OUR WINNER!! by Michael Downs
Images by Hugh Hudson
Images by John Vlad
Images by Bob Richardson
Images by Linda Mair
Images by Cheryl Piekielek
Images by John Sabatier
Images by Leslie Del Toral
Images by Barbara Livieri
Image by Michael Downs
SFNPCC April 2017 Facebook Contest - FLOWERS
OUR WINNER!! by Patricia Giraldo
Images by John Vlad
Images by Kitty Perez
Images by John Sabatier
Images by Barbara Livieri
Image by Patricia Giraldo
SFNPCC March 2017 Facebook Contest - NIGHT SKY
OUR WINNER!! by Bob Richardson
Images by Barbara Livieri
Image by Bob Richardson
Images by Patricia Giraldo
Image by John Sabatier
Images by Sara Settles
Images by Cheryl Piekielek
Images by Hugh Hudson
Images by Jason Eldridge
Images by Michael Downs
Image by Susan Martinez
SFNPCC February 2017 Facebook Contest - SUNRISE
OUR WINNER!! by Jason Eldridge
Images by Barbara Livieri
Image by Cheryl Piekielek
Image by Jason Eldridge
Images by James Fishman
Images by John Sabatier
Images by John Vlad
Images by Kitty Perez
Images by Norma Orzoco
Images by Patricia Giraldo
Images by Susan Martinez
SFNPCC January 2017 Facebook Contest - BIRDS
OUR WINNER!! by Patricia Giraldo
Images by Barbara Livieri
Images by Bob Richardson
Image by Hugh Hudson
Image by Jason Eldridge
Images by James Fishman
Image by John Sabatier
Image by Norma Orzoco
Images by Patricia Giraldo
Images by Susan Martinez
Extraordinary Photos by Charlie Causey on Display Through March
Everglades National Parks News Release
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Homestead, Fla. -- Everglades National Park welcomes all to enjoy the beauty of the Everglades as captured by renowned local artist Charlie Causey in an exhibit of his photography at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Gallery throughout the month of March.
A Florida Keys resident since 1980, this artist's photographic adventures with large wading birds -- a centerpiece of this exhibit -- began 7 years ago. Many of the photos featured were taken in four specific locales in Everglades National Park: Lake Ingraham, Snake Bight, Eco Pond and the Anhinga Trail.
“The best chance for an up close photo of a large water bird like the egret, heron, or anhinga," said Causey, "is at Anhinga Trail." He also shares his technique for capturing a bird in flight in the park's Flamingo District and Florida Bay, "This usually requires being ready, with a fast camera, telephoto lens, and a bit of luck for a quick series of shots as the birds go whizzing by." He adds, "Even when I see them coming, to get a keeper is the exception rather than the rule. About a third of the exhibit’s photos were taken with the camera attached to a tripod to ensure no blur in the photo and as much detail as possible." The artist hopes that those visiting the exhibit will also be inspired to visit or revisit the nearby Anhinga Trail, just a short distance from the Visitor Center, and other featured sites as time permits.
Out of his passion for the beauty and bounty of this region, Causey founded the Florida Keys Environmental Fund in 1988, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect area marine and terrestrial ecosystems. He still currently serves on the board of directors for a number of local, state, and national environmental organizations.
WHAT: Photography Exhibit by Charlie Causey.
WHEN: March 2017
WHERE: Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Gallery
PHOTO: Charlie Causey at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center. Photograph by Charlie Causey
The Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center is located at 40001 State Road 9336, approximately 10 miles southwest of Homestead. It features award-winning natural history displays, an 18-minute film about Everglades National Park, and related book sales. Center hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission to the visitor center is free. For information and directions to the park please visit the park website at http://www.nps.gov/ever or call (305) 242-7700 during regular business hours, weekdays 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m..
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Facebook Contest & Critique - March 2017 NIGHT SCAPES!
