing For HDR;
Dressing a Model With
Light; Learning
Photography keeps
Your Brain Fit & more
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Inside this edition of The View Finder
1. President’s Message
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2. Club Executive
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3. Club Meetings
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4. Executive Meetings
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5. Monthly Assignments
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6. The CAPS Winter Competition Winning Photographs
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Novice Colour
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Novice Monochrome
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Intermediate Colour
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Intermediate Monochrome
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Advance Colour
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Advance Monochrome
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Best of Show
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Digital Manipulation
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President’s Choice (Abandoned)
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Doug Corrigan (Nature)
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7. Winter on the Farm
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8. Internet Information
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 Pro Digital Image
Bracketing For HDR
 Dressing a Model
With Light
 Learning
Photography keeps
Your Brain Fit
 Google Street View of
National Parks
 Understanding
Aspect Ratio
 In camera Artistry
Using Any Light
Source
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Impressive Raw Video
Samples
The Cynic’s
Photography
Dictionary
49 Phenomenal
National Geographic
Photographs
Trick Photography &
Special Effects
Now You Can Create
Mind Blowing Artistic
Images
Joseph Rose Bud
Photography
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Club Meetings
The Remaining Club Meetings will be held on the second Wednesday and the fourth Wednesday of
each month as follows:
January 8/14
January 22/14
February 12/14
February 26/14
March 12/14
March 26/14
April 9/14
April 23/14
May 14/14
Colin from McBain presentation on the latest in Cameras followed by
Colin and Dave Morton presenting images from Storm Chasing
Sally Peddle (To be confirmed)
Ask and Learn about photography – Swap meet
Image Work Flow and the Internet
Jim McKinley – Time Lapse Photography and Astro Photography
Daniel Pelissier – Photo Stacking
Monica Schmidt (To be confirmed)
Scotty Roxburgh – Daniel Pelissier – Abstract and Dump Tank/Splash
Photography; What you need and how to set up to take great images
BBQ – Awards Night
Extra Training Sessions
January 15 -2014
February 19 - 2014
March 19 - 2014
Leo de Groot’s 1st presentation on Lightroom
Leo de Groot’s 2nd presentation on Lightroom
Leo de Groot’s 3rd presentation on Lightroom
Executive Meetings will be held on the first Wednesday of each Month as follows:
January 6/14
March 5/14
May 7/14
July 2/14
February 5/14
April 2/14
June 4/14
August 6/14
Monthly Assignments
January 22/14
February 26/14
March 26/14
April 23/14
Close-up/Macro
Emotions
Wildlife
Landscape
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President’s Comments
It’s hard to believe that the first half of our year has flown by so quickly. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our
executive for all of the hard work they have put into the planning and execution of this year’s meetings. I have been very
impressed with the knowledge, dedication, and fresh ideas that this year’s executive has brought to the table. Their goal has
been and continues to be to improve all aspects of our club.
We have continued to tweak our website and have added the all new members’ only section. Inside we have created a contact
list for CAPS members, links to CAPA and PRPA contests, posted our competition results, and we have now added the new
Darts and Bouquets page.
As per your requests we have had more workshops this year. They included the Downtown AM walk about, Kerrywood
Nature Center, Darwin Wiggett’s Photocram sessions and the Fire and Ice Festival.
We have now completed our first ever Photoshop Elements Course and this spring Leo will be starting his four part series on
Lightroom.
Oh, yes CAPS purchased a new projector; it has been colour tested and the results are excellent. This year a small judging
team used our projector to judge several photos for the PRPA. The judges were very pleased with the high quality images
produced by our new piece of equipment.
So ………Coming soon (if you vote on it) will be our first ever digital only completion for monthly assignments. This will be
a Beta test for future digital competitions. Our goal is not to eliminate our print competitions but to tune and prepare our club
members so that they can gain the experience needed for the CAPA and PRPA competitions. We may add a few digital
competitions of our own but only after we gain some experience with digital judging.
Our Winter competition was held at the new location (Davenport Place Community Association) and it was very well received
by all. Our members submitted 187 entries and once again the high quality of the images in all categories was nothing short of
inspiring. Congratulations and thanks to all of the members who submitted photos to this competition.
What’s coming?
In order to take advantage of our awesome spring and summer weather and scenery, we are planning to have three new
workshops throughout the summer. Dates have been marked on the calendar and details will be announced later this year.
Keep checking our web page for the latest information. Photos taken during these events will qualify for next year’s winter
workshop competition.
Membership sales on line. We are still working out the details to make CAPS memberships available either on line or at club
meetings. This should help to eliminate the line ups at the membership table for the first few meetings while providing other
options for payment.
