2019

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• What we’ll do
Car pool: fromrom the West Chester area, meet at VOA in front of City barbecue, at 11:00.
Car pool: For those to the South, meet at Frisch’s, 1150 W Eads Pkwy, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025, (just west of Lawrenceburg), at 11:30.

• What to bring
tripods may be used
recommending very long lens
water, or drink of choice
snacks (it takes about 1 1/2-2 hours to get there)

Ewing Bottoms
The main attraction at the Ewing Bottoms in Indiana is the rather large numbers of Sandhill Cranes that spend January and February in the bottoms. The number of Sandhill cranes diminishes over the season. At its peak it may exceed 10,000. In the midst of the Sandhills there can be a Whooping Crane. This bird is color banded and has a radio transmitter band on one leg. This bird has been seen on previous occasions with Sandhill Cranes. It appears to be one of the Whooping cranes that were part of the experimental flock that were raised in Wisconsin and led to
Florida by ultralight aircraft. Each year they return on their own to Wisconsin. There may be also a few eagles and tundra swans.

Directions From Seymour, IN. take Hwy 50 west to Brownstone. In Brownstone turn right on Spring Street (corner by Stuckwisch Appliance store) Follow Spring Street. At a stop sign it will jog left, then cross the railroad tracks and the East Fork White River. Go left after you cross the river and you should soon see cranes. If you stay straight on this road, it will run into Hwy 135, or you can keep turning right and follow a circle of farm roads back to the river bridge. (I had some sightings January 1st)

• Important to know
All the land in the Ewing Bottoms is privately owned, so please be respectful of private property. Confine your picture-taking to road sides and do not block roads, try to chase groups of cranes with cameras, or park in private driveways. If the birds change their behavior because of your presence, you are too close. Cranes are protected by law and incidents should be reported to Indiana Department of Natural Resources Conservation Offices at 812-837-9536.

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The Ohio Valley Camera Club is pleased to announce a 2nd workshop by our member, Tom Croce. Caesars Creek State Park Visitors Center. From 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM. Tom is handling all information requests and registrations, so do not indicate you are attending on this site. For more information write: tomcrocephoto.com/Macro-Workshop

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OUR CRITIQUE: PAMELA DECAMP TOPIC: MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY Macro photography is extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects and living organisms like insects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is greater than life size. CAPTURING THE FINEST DETAIL IS ONE THE OF THE MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MACRO AND CLOSE UP PHOTOGRAPHY. Macro requires a specialized lens that will produce image size greater than life size and finer detail. IF YOU DO NOT OWN A MACRO LENS you may use a telephoto lens for our critique session. Depth of field is extremely small when focusing on close objects. A small aperture (high f-number) is often required to produce acceptable sharpness across a three-dimensional subject. This requires either a slow shutter speed, brilliant lighting, or a high ISO. Auxiliary lighting (such as from a flash unit), preferably a ring flash is often used (see Lighting section). IDEAS – See Smashing Magazines 35 Stunning Macro Photography Ideas and samples at https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/35-examples-of-stunning-macro-photography/ PART 2: EDUCATION – CREATIVE INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY. Infrared Photography is a way of seeing light that is not visible to the human eye nor to a normal camera sensor. The creative use of infrared photography will be explored through examples of various post processing techniques and visual examples of before and after images. To take infrared photography to the next level of fine art photography, the photographer has the freedom to create images that are outside representational photography. This presentation will explore black and white conversion as well as false color creations in infrared. BIOGRAPHY: Pam DeCamp is an award winning fine art photographer who travels the United States and abroad. DeCamp lives in southern Ohio: she captures images off the beaten path and gives them special attention in post processing. Images of leaf covered roads, mountain vistas, and whimsically nostalgic scenes inspire her viewers to experience the beauty of our nation. Pam balances her photographic experiences between portraiture, macro and landscapes. Her exploration into infrared photography has challenged here creativity. Fromm the stark contrast black and white images from Jekyll Island, Georgia to this playful fantasy of false color in New Orleans, Louisiana her viewers have been given a taste of altered reality of the world around them. DeCamp’s art has been displayed in the Ohio Governor’s Office, the Southern Ohio (Portsmouth) Museum of Art, the Huntington WVa Museum of Art, and the Zanesville Museum of Art. She has been featured in the Portsmouth Daily Times and on WCHS’s River Cities Report. Pam holds a Bachelors Degree from Xavier University in Film and Photography. ___________________________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS: Prepare your file for upload to the OVCC Critique site by following these procedures: Members may submit up to three images in JPEG FORMAT. • Depending on quantity of images submitted we may not be able to review all second images. FINE PRINT: WE CAN ONLY GUARANTEE CRITIQUING YOUR FIRST IMAGE SUBMITTED, AND IF IT INCLUDES YOUR FULL NAME WITHIN THE TITLE Deadline for submitting images will be 10:00 PM of the Friday prior to our meeting. • Sizing: reduce all images to Resolution of 72, and, for horizontal images 1026 pixels wide. For vertical images 736 pixels high. • Rename your file: Last Name, First Initial, Image Title, followed by #1 for first image and #2 for second image. Example: Sears, R. – My Image #1 Off Topic images will be deleted at the request of several members. TO SUBMIT YOUR IMAGES on or after the FIRST OF THE MONTH https://ovcc.smugmug.com/upload/q6jM3G/critique We are asking all to chip in to help defray the cost of our appreciation gifting to our speakers. A great way for all photography levels to learn how to improve, along with having a great time.

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The Ohio Valley Camera Club is pleased to share news of the first of two photo workshops being held by our member, Tom Croce this coming January. Tom is handling all information requests and registrations, so do not indicate you are attending on this site.