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Manhattan Focus MANHATTAN FOCUS Manhattan Miniature Camera Club Vol. 48, No. 8 mmcc-nyc.org May 2009 MMCC MEETINGS: Below are the bios from the judges: 6:30 PM SHARP!* Ken Bausart Monday, May 4 (1st Monday) Competition and Assigned Theme: Ken’s bio was not available at the time of printing. “Crossing Rivers” Judge: Jack Kaminsky Vicki Dolce Monday, May 18 (3rd Monday) When Vicki was laid off from her “real” job eight years ago, She knew it was time to concentrate Best of the Year Judges: Ken Bausert, on her real love - photography, specifically nature Vicky Dolce and Bernie Saper and wildlife. Since turning pro, she has been published a number of times; some of which are Monday, June 8 (1st Monday) Hallmark cards, Black River Publishing outdoor End of the Year Dinner (Location TBD) calendar, Huntington Tulip Festival Brochure, Best of Photography Annual 2002, USA Color Sports * Competition entries must be in by magazine, two images in the book Reflections (a 6:15 pm; put your ID number on prints photo journey of the events of 9/11) and the cover and slides. Send your digital projected story titled “The Elegant Egret” in Nature Friend entries to Betsy Currier. magazine. She has had exhibits over the years at Paul Weinschenk Gallery, Ashforth Warburg Gallery, COMPETITION NO 9: Lever House and the UniBank Building. MAY 4 One of her greatest enjoyments is presenting shows and tutorials to various venues (camera Jack Kaminsky bio was not available at the time of clubs, schools, libraries) and instilling her love of printing. photography, nature and wildlife to others. She maintains memberships in: BEST OF THE YEAR • North American Nature Photographers COMPETITION Association MAY 18 • Sierra Club • Audubon Society All images are eligible for submission. These are • Nature Conservancy the images that you consider your best work even • Central Park Conservancy if the judges didn’t. • ASPCA • Humane Society • International Freelance Photographers Assn. Manhattan Miniature Camera Club Bernie Saper GALAPAGOS ISLAND Bernie is a member of the Fresh Meadows Camera by Karl Sparber Club. His interests in photography go back many years and range from nature, landscape, floral, For two weeks in Jan. I headed South to Ecuador architecture, and anything of interest that wanders in with the intention of an 8-day cruise around the front of his lens. After many years of pleasure in the Galapagos Islands. This trip involved more than 6 darkroom his work now is digital and he must say months of planning so I expected to learn a lot and that it is wonderfully exciting to explore the hidden have some fun too; and I wasn’t disappointed. I flew meanings of a photograph with Adobe Photoshop. from Miami to Guayaquil and then continued on another flight (2 hours) to Baltra, a small airport on the island of Santa Cruz. There I boarded my cruise FIELD TRIP ship (60 feet long with accommodations for 20) - I MAY 9 was surprised that we were only 7 tourists mostly by June Steffensen Hagen from Europe and around 30 years old - so I had a cabin to myself. On Saturday May 9th, we will have a photo field There are approximately 18 islands; we visited just trip to the wilds of Astoria, Hunter’s Point, and 8. Still, lots of native fauna to see. Of prominence Long Island City, an eight-minute subway ride from in this area were: sea lions, turtles (which live in the Bloomingdale’s. The focus will be: East River water) and tortoises (which are land based), and lots Shoreline and Bridges. Probable sites include of birds: boobies (both red and blue footed varieties), Gantry Park, Socrates Sculpture Park, Astoria Park, cormorants, hawks, albatrosses, sally light footed Queensboro Bridge, Roosevelt Island Bridge, Triboro crabs (red) and lots of iguanas of various colors and Bridge, and the Hellgate Rail Bridge, with maybe sizes. In addition, there were plenty of sharks of some old factories thrown in for good measure. different varieties, penguins and dolphins. We will meet at around 9:30 at June’s apartment in Except for several small towns, the islands are Astoria--easily reached by N, W, and F trains, with devoid of population. The resulting peace and a few minutes walk--have some coffee and bagels, quiet is extremely striking. The government get oriented, and use cars the rest of the way. By bars immigration to the park from the mainland 1:00-1:30pm. we’ll eat lunch at a favorite Greek dive, and overseas, as well as any and all economic Opa!, right near an entrance to the elevated N/W development. In addition, the number of boats, lines, so you can get home easily. (If it rains we will tourists and even snorkelers are limited at all times go to the Noguchi Museum--photography allowed, and all places by the government. but no flash--and to PS 1, the contemporary art museum connected to MoMA. Both these buildings, This was a wonderful trip, one which I would highly the first an old factory, and the second, an 1890s recommend to anyone interested in nature. public school, are worth seeing and photographing, no matter what the exhibits happen to be. PLEASE RESPOND QUICKLY: 1) do you plan on coming? and 2) do you have a car to use for this trip--and how many people can you fit in it? ? Please email [email protected] or phone 718-278- 9130. Space is limited by the number of cars, so sign up quickly. June will have directions, maps, etc., later for those who sign up. Manhattan Miniature Camera Club ARE YOU READY TO COMPETE? by Bob Burns Newcomers to camera clubs generally learn about HAVE A CENTER OF INTEREST competition by trial and error. Sometimes this can be pretty disheartening. A picture that has too many subjects or objects in it lacks a “center of interest”. This causes the eye to continually So let us explore the “mystery of competition”. You’ll see scan, looking for a place to settle and never finds it. that a lot of the terms used by the judges can be explained Something must be dominant, so that your attention is by the IBM slogan - “THINK”. Think before you trip the fixed upon it. shutter. What makes a competition slide? A slide may be great DON’T CUT OFF THE END as part of a travelogue or essay, but in competition it With a single lens reflex camera particularly, you must must stand all by itself. It must say to the judge, “LOOK learn to look at the ground glass area and see that the AT ME”. It must capture his/her attention with impact, whole subject is included and does not “hang over the mood, center of interest, and technical excellence. If your edge”. If you are shooting a person, its okay to do a head slide meets all these requirements, most judges will give and shoulders portrait, but don’t cut off the top of the constructive criticism of the slide. You can learn from this hair or the tip of the nose. criticism - but only after you have made some mistakes. So... AVOID MERGERS LET’S GET A JUMP ON THE JUDGE: When the subject touches the edge of the frame or mask, this is called a merger. A merger of tones may occur SLIDES MUST BE TECHNICALLY CORRECT when the subject does not have sufficient contrast to its surroundings, even though the colors are different. Slides that are underexposed, overexposed or out of A merger of figures can also happen when there is no focus should not be considered for competition. They will separation between people in a picture. be severely downgraded by most judges. The proper film and filters should be used unless some creative effect is THE WHOLE SUBJECT SHOULD BE IN intended. SHARP FOCUS FIND THE BEST SPOT FROM WHICH TO The proper combination of shutter speed and diaphragm SHOOT opening (f/stop) should be used to ensure the sharp focus of the whole subject. The closer you are to the subject, Don’t just stand there! Look for the spot from which the more critical these factors become. Use the depth of the best possible photo can be taken. Kneel or lie down, field preview on your camera. move to another spot (but watch out for oncoming cars or the edge of cliffs). DON’T CUT A PICTURE IN HALF STUDY THE SUBJECT! Avoid having horizon lines bisect the picture. When shooting reflections, it is usually better not to The difference between a “record” shot and an award include the original subject. Such reflection shots are really slide is generally the result of a little extra thought or two pictures and the eye continually jumps from one to the effort on the part of the photographer. The subject didn’t other, seeking the dominant image and doesn’t find one. change, but the treatment of it was unusual. A fertile imagination cam be most helpful here: DON’T TIP THE SUBJECT • move in closer • shoot up at a high, angle Keep the camera as level as possible. Wide-angle lenses will exaggerate any tipping effect. When photographing • try a different lens buildings, either find a higher vantage point or get farther • silhouette the subject away and use a longer focus lens to increase the image size. • shoot down on the subject in some manner Manhattan Miniature Camera Club DON’T OVEREXPOSE HIGHLY TRY THE OTHER SIDE REFLECTIVE AREAS Our eyes customarily read from left to right. Many times You should be able to recognize highly reflective areas the leading lines or action in the picture will be improved without difficulty - your eyes begin to squint.
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