CAPS has once again applied for a Fee for Service Funding. Should we be successful our plans are to bring three highly
qualified guest speakers to REGULAR Club meetings throughout the year. More details on this program will be announced in
the spring.
I want to thank everyone for their support of CAPS. My hope is that all of you will experience growth in your photographic
knowledge and capabilities and that you will, through our club, gain friends for life.
Merry Christmas and all the best to you and your families for 2014
Larry Hildebrandt
CAPS President
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CAPS 2013 Winter Competition Winners
Gold Ore Wagon
1st Place Colour Print Novice
Larry McAllister
Colourful Bouys
2nd Place Colour Print Novice
Dori Neufeld
Anchored
3rd Place colour Novice
Dave Kerby
Meadow Parsnips
Honourable Mention Novice
Katie Anderson
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The Kiss
1 Place Monochrome Novice
Susan Judge
Done
2 Place Monochrome Novice
Dave Kerby
Hope in Winter
3rd Place Monochrome Novice
Rhonda Pigott
Image Not Available
Old Timer
Honourable Mention Monochrome Novice
Rhonda Pigott
Footloose
Honourable Mention Monochrome Novice
Paola Ruiz
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Driving to The Finish
1st Place Colour Intermediate
Kathy Swanson
Royal Conquest
3rd Place Colour Intermediate
Rob Gilgan
Na+Mg+K=Salt Water
2nd Place Colour Intermediate
Sandra Buck
Shimano Sky
Honourable Mention Colour Intermediate
Rob Gilgan
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Golden Moment
1st Place Monochrome Intermediate
Kathy Swanson
Not Completely Screwed, But Almost
2nd Place monochrome Intermediate
Rob Gilgan
And The Race is On
3rd Place Monochrome Intermediate
Kathy Swanson
A Place to Rest
Honourable Mention Monochrome Intermediate
Rob Gilgan
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Fabulous Moment
1st Place Colour Advanced
Jim McKinley
March Morning
2nd Place Colour Advance
Dawn Traverse
Lightshow
3rd Place Colour Advance
David Morton
Caught
Honourable Mention Colour Advance
Jake Zondag
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Knotted Player
Honourable Mention Colour Advance
Dawn Traverse
I See You, Can You See Me
1st Place Monochrome Advanced
Scotty Roxburgh
Wild & Free
2nd Place Monochrome Advanced
Daniel Pelissier
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Wise One
3rd Place Monochrome Advanced
Shannon Carson
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Upper Kananaskis
Honourable Mention Monochrome Advanced
Jan Boyarzin
Stop on The House on Wright Street
Honourable Mention Monochrome Advanced
Harvey Brink
Best of show
Scotty Roxburgh
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Mirror, Mirror
1st Place Digital Manipulation
Katie Anderson
A Scary Story
2nd Place Digital Manipulation
Linda Ursuliak
180⁰ Fancy Dancer
3rd Place Digital Manipulation
Sandra Buck
Dry Island
Honourable Mention Digital Manipulation
Aileen Serle
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Going Nowhere
1st Place President’s Choice
Dave Kerby
Middle of Nowhere
2nd Place President’s choice
Scotty Roxburgh
Fargo in The Field
3rd Place President’s Choice
Jan Boyarzin
Old House on the Pond
Honourable Mention President’s Choice
Aileen Serle
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Marmot
1st Place Doug Corrigan (Nature)
Dawn Traverse
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The Nature of Rock and Light
2nd Place Doug Corrigan (Nature)
Harvey Brink
Image Not Available
Catch of the Day
3rd Place Doug Corrigan (Nature)
Jan Boyarzin
Spring Goose
Honourable Mention Doug Corrigan (Nature)
David Morton
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Member’s article
Winter on the Farm
Kathy and I were asked by my daughter and son-in-law to baby sit their dog and cat while they took
a week away from the farm and went to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. Luckily we were not
asked to feed the cattle and anyway, I haven’t a clue how to drive a tractor. The weather was not
much fun and we were somewhat house bound and so I took advantage of my down time to start the
CAPS January newsletter. I suddenly realized that no one had sent me anything for a member’s
article.
Fortunately the sun came out for a brief moment and I thought I should take advantage of the short
time frame and with heavy mittens, thick winter pants and a toque; I plunged out into the cold and
soon found that the snow in some places
was knee deep.
For some of us we tend to think that
winter is a down time for farmers, but
my daughter and son-in-law look after
with the assistance of the son-in-law’s
father 160 head of cattle and they all
have to be fed and watered.
