Feb 9, 2020. 9 am to 11 am.
Toronto Botanical Garden
777 Lawrence Avenue East
Toronto, ON M3C 1P2
Southern Ontario Orchid Society invites photographers with a peaceful atmosphere to capture images of fantastic blooms. Tripods are welcomed.
Important: Please order your tickets ASAP.
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Meet outside of Balzac’s Coffee Roastery at 5 pm.
Dress warm!
The Beach Photo Club will be holding its first outing on Sunday, September 15 to the Toronto Music Garden. The outing will be led by Steve Dunn, the Clubs Outings Co-ordinator.
We’ll meet at 2:00 p.m. outside the Power Plant Gallery at 231 Queens Quay West and from there, we’ll walk over to the Music Garden at 479 Queens Quay West.
Our third and final contest for the 2017/18 season was a Print Competition held on May 17th displaying the photographic art and printing skills of our members. There were 30 entries in 3 groups (Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced) and 2 Categories: Colour and Monochrome.
Judges for the evening were Victor Peters and Harvey Rogers. A “Judge In Training”, Michael Nelson filled in for a vacancy and did an excellent job – thank you all!
The competition images below are sorted by category and award: Mouse Over for description and artist, Click for larger image and contest placement (1st, 2nd, etc.) and category.
The image gallery displays the images followed by a table with the scores and results.
| _________BPC_20170518_MASTER | Judges: Michael Nelson, Victor Peters, Harvey Rogers | |||||||||||
| GROUP | YOUR ID # | CATEGORY | IMAGE # | IMAGE TITLE | MAKER_______NAME | Comments | J#1 | J#2 | J#3 | Total | Highest Mark | AWARD |
| 30 | ||||||||||||
| I-MP Monochrome Print – Intermediate | 3 | |||||||||||
| I | 07 | MP | 5 | Swan | Bill Komar | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 1st | |
| I | 29 | MP | 5 | Winter Tree | Colleen Pollack | 7 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 20 | 7 | ||
| I | 07 | MP | 6 | Yonge and Finch | Bill Komar | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 20.5 | 7.5 | ||
| A-MP Monochrome Print – Advanced | 5 | |||||||||||
| A | 33 | MP | 3 | Christina | Margus Kask | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 24 | 8.5 | ||
| A | 19 | MP | 5 | Friends | Selby Shanly | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 2nd | |
| A | 33 | MP | 2 | Lattice Light | Margus Kask | 7.5 | 7 | 9 | 23.5 | 9 | ||
| A | 19 | MP | 6 | Minus the Quartet | Selby Shanly | 7.5 | 7 | 7 | 21.5 | 7.5 | ||
| A | 33 | MP | 1 | Moody Smoker | Margus Kask | 8.5 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 25.5 | 9.5 | 1st | |
| B-CP Colour Print – Beginner | 10 | |||||||||||
| B | 27 | CP | 1 | Leslie Spit Duck | Anita Barber | 7 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 21 | 7.5 | ||
| B | 40 | CP | 1 | Chit Chat | Jeff Curran | 7 | 6.5 | 7 | 20.5 | 7 | ||
| B | 27 | CP | 2 | Mexican Street | Anita Barber | 8 | 8 | 7.5 | 23.5 | 8 | ||
| B | 40 | CP | 2 | Equilibrium | Jeff Curran | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 3rd | |
| B | 27 | CP | 3 | Columns At Turtle beach | Anita Barber | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 7 | ||
| B | 40 | CP | 3 | Autumn | Jeff Curran | 7.5 | 8 | 7 | 22.5 | 8 | ||
| B | 27 | CP | 4 | Zipper Smile | Anita Barber | 7 | 7 | 6.5 | 20.5 | 7 | ||
| B | 40 | CP | 4 | Frozen Skyline | Jeff Curran | 8.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 25 | 8.5 | 1st | |
| B | 27 | CP | 5 | Le Chateau Mani | Anita Barber | 8 | 7.5 | 9 | 24.5 | 9 | 2nd | |
| B | 27 | CP | 6 | Egret Over Humber River | Anita Barber | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 8 | ||
| I-CP Colour Print – Intermediate | 8 | |||||||||||
| I | 07 | CP | 4 | Squirrel Stare Down | Bill Komar | 8.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 24 | 8.5 | ||
| I | 29 | CP | 4 | Sunrise Frozen Pier | Colleen Pollack | 8 | 8.5 | 8 | 24.5 | 8.5 | 3rd | |