Facebook Contest & Critique - March 2017
“This month’s theme is “NIGHT SCAPE”
Email your sunrise photos to me at info@sfnpcc.org.
Final date to submit the photos is March 9th at midnight.
PLEASE DO NOT POST PHOTOS TO FACEBOOK YOURSELF
(I'll paraphrase the rules in this post. Same as before except to limit your submission to only 2 images.)
By the 10th, I’ll post an “album” on our public Facebook Page. I’ll ask people to vote for their favorites by “liking” the image. Also, we’ll ask for constructive criticism in the comments. I'd like to emphasize the critique portion. Not much critiquing this first time out. Let us know what you like or don't like about everyone's images!
Contest ends midnight of April 4th, the Tuesday before the next meeting.
Then at the April meeting, we’ll announce winner and review the critiques, and announce a new theme.
RULES
1) Photo(s) must have been taken by you, and with a camera, not a cell phone. We are a camera club after all.
2) Must fit the theme stated at that month’s meeting. (Doesn’t have to be taken that month. They can be older photos.)
3) Must be exported as a JPG and formatted to fit Facebook. (See specs and instructions below). I’ve included 2 websites to visit showing very detailed instructions.
When exporting from Lightroom, go to the “File Settings” section and under Image Format choose “JPG” from the dropdown menu. Leave quality at 100. Color Space should be “sRGB”. And “uncheck” Limit File Size To:. In the “Image Sizing” section, click “resize to fit” select “Long Edge” from the dropdown menu. Uncheck “Don’t Enlarge”, and set the value at 2048 (Facebook’s suggestion) and dropdown menu select “pixels”. Resolution should be at 300 and select from drowdown “pixels per inch”. Make sure you “uncheck” the watermark box. This is anonymous.
https://photographylife.com/how-to-properly-resize-images-for-facebook
If you don’t use Lightroom, the link above will help guide you on how to export for Facebook using Photoshop.
Facebook does still compress images quite a bit no matter what resolution we use, just a cross we all have to bear.
4) Must be emailed to info@sfnpcc.org by midnight of the Thursday after the meeting. (For example, if the meeting is on the 1st, the images would need to be emailed no later than midnight on the 8th). Any photos received after midnight do not qualify.
5) All images will be uploaded to a Facebook Photo Album on our South Florida National Parks Camera Club public Facebook Page. This is our general public page and we hope many will participate and ‘vote’ for their favorite images. Encourage your friends and contacts to join the fun by “sharing the whole album”, not just YOUR images. And please, don’t announce which photos are your own to garner additional votes. We will be on the honor system and hope you all will follow it.
6) Photo submission for the Contest is open to SFNPCC members ONLY.
DOs and DON’Ts
· DON’T include a watermark or any personalization to your image. This is supposed to be an anonymous contest.
· DO share the “album” with your friends to view and vote for their favorite.
· DON’T submit an image if you don’t want it passed around in social media. FYI - whether or not it has a watermark on it, if people want an image, they will copy or do a screen shot (and crop out watermarks) and use it as their own. There’s not much we as a club or Facebook can do. So if you have an image you want to protect, best bet is to not share it on Social Media.
· DO include your EXIF data (focal length, f-stop, ISO, shutter speed etc.) for critiquing purposes. Its not required, but will be helpful.
· DO give a little synopsis of where and when you took the shot if you’d like. I will include it if it doesn’t give away your identity.
· DON’T get defensive if someone gives a critique that you don’t agree with. For one, it gives away the ownership of the image, prematurely. If something you did was deliberately against the established “rules” of photography for your reasons, take the criticism with a grain of salt. Start developing a thicker skin. Best thing to do is accept it and try to learn from it.
· DO HAVE FUN!
February 2017 Sunrise Facebook Contest Winner!
Congratulations Jason Eldridge for submitting the winning photograph in our sunrise contest for February.
Facebook Contest & Critique - February 2017
“This month’s theme is “SUNRISE”
Email your sunrise photos to me at info@sfnpcc.org.
