Congratulations to all the winners in our 2009 Year end competition.  We have received 634 entries from 23 photographers and there were lots of competition - well done if your photo came out tops!!

Star category winners   

Open category winners
 

2009 Photographer of the year

The following 10 club members came out tops in our "Photographer of the year" competition.  Congratulations to Francois Loubser who took the trophy home (again) !!
 

Number

Photographer

Year point

10

 Hannetjie de Lange

181

9

 Peet Mostert

218

8

 Marthie Bredenkamp

230

7

 Jacques Engelbrecht

279

6

 Valmai le Grange

291

5

 Francois Venter

300

4

Nico Degenaar

328

3

Annelise de Jager

350

2

Hannes Buys

358

1

Francois Loubser

747
 

Category winners
The following people received the most points per category during the recent year:
 
Colour

1st

Francois Venter

260 points

2nd

Hannes Buys

218 points

3rd

Nico Degenaar

164 points

4th

Annelise de Jager

156 points

5th

Valmai le Grange

114 points

6th

Jacques Engelbrecht

111 points
 
Monochrome

1st

Annelise de Jager

83 points

2nd

Peet Mostert

75 points

3rd

Nico Degenaar

73 points

4th

Jacques Engelbrecht

73 points

5th

Cedric Crichton

60 points

6th

Valmai le Grange

59 points
 
Altered Reality

1st

Valmai le Grange

109 points

2nd

Nico Degenaar

91 points

3rd

Jacques Engelbrecht

81 points

4th

Annelise de Jager

78 points

5th

Hannes Buys

76 points

6th

Marthie Bredenkamp

57 points
     

Class winners
Club members who came out tops as class winners during the year - this is taking all the categories into account.
 

Number

Photographer

Amount of class winnings

5

 Hannetjie de Lange

10

4

Valmai le Grange

17

3

Nico Degenaar

18

2

Annelise de Jager

18

1

Francois Loubser

19
     

Here are the 2009 winners of our Open categories

Sport and Action
 

1st Prize:  "Hein skier" by Francois Loubser Runner up:  "Hockey" by Francois Loubser
   
Travel and Culture
1st Prize: "Waiting by Nico Degenaar Runner up: "Gondola pano" by Francois Loubser
   
Style and Glamour

1st Prize: "Princess" by Marthie Bredenkamp   

Runner up: "Mystique" by Jacques Engelbrecht
   
Nature and Wildlife

1st Prize: "My vis" by Francois Loubser

Runner up: "Kung fu" by Francois Loubser
 
Scapes

1st Prize: "Fire and Ice" by Nico Degenaar

Runner up: "Panorama of Ice" by Annelise de Jager
 
Photo Journalism
1st Prize: "Fire fighters" by Hannes Buys Runner up: "Caged" by Derek Cloete
 
Fine Art / Abstract / Still life
1st Prize: "Floating shoe" by Marthie Bredenkamp Runner up: "Shapes & Lines" by Annelise de Jager
 
Portrait
1st Prize: "Vanessa" by Peet Mostert Runner up: "Rooikappie" by Jacques Engelbrecht
 
Pictorial
1st Prize: "Cyclist in Brugges" by Francois Loubser Runner up: "Gloden Plymouth" by Valmai le Grange
 
Humour
1st Prize: "Size matters" by Annelise de Jager
 

 

Here are the 2009 winners of our Star categories

   
1* Colour: "Summer Place" by Cornel vd Colff 2* Colour: "Country cottage" by Cedric Crichton
   
3* Colour: "Botchabelo church " by Valmai le Grange 4* Colour: "Follow the flags" by Annelise de Jager
   
5* Colour: "Pixels in Pastels" by Nico Degenaar Master Bronze Colour: "That's mine" by Francois Loubser
   
1* Monochrome: "Silver lining" by Hannetjie de Lange 2* Monochrome: "Hunkering" by Hannetjie de Lange
   
3* Monochrome: "Imminent storm" by Valmai le Grange 4* Monochrome: "Danelia" by Peet Mostert
   
5* Monochrome: "Old Pier" by Francois Loubser 1* Altered reality: "Dracula's castle" by Cornel vd Colff
   
2* Altered reality: "Plymouth" by Valmai le Grange 3* Altered reality: "Underneath" by Francois Loubser
   
4* Altered reality: "Antarctic wildlife" by Annelise de Jager 5* Altered reality: "Abstract woman" by Louis Pretorius
   

Take me to the top . . (please)