| I | 29 | CP | 3 | Torrence Barrens Bonfire | Colleen Pollack | 8.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 24 | 8.5 | ||
| I | 07 | CP | 3 | Wind in the Reeds | Bill Komar | 7.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 22 | 7.5 | ||
| I | 29 | CP | 2 | Ashbridges Bay Monster | Colleen Pollack | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 8 | ||
| I | 07 | CP | 2 | Hairy Woodpecker | Bill Komar | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 2nd | |
| I | 07 | CP | 1 | Swan Stare Down | Bill Komar | 8.5 | 9 | 8.5 | 26 | 9 | 1st | |
| I | 29 | CP | 1 | Torrence Barrens Sunset | Colleen Pollack | 8 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 24 | 8.5 | ||
| A-CP Colour Print – Advanced | 4 | |||||||||||
| A | 19 | CP | 4 | Moonrise in Blue | Selby Shanly | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 23.5 | 8 | ||
| A | 19 | CP | 3 | Back Alley at Sunset | Selby Shanly | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 9 | * | |
| A | 19 | CP | 2 | Church and Moon | Selby Shanly | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 25 | 8.5 | ||
| A | 19 | CP | 1 | Autumn Mist | Selby Shanly | 8.5 | 9 | 8.5 | 26 | 9 | ||
Our second contest for the 2017/18 season was held on March122 displaying the photographic art of our members. There were 134 entries in 3 groups (Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced) and 4 Categories: Architecture and Cityscape, People and Portraits, Creative Vision and Open. Judges for the evening were Anthony Schatzky, Craig Lauder and Ann Alimi – thank you!
For this and future competitions, our scoring system has been upgraded to allow for 1/2 scores: 7.5, 8.5 for example. This allows for greater granularity and meets the GTCCC (Greater Toronto Council of Camera Clubs) standard to which the judges have been trained.
Winning images below are sorted by category and award: Mouse Over for description and artist, Click for larger image and contest placement (1st, 2nd, etc.) and category.
The image gallery displays winning images followed by a table with the winners results. Full results for all entries are visible in the post just below.
| GROUP | CATEGORY | IMAGE TITLE | MAKER NAME | J#1 | J#2 | J#3 | Total | AWARD | ||
| Judges: Anthony Schatsky, Craig Lauder, Ann Alimi. Shadow Judge: Michael Nelson | ||||||||||
| AR-B Architecture and Cityscapes – Beginner | ||||||||||
| B | AR | The Royal Bank and Statue | Anita Barber | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 23.0 | 1 | ||
| B | AR | Beach Installation | Jamie Carlisle | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 23.0 | 2 | ||
| B | AR | historic havana | Rick Hayward | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 21.5 | 3 | ||
| B | AR | Game day at Rogers Centre | Jeff Curran | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 21.0 | HM | ||
| AR-I Architecture and Cityscapes – Intermediate | ||||||||||
| I | AR | Winston_and_Ben | Milos Brkic | 8.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 24.5 | 1 | ||
| I | AR | Dawn in Coleman Alberta | Bill Komar | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 24.0 | 2 | ||
| I | AR | San Sebastien Cathedral Ceiling | Colleen Pollack | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 24.0 | 3 | ||
| I | AR | Midwest_Marquee | Milos Brkic | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 23.5 | HM | ||
| I | AR | Twin_Cities_Art | Milos Brkic | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 23.0 | HM | ||
| AR-A Architecture and Cityscapes – Advanced | ||||||||||
| A | AR | Flatiron in the Mist | Selby Shanly | 9.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 26.5 | 1 | ||
| A | AR | ROM Reflections | John Wallace | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 25.5 | 2 | ||
| A | AR | Art Deco by Moonlight | Selby Shanly | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 24.5 | 3 | ||
| PE-B People and Portraits – Beginner | ||||||||||
| B | PE | The artist | Jeff Curran | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 22.0 | 1 | ||
