Contact: Mark Horvath 0409332633
Meetings are held at 7pm on the first Tuesday of each month.
Remember to advise of your intent to attend the day prior to the event, at the latest.
Monthly Photography Theme Guidelines
- Images should match the month’s theme and been captured within the 12 months preceding the month in which they are shown.
- There is a limit of 20 images per person, 10 themed and 10 images of your choice.
- The best image ratio to match the projector screen is 4:3. Cropping to this ratio ensures the image will be displayed full screen however, it is not necessary to do so.
- For the 10 themed images to go onto the monthly photo page of the Web site, please title the files with species common name, location (optional) and your name (initial and surname).
- File size for each image, to be placed on the Web site, should be kept to between one and two megabytes.
Photography Themes
June 2025 – Silhouettes. We are not interested in how you achieved the image as long as the bird is silhouetted. The only previsao here is that the bird is able to be identified by the average birder. Please, no contorted birds where only a person present at the time the photo was taken would be able to identify it.
July 2025 – Small and Fast. This theme is pretty-well open to interpretation, but let us just say try and pick a small bird that fits the fast part of the theme.
August 2025 – Monochrome. This theme was specifically selected for a select member of the group that loves B&W. However, monochrome doesn’t mean specifically black and white. If you are unsure how to go about this one, just look up a dictionary and that will guide you.
September 2025 – Woodland Birds. For this theme we are not concerned where the image was taken or even if it was in a woodland, just an image depicting a species that you would normally find in a woodland.
October 2025 – Behaviour. The photographed subject for this theme will need to be doing something other than sitting sedately. For example, it could be preening, stretching, drinking, scratching, yawning, singing, etc.
November 2025 – Water/Wet. Simple requirement to have water and the bird in the image, however, see if you can do more than just have a two somewhere in the shot. Maybe a wet bird, a nice reflection, rain, or something a little more out there.
December 2025 – Parrots and Cockatoos. Straight forward requirement where images are to be of species in the families Psittaculidae or Cacatuidae.
January 2026 – Best of 2025. January is where members get to showcase their best images taken within the previous calendar year. Anything goes as long as the main subject is a bird.
February 2026 – A to K inclusive. Images of species where the Genus portion of their common name starts with any of the letters A through to K. For example: Blue-faced Honeyeater, Comb-crested Jacana, Black Kite etc.
March 2026 – Feathers and Flowers. This one has been a favourite, so it and gets included most years. It allows the photographer to brighten up what otherwise might be dullish looking bird with some spectacular blooms.
April 2026 – Migrants – Included in this category are bird species that visit Australia from overseas on a regular basis as part of their lifecycle and Australian species that move interstate to breed.
May 2026 – Flight. Little explanation required here. As long as the bird is in free space then we’ll class it as ‘Flight’.
June 2026 – Backyard Birds. Looking for images displaying birds you find in your backyard. As some people may not have much of a back yard we’ll accept images of birds found and photographed within a one-kilometre radius of your home. So get your protractors and maps out to measure your area of coverage. 😊
July 2026 – Backs. Looking for images displaying the back of the bird, not the underside. Wanting to see as much of the nape, mantle, back and rump as we can. It would also be preferable to have the bird’s head turned around so we can see its eye.
August 2026 – L to Z Inclusive. Images of species where the species name starts with an L through to Z. For example: Snipe, Lapwing, Scrubfowl, Oystercatcher, etc.
September 2026 – On the Ground. The bird needs to be standing on the ground, however if it is on a log that is lying flat on the ground then that will be acceptable. Obviously if the bird is standing on a rock that would also be acceptable.
October 2026 – Small in the Landscape. The species should still be identifiable, however only take up a small percentage of the image. Looking for leading lines and maybe a bit of artistic flair in this one.
November 2026 – Bird/s on a wire/post. This is a fairly simple one where the subject just needs to be on some form of wire or post like object. ‘Wire’ can be stretched to metal rails or even train tracks. ‘Post’ however, can’t be a naturally occurring broken off tree stump but should be something positioned or altered by human intervention.
December 2026 – Just the Two of Us. There must be two birds in the image. They can be the same or different species. Try for some form of interaction or imagery depicting a couple. EG: Parent and young or a couple. The challenge here is focus. It can be difficult to get more than one bird in focus.
Remember that the images need to have been captured within the 12 months preceding the month in which they are shown.
Please keep your total number of images to 20 so that we have plenty of time to show everyone’s.