Final date to submit the photos is February 9th at midnight.
PLEASE DO NOT POST PHOTOS TO FACEBOOK YOURSELF”
(I'll paraphrase the rules in this post. Same as before except to limit your submission to only 2 images.)
By the 10th, I’ll post an “album” on our public Facebook Page. I’ll ask people to vote for their favorites by “liking” the image. Also, we’ll ask for constructive criticism in the comments. I'd like to emphasize the critique portion. Not much critiquing this first time out. Let us know what you like or don't like about everyone's images!
Contest ends midnight of Feb. 28th, the Tuesday before the next meeting.
Then at the March meeting, we’ll announce winner and review the critiques, and announce a new theme.
RULES
1) Photo(s) must have been taken by you, and with a camera, not a cell phone. We are a camera club after all.
2) Must fit the theme stated at that month’s meeting. (Doesn’t have to be taken that month. They can be older photos.)
3) Must be exported as a JPG and formatted to fit Facebook. (See specs and instructions below). I’ve included 2 websites to visit showing very detailed instructions.
When exporting from Lightroom, go to the “File Settings” section and under Image Format choose “JPG” from the dropdown menu. Leave quality at 100. Color Space should be “sRGB”. And “uncheck” Limit File Size To:. In the “Image Sizing” section, click “resize to fit” select “Long Edge” from the dropdown menu. Uncheck “Don’t Enlarge”, and set the value at 2048 (Facebook’s suggestion) and dropdown menu select “pixels”. Resolution should be at 300 and select from drowdown “pixels per inch”. Make sure you “uncheck” the watermark box. This is anonymous.
https://photographylife.com/how-to-properly-resize-images-for-facebook
If you don’t use Lightroom, the link above will help guide you on how to export for Facebook using Photoshop.
Facebook does still compress images quite a bit no matter what resolution we use, just a cross we all have to bear.
4) Must be emailed to info@sfnpcc.org by midnight of the Thursday after the meeting. (For example, if the meeting is on the 1st, the images would need to be emailed no later than midnight on the 8th). Any photos received after midnight do not qualify.
5) All images will be uploaded to a Facebook Photo Album on our South Florida National Parks Camera Club public Facebook Page. This is our general public page and we hope many will participate and ‘vote’ for their favorite images. Encourage your friends and contacts to join the fun by “sharing the whole album”, not just YOUR images. And please, don’t announce which photos are your own to garner additional votes. We will be on the honor system and hope you all will follow it.
6) Photo submission for the Contest is open to SFNPCC members ONLY.
DOs and DON’Ts
· DON’T include a watermark or any personalization to your image. This is supposed to be an anonymous contest.
· DO share the “album” with your friends to view and vote for their favorite.
· DON’T submit an image if you don’t want it passed around in social media. FYI - whether or not it has a watermark on it, if people want an image, they will copy or do a screen shot (and crop out watermarks) and use it as their own. There’s not much we as a club or Facebook can do. So if you have an image you want to protect, best bet is to not share it on Social Media.
· DO include your EXIF data (focal length, f-stop, ISO, shutter speed etc.) for critiquing purposes. Its not required, but will be helpful.
· DO give a little synopsis of where and when you took the shot if you’d like. I will include it if it doesn’t give away your identity.
· DON’T get defensive if someone gives a critique that you don’t agree with. For one, it gives away the ownership of the image, prematurely. If something you did was deliberately against the established “rules” of photography for your reasons, take the criticism with a grain of salt. Start developing a thicker skin. Best thing to do is accept it and try to learn from it.
· DO HAVE FUN!
January 2017 Facebook Photo Contest Winner! Patricia Giraldo
Our winner of the FIRST ever SFNPCC Facebook Photo contest is Patricia Giraldo! The theme for January was birds to coincide with the February bird photography field trip . Heron Reflection. Great shot Patricia! Congratulations!
Photo Courtesy of Patricia Giraldo