Competitions

By Oli Lowe. Portrait of Mathew, a car fanatic who turns rust into beauty.

By Aemelia Stivaktakis. Found this amazing leaf whilst out for a walk. On closer inspection I discovered it had a spectacular vein-like appearance, and this made me think about slowing down and appreciating the world around me.

By Nick Pincott. My attention is always split looking at this image; I love the detail the lens has captured but at the same time I just can’t stop asking myself what’s going through his mind.

By Brett Meara.
I often travel to the local Botanical Gardens as I find it provides a multitude of opportunities for macro photography. It is almost like attending a variety of climate types at once. I found this guy half way through a meal so luckily she/he wasn’t in the mood to be moving around too much. I used off-camera flash and focused on its eyes, using f/8 on my lens as this generally gives me the sharpest results and a reasonable depth of field. I added a vignette and did some layers adjustments and sharpening in Photoshop.

By Tina Murphy.

By Mihail Kopychko. Egret near a forest lake.

I was in Fitzroy (Melbourne) one evening scouting around the lanes for shots for my camera club competition. I found this scene in a lane. It was dark by this time but a couple of street lights provided enough light. Also light from the city was reflecting in the clouds.

By Michelle Chappell. Town of Gidgegannup in rural WA. A close-up shot of an old tractor’s gear sticks taken at my father’s farm in the late afternoon.