| B | PE | lost in thought | adnan alkhoury | 8.0 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 22.0 | 2 | ||
| B | PE | lunch time | adnan alkhoury | 6.5 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 22.0 | 3 | ||
| B | PE | MOTHER_AND_DAUGHTER | Robert Stuart | 6.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 22.0 | HM | ||
| PE-I People and Portraits – Intermediate | ||||||||||
| I | PE | Surrendering to Glutten | Bill Komar | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 24.0 | 1 | ||
| I | PE | Waiting For The Bus | Colleen Pollack | 7.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 23.5 | 2 | ||
| I | PE | Taking A Break | Patricia McVitty | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 23.5 | 3 | ||
| I | PE | Muscles | George Socka | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 23.0 | HM | ||
| I | PE | Outstanding in a crowd | Mark Kremblewski | 7.5 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 23.0 | HM | ||
| PE-A People and Portraits – Advanced | ||||||||||
| A | PE | The Fighter | David Sweeney | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 24.5 | 1 | ||
| A | PE | All Eyes on the Marlborough Man | John Wallace | 7.5 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 24.0 | 2 | ||
| A | PE | Pails Forever, on the Walls of Constantinople | John Wallace | 8.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 23.5 | 3 | ||
| CV-B Creative Vision/Abstract – Beginner | ||||||||||
| B | CV | Colourful Swirl | Anita Barber | 8.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 23.5 | 1 | ||
| B | CV | The enchanted forest | Jeff Curran | 7.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 23.0 | 2 | ||
| B | CV | Kitchener | Jamie Carlisle | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 22.0 | 3 | ||
| CV-I Creative Vision/Abstract – Intermediate | ||||||||||
| I | CV | Ghost Trees | June Galbraith | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 25.5 | 1 | ||
| I | CV | Swril | Susan Lappin | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 25.5 | 2 | ||
| I | CV | Dancing Ghosts | Patricia McVitty | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 25.0 | 3 | ||
| I | CV | Ice | Adam Tatarnic | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 23.5 | HM | ||
| I | CV | Canoes In Motion | June Galbraith | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 24.0 | HM | ||
| I | CV | Flower of Time | Susan Lappin | 9.0 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 23.5 | HM | ||
| CV-A Creative Vision/Abstract – Advanced | ||||||||||
| A | CV | The Lined Forest | David Sweeney | 8.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 25.0 | 1 | ||
| A | CV | Vortices of Light – Vuitton 1 | John Wallace | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 23.5 | 2 | ||
| OP-B Open – Beginner | ||||||||||
| B | OP | Frog Shadow | Anita Barber | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 24.5 | 1 | ||
| B | OP | Hello There | Anita Barber | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 23.5 | 2 | ||
| B | OP | Cardinal with breakfast | Jeff Curran | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 23.5 | 3 | ||
| B | OP | tall ship | Rick Hayward | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 22.5 | HM | ||
| OP-I Open – Intermediate | ||||||||||
| I | OP | Here Comes The Sun | Colleen Pollack | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 25.0 | 1 | ||
| I | OP | Musee d’orsay | Mark Kremblewski | 8.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 24.0 | 2 | ||
| I | OP | No Exit | Bill Komar | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 23.5 | 3 | ||
| I | OP | Podwale | Mark Kremblewski | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 23.5 | HM | ||
| OP-A Open – Advanced | ||||||||||
| A | OP | Raven Portrait | David Sweeney | 7.0 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 24.5 | 1 | ||
| A | OP | Best Seat in the House | Selby Shanly | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 24.5 | 2 | ||
