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The PILCHUCKER

January 2019

Newsletter for Pilchuck Camera Club – Everett Washington

All images in the newsletter are property of the photographer and all rights are reserved.

Cover Image: Black Crowned Night Heron – Jim Basinger

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Table of Contents

The Pilchuck Camera Club Newsletter .................................................................................................................................... 3

Pilchuck Camera Club Meeting Minutes ................................................................................................................................. 5

FYI ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 6

Monthly Challenge Competition ............................................................................................................................................. 7

Regular Competition Winners ................................................................................................................................................. 8

First Place ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8

Second Place ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9

All Photos .............................................................................................................................................................................. 14

Regular Competition Results ................................................................................................................................................. 20

2018 PSA Projected Image Division Round 1 Group B Results ............................................................................................. 23

Pilchuck Camera Club Membership List 2019 ....................................................................................................................... 25

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The Pilchuck Camera Club Newsletter

Serving members from the Puget Sound Area of Washington State

The Pilchuck Camera Club was organized June 12, 1964 and is a member of the Photographic Society of America (PSA) and the Northwest Council of Camera Clubs (NWCCC). Membership is open to any-one interested in color or monochromatic digital photography. Club meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the Baker Heights Social Hall, 1401 Poplar Street, Everett, WA. Pilchuck Camera Club Web Page: http://www.pilchuckcameraclub.com Members of:

Northwest Council of Camera Clubs (NWCCC) http://www.nwcamer aclubs.org

Photographic Society of America (PSA) Web Page: http://www.psa-photo.org

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2019 Officers

President – Steve Lightle Vice Presidents – Tracy Treasurer - Paula Kelley Secretary – Sonya Lang Standing Committee Chairpersons Membership: Social - Renata Kleinert Sunshine: Sonia Rahm Club Competition : Bill Schwarz / Greg Thomas PSA Club Representative: Sonya Lang NWCCC Delegate: Renata Kleinert Field Trips: Open Point Records: Bill Schwarz Historian: Open Pilchucker Editor: Bill Schwarz Web Master: Steve Lightle

COMING EVENTS

January 10, 2019 Monthly Club Meeting: 7 pm at the Baker Heights Social Hall 1401 Poplar Everett Washington

By EOD January 8, 2019 3 Regular Competition Images 3 Challenge Images (Bridges) 3 PSA – Travel Also: End of Year Contests (For specific rules see email) 3 Image of the year 3 Wildflower 3 Assigned Subject of the Year Separate email for each contest To: pilchuckcameraclub@gmail.com Size: No larger than1920 pixels wide or 1080 pixels tall. Name: “My Picture – My Name.jpg” Separate email for each category

Refreshments:

Program: Judging

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Pilchuck Camera Club Meeting Minutes Pilchuck Camera Club Meeting Minutes The monthly meeting of the Pilchuck Camera Club was held on December 13,

2018 and called to order by President Steve Lightle at 7:00pm. There were 23 members present and 2 guests, Lynn Dye

and Reg Marchand. Minutes of the September 2018 meeting were accepted. Treasure Paula Kelley reported in the

Treasury a balance of $995.20 Co-Vice President Sonya Lang presented certificates to the winners of the November

monthly competition. The Judges: Linda Davis, Tracy Carson and Sonia Rahm

PSA: Sonya Lang will be the new Representative. Any future images for PSA will be sent to Sonya via the club’s email

address. Any members who submits an image on the web to PSA need to have a release on file.

Field Trips: Steve Lightle will no longer be the Chairman for the club Field Trips. Sonya Lang stated that she will host an

event to the Woodland Park Zoo. More info to follow.

Tabulation and Projection: were by Bill Schwarz and Steve Lightle. There were 30 Regular, 13 Challenge. Challenge for

the January meeting is Bridges. Images are to be sent in by January 8, 2019.

Program for the evening: Steve Lightle showed Images of the Arches and Dead Horse taken on the recent trip to Utah

and Member Photographers Choice taken throughout the year.

Wildflower Annual Competition The 'Wildflower' competition is part of the annual Image of the Year Competition.

Throughout the year, club members work at taking the best possible wildflower image and then at the end of the year

may submit up to 3 images for this competition. These images are judged outside of the club along with the IOY images.

Image of the Year At the conclusion of each year's regular monthly club competitions, members may submit up to three

of their monthly competition images for the Image Of the Year competition. These images are judged outside of the club

and the results revealed at the annual Image of the Year banquet. Bill Schwarz stated that when sending in images to

make sure that the image is: Title - Name of Sender (ex. Sunflowers – Sonia Rahm) Image size no larger than 1920 Wide

X 1080 Tall.

Plans are being made for the Annual PPC Banquet to be held in March 2019. More info to follow. I would like to thank

the club for giving me the opportunity to be the secretary of this wonderful club for the last two years.

As of January, Sonya Lang will be serving as Secretary.

A Holiday Gathering was held with delicious food brought in by club members.

Meeting adjourned 7:21 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Sonia Rahm, Secretary

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FYI

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Monthly Challenge Competition

Subject: Waves

Winner: Rob Racz

Title: Storm’s A Coming

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Regular Competition Winners First Place

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Second Place

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All Photos

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Regular Competition Results

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Title Maker Score Honor

1st Beach Boat Bill Schwarz 20

3 Wise Men Donna Branscome 19

AM train tracks Doug Goodman 20

ANHINGAS JIM BASINGER 18

Balanced Rock And Moon Steve Lightle 20

Beach Material J Donovan Smith 21

Climbing to view Renee Deierling 18

Colorado River Sonya Lang 22 2

Eye Spy Dell Deierling 22 2

Grizzly Bear Renata Kleinert 22 2

LogBoomPark Juan Stout 20

Pryor Mountain Foal Sharon Ely 22 2

Squirrel sonya lang 22 2

Balanced Rock At Sunset Steve Lightle 20

D Spit Log J Donovan Smith 19

Dock of the Bay Bill Schwarz 21

HUMMER JIM BASINGER 20

LogBoomPark2 Juan Stout 18

Maple Leaves Donna Branscome 20

Old Timers Renata Kleinert 23 1

Rotary park 1 Doug Goodