COMPETITION NIGHT
3rd February 2026
7.30pm
Merry Christmas to you and your family, and a Safe and Happy New Year
Please remember to upload your images for February’s Competitions –Self Assessment
Open – Projected Image and/or Print by 3rd Feb.
Also bring along your image/s of your Best Holiday shot/s – 6 x 4 colour prints.
We meet at the Masonic Hall, 224 Maunu Road – past the Hospital on the opposite side of the road. Plenty of parking. (See map in ‘Contact Us’.)
COMPETITIONS
Upload your images
by midnight on the due date.
The following representative images must be uploaded to the website by February 3rd.
Self Assessment
Open – Projected Image and/or Print
Best Holiday Shot
WORKSHOP NIGHT & OUTINGS
16th December
6pm
Our Christmas Final Fling is a BBQ at the Putahi Park across the River from the Hundertwasser, followed by a visit to the Town Basin to hear the Brass Band playing Christmas Carols.
The club holds monthly competitions to encourage members to use their cameras and be creative.
Here are some recent image entries which gained high points.
All images are copyright to their authors. Permission required for use.
Honours
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- Night’s Conversation – Louise Bobbitt – Winner Projected Image of the Year
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- Canopy Colours – Noel Herman – Runner-up – Projected Image of the Year
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- Tui – Carlton Stanley-Hunt – Winner Print of the Year
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- Anna – Jenny Dowling – Runner-up – Print of the Year
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- Sub Tec Racing – Louise Bobbitt
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- Moira Gate Arch – Carlton Stanley-Hunt
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- Snack Zone – Barbara Herman
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- Danger Zone – Barbara Herman
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- Infinity Interruptus Linda Sweeney
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- A Splash of Colour – Jenny Dowling
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- Pep Ventosa Lemons – Jenny Dowling
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- Atlantic Puffin – Aaron Skelton
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- Ant Checking Out The Centre – Noel Herman
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- Wild And Free – Ruth Mooney
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- Night At The Port – Louise Bobbitt
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- Ripples of Migrations Past – Christine Frost – Winner Creative Trophy
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- You Spin Me Right Round – Claire Furlong – Runner-up Creative Trophy
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- Inner Strength – Jenny Dowling
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- Lone Tree at Lake Edge – Ruth Mooney
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- Waka Nui – Jenny Dowling
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- Zinnia Bloom – Ruth Mooney
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- Looking Out – Bruce Dorset
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- Thunder and Light – Amber Lee Star
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- Rainbows – Christine Anderson
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- Rolling In – Coen Cramer
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- Sky Is Lava – Coen Cramer
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- Sky Gradient – Christina Birkin
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- Rangipo Desert – Louise Bobbitt – Winner Landscape Trophy
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- Wairua Falls, Titoki – Christina Birkin – Runner-up Landscape Trophy
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- Southern_Alps – Bruce Dorset
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- Early Morning At Parua Bay – Micaela Stanley
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- Waxeye – Ruth Mooney
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- The Butcher And The Pig – Christina Birkin
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- Wool Press Arapohue – Christina Birkin
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- Night’s Conversation – Louise Birkin
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- Messing About In Boats – Jenny Dowling – Winner Nautical Trophy
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- Yeah We’re Ready – Sandy Campbell – Runner-up Nautical Trophy
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- In the Fog – Rose Tantau
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- Night’s Conversation – Louise Bobbitt
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- Jason – Rose Tantau – Winner Portrait Trophy
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- Cheeky Grin – Louise Bobbitt – Runner-up Portrait Trophy
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- Window Frame – Claire Furlong
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- On the Bridge – Ruth Mooney
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- Santa’s Sleigh – Barbara Herman
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- Almost Perfect ECG – Linda Sweeney
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- Golden Gate – Carlton Stanley-Hunt
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- Light Traffic – Christine Frost
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- The Portal – Sarah Armiger-Wills
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- When Sparks Fly – Sarah Armiger-Wills
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- Hey!!!- Jenny Dowling
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- Weka Close up – Sandy Campbell
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- Angry Seagull – Claire Furlong
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- Speedgolf Teed Off – Donna Russell
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- Takahe Love – Louise Bobbitt
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- Rangitoto Bach – Ruth Mooney
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- North Island Robin – Carlton Stanley-Hunt
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- The Last Guardian – Lee Giles
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- Toutouwai – Louise Bobbitt
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- Precious Is Time – Jenny Dowling
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- Library Visit – Claire Furlong
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- Fountain In An Open Space – Ruth Mooney
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- Into The Forest – Jenny Dowling
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- Daybreaker – Christine Frost
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- Paper Wasps – Jenny Dowling
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- Emerald Swallowtail butterfly – Christine Anderson
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- Praying Mantis – Jenny Dowling
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- Clipper Butterfly – Parthenos Sylvia – Noel Herman
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- Monarch – Ruth Mooney
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- Uncle Sam – Ruth Mooney
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- Shrivelling Up – Rose Tantau
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- Dancing Lady – Ruth Mooney
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- Chaffinch – Noel Herman
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- Fragile Beauty-M – Jenny Dowling
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- Out For A Hoon – Stacey Townsend
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- The Magician – Rose Tantau
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- Buller’s Albatross – Aaron Skelton
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- Surfs Up – Aaron Skelton
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- Majestic Observer – Christine Anderson
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- Resting Shag – Ruth Mooney
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- Bug_on_Yellow – Jenny Dowling – Winner President’s Challenge
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- Gone Dead – Rose Tantau – Runner-up President’s Challenge
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- BusyBee – Christine Anderson
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- Inner Secrets – Christine Frost
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- In Loving Memory – Jenny Dowling
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- CloseUp Ties – Rose Tantau
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- Secret Garden – Louise Bobbitt – Image of the Year – Winner
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- Oskfiord Artic Circle – Noel Herman – Image of the Year – Runner-up
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- Moeraki Boulders – Bruce Dorset
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- Bush to Beach – Jenny Dowling
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- Grumpy Rook Look – Louise Bobbitt
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- Smoke and Light Twill – Ruth Mooney – Winner, Creative Trophy
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- From Wool to Carpet – Barbara Herman – R/U, Creative Trophy
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- Pink Blossoms – Jenny Dowling
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- Storm Swept – Linda Sweeney
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- Orangutan – Noel Herman
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- Sheep-dog Trials – Aaron Skelton
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- Tui Feeding On Flax – Aaron Skelton
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- Huntervasser – Jenny Dowling
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- Kingfisher With Crab – Ruth Mooney
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- Takahe – Carlton Stanley-Hunt
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- Nature frames Cathedral Cove – Sarah Armiger-Wills – Winner, Landscape Trophy
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- Tasman Glacier – Carlton Stanley-Hunt – R/U Landscape Trophy
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- Up the Lake – Stacey Townsend
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- Fully Employed Doorways – Stacey Townsend
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- Elevator Doors – Donna Russell
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- W Waller – Carlson Stanley-Hunt
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- View Through the Door – Ruth Mooney
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- Symmetry in Shadows – Sarah Armiger-Wills
Salon Portfolio – 2025
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- 01a_GannetBlueEye – Winning Set – Ruth Mooney
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- 01b_Blue
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- 01c_Bluebells
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- 02a_FiveLittleDucks – Runner-up Set – Jenny Dowling
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- 02b_YurtVillage
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- 02c_KebebCook
