Here are the winners of our second month's projected digital image (PDI) competitions. The winners in the Advanced section were 1st Alistair Birnie, 2nd Neil Blair and 3rd equal were Alistair Birnie and Julie Adams. The winning images are shown below (click on them to see a larger version).

Here are the winners of our first month's projected digital image (PDI) competitions. The winners in the Advanced section were 1st Julie Adams, 2nd Sandy McIntosh and 3rd equal Doug Winton & John Thom. And in the Intermediate section the winner was Alan Winton.
(click on the images to see a larger version)

Introduction
When I started using Photoshop I had trouble colour correcting them. I did a little research and found this method. I did have to play around with the settings to get the results I was looking for. I changed the Eyedropper Tool measurement settings. The other thing I changed was the background colour. I was using a black background, but when I changed it to Neutral Grey they looked to me to be much better.

The results of this prestigious annual event are now out and several Club members had acceptances with one (George Hay with "Global") achieving a Judge's Award and a full score of 15 points for his "Global" image. Overall the Club gained 7 acceptances and achieved 7th place (out of 26) in the Projected Digital Images section, though we weren't as successful in the two print sections. Below are some of our accepted entries - click on each for a larger version. Our 7 acceptances were:

"Strive For The Light" from Alistair Birnie
"Dining Out", "Global" and "Watching" from George Hay
"Seaside Garden" from Sandy Mcintosh
"The Watcher" from John Thom
"Leaves" from Doug Winton

The 5th summer challenge's theme was "Orange but not oranges". The results were: in 1st place, George Hay with his "Orange Smoke", 2nd place was held by Alistair Birnie with "Orange-7" and in 3rd place was Len Findlay with "Deconstructed"

This summer challenge's theme was "Decay" and the results were:
1st: "Bridge at Spey Bay" from John Thom, 2nd: "Old mill wheel" from Doug Winton, 3rd: "Chain" from George Hay. Click on the images below to see a larger version of each.

The 3rd summer challenge was on the theme "Architecture" and the results for this were:
1st place: "#2" from George Hay, 2nd place: "#1" again from George Hay and 3rd place: "Getting the mix right" from John Thom.

Our 2nd themed summer challenge was on the theme "Reflection". The results from this one are: 1st Reflection #2 from John Thom, 2nd "Self-portrait" from Len Findlay and in 3rd place "The first kid on the block with this scene", also from John Thom.

The results from this summer's first photo challenge, on the theme "Repetition", are now out and in first place is Julie Adams with "Straws", in 2nd place is "The Race" from George Hay, and in third place is "Hooks" from Doug Winton.

Here are composites of the entries for the 1st 5 monthly competitions of the Club's 2017-18 season. Click on the images to see larger versions.