Besides the bulls and select steers, most
of the cows are pregnant and will start
calving in late February and early March. The calving in February March means calving watches
on the hour every hour to make sure that none of the new born calves freeze to death in the cold. The
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cattle winter feed now lies under deep snow and so with a tractor and feed spreader the hay is dug
out from its winter cocoon of snow and spread over the field for the continually hungry animals.
With
a
deep layer
of snow on
the ground
cattle still
need to be
watered
and after
a
good
feed
of
fresh hay they wander their way leisurely across the field to a heated watering trough and thirstily
suck water up to help digest the mass of cellulose they have just
consumed.
The
tractor
that
wends
its
way
through the mantle of
snow leaves deep
tracks as a tale tell
marker of where it’s
been and where it’s
going and with
each new snow fall
they have to replough the route
from the farm yard
to the field and cattle pens. The ploughed route through
open fields where once
stalks of oats grew now
exposes the ground and
hungry
flocks
of
skittish quail feed on the
scattered seeds of oats left on the ground from the summer harvest.
They leave their wing and foot prints all over the surface of the
freshly fallen snow. Mouse holes with tinny little foot prints
running from one hole to another leave a message that all is not
what it seems under the snow and life continues on. Snowy owls sit
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precariously on top of hydropoles like sentinles searching the ground for that fleeting moment when
a unfortunate rhodent makes that charge across the frozen surface from one hiding spot to the next.
Feeding the cattle is conducted twice a day and in the evening the tractor roars around the farm like
alien vehicle with its bright lights shining forward and hiding its form from those who stand in its
way.
All the farm machinery is neatly stored
away for the winter and combines, grain
arguers and grain bins stand as
sentinels with caps of snow covering
them, all waiting for the warmth of
summer to arrive and to once again be
put into production. The bright red of
sheds and machinery almost glow in the
after-noon sunlight and the virgin mantle
of white of snow.
Christmas is not lost on a farm and an army of
Christmas light bulbs stand at attention in a line
along the top of a fence adding a small amount
of colour to the vast expanse of the land scape.
Feeding cattle can be spotted way off in the
distance.
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The barn cat keeps guard of the house; hired
to keep the barns and house free of mice; the
feline creature has yet to bring a mouse to
the front door steps. It spends more time
trying to weasel its way into the house,
seeking human companionship and warmth
from the fridge temperatures that winter
seems to wish to bestow upon us all. Despite
the frigid temperatures, it seems to keep
remarkably warm in its straw covered floor
and heat lamp heated dog house. With a
thick furry coat it nuzzles up against your
leg and purrs a merry song as if saying it
is so nice to see you, please let me in. If it is not in the dog house, it is usually curled up under one of
the several trucks parked in the yard and we have to check for its whereabouts before departing the
farm.
Pigeons, collared doves and sparrows haunt the barns and stalls during the cold and when the sun
is out they take advantage of the roof tops and wind break fences to capture the heat of the day.
Some of them that are smart use a hole in the roof of one deserted and boarded up sheds to fly into
to hide from the wind and cold. Life is not easy on a farm during the winter. It is all about staying
warm, finding food to keep the energy supply up no matter if you are the farm cat, the interloping
feathered friends or the range cattle out in the middle of a field or just me who takes the dog out for
a walk.
Article and photos by Scotty Roxburgh
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Internet Information
This section is a compilation of information that I have found on the internet since the last
newsletter. I received several favorable comments from members on this section and so will
continue to add the information into the newsletter. Again, the topic heading is provided with a
couple of paragraphs of what the web page is about. After the introduction, the web page link is
provided to allow you, if the subject is of interest to you, to locate and read the full article on the
internet. The articles are in no way a reflection of the opinions of the club and or the executive
and are purely added as a means of passing on items that may prove to be of interest to CAPS
members.
Description of Internet articles by subject matter
Leading Photographer Reveals Pro Digital Image Bracketing Techniques for HDR at
HDRPhotographyPro.com
This article leads you through the process of bracketing so that you can work on creating HDR images. It does not
deal with the actual process of merging bracketing images in Photoshop or Lightroom or any other computer
image processing program.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1507170
Dressing a Model with Light Using Long Exposure Photography Techniques
This article provides a video and a couple of images to explain how to paint a model with light. The technique
appears to be quite simple but requires a knowledge of photos shop and a model with the appropriate settings.
The video is short but worth watching
http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/dressing-a-model-with-light-using-long-exposure-photography-techniques/
Use it or lose it: Learning photography keeps your brain fit
By dpreview staff.
This has an interesting article about how photography can help you in your golden years and keep your brain
active. Also it has connections to a large number of award winning photographs. Along with reviews about the
latest cameras.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/10/30/use-it-or-lose-it-learning-photography-keeps-your-brain-fit
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Impressive Raw video sample from EOS 7D using Magic Lantern
By dpreview staff
This is a very good example of how to paint with light video. Also an impressive sample video of life as highflying
skiers for those who like an adrenalin rush among other video samples.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/05/impressive-raw-video-sample-from-eos-7d-using-magiclantern?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=related-news&utm_medium=text&ref=related-news
Leo de Groot came across this neat lens performance comparison web site from DP Review:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/lens-widget-fullscreen?compare=true&lensId=nikon_70200_2p8_vr&cameraId=nikon_d300&version=0&fl=70&av=5.6&view=mtf-ca&lensId2=nikon_70200_2p8_vr&cameraId2=nikon_d800&version2=0&fl2=70&av2=5.6
It allows you to compare two lenses for performance at various focal lengths if a zoom, at various f-stop settings,
and for various cameras. For you D800 owners, the example provided by the above link shows how well Rick’s
70-200 f2.8 Nikkor performs on the D300 (left pane) compared to the D800 (right pane). The DXO mark image
seems to show the overall resolution from the center of the camera image outward to the corners. The very best
resolution is indicated by deep blue (or even light magenta for particularly superb resolution), ranging to green
for less good, and progressively to yellow or even red for very poor resolution at very small apertures as
diffraction becomes a killer. The graph on the right of each pane shows a line indicating the resolution readings
from the center to the corner, again color coded. You would want to see this line as high as possible and sloping
down as little as possible from the left (the center of the image), to the right (the corner). Chromatic aberration is
graphed below.
What I like about this web site is that it is interactive. You can go to drop down boxes above the pane to select a
lens of interest, and a camera body on which testing was done for this lens. At the bottom of the pane you can
select the focal length if you are looking at a zoom. You can click on the center focal length and drag the “zoom
ring” to another focal length. You can similarly drag the aperture ring. And finally, you can do the same thing in
the other pane for another lens on that body, if it has been tested on that body, or select a different lens to
compare its performance on the same body, if tested on that body. You may not be able to get all the exact
combination of lens and tested body you want, but you can often find something close.
The Cynic’s Photography Dictionary
Posted by Roger Cicala
It is not often that we laugh about photography, but here is an article which allows us to smile.
http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2013/11/the-devils-photography-dictionary
49 Phenomenal Photos from National Geographic Traveler Photography Contest
We all dream of capturing that once in a lifetime photo and to be able to have a photo that is good enough to
send into National Geographic Magazine. Here are 49 of the top photos out of 16,000 submissions. There are also
other links where you can see more spectacular photos. This is a worthwhile site to visit just so that you can get
an idea of what it is that judges look at and decide up that makes a great image. This is not a site to rush through
but a site to take your time to enjoy and study the many wonderful images.
http://www.lovethesepics.com/2012/08/49-phenomenal-photo-captures-from-national-geographic-traveler-
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Google Street view of National Parks
Google has just made available Street Views of major National Parks and Historic Sites in Canada.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/canada-s-parks-and-historic-sites-now-on-google-street-view1.2433431?cmp=rss and
https://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&q=street+view+louisbourg&fb=1&gl=ca&hq=street+view+louisbourg&ei=ppePUsaGHub2gWLp4DgDw&ved=0CMgBELYD&iwloc=cids:16084519401953084809
Understanding Aspect Ratio
A Post By: Jeff Guyer.
Here is an article that follows on from the presentation by Curtis Lund on Printing Images. Curtis talked about
Aspect Ratios and I think that this article plus its other accompanying articles at the bottom of the web page will a
plus to.
http://digital-photography-school.com/understanding-aspect-ratio
In Camera Artistry: Using Any Light Source
This a 1 hr. 44 minute video which provides a great lecture on the various uses of different light sources and the
positioning of your subject for the photo. Well worth taking the time to view the whole video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2nNxaBA6ss&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs
Trick Photography & Special Effects 2nd Photographers" Helps Photographers Produce Amazing
Pictures - Abb2u.com
Read through this and decide if you want to expand your horizons into digital manipulation.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1624122
PRO Tutorials
Achieve the impossible.
http://phlearn.com/pro-tutorials?gclid=CLvMv6-UprsCFYdFMgodq1QA5g
Now YOU Can Create Mind-Blowing Artistic Images With
Top Secret Photography Tutorials With Step-By-Step Instructions!
Get great ideas on how to do trick photography
http://trickphotographybook.com/?hop=dungvuq
Joseph Rosebud Photography
This is a web site for the above noted photographer who provides tutorial tours
http://www.josephrossbach.com/
Thanks to Leo de Groot who supplied some of the references for this addition of web page
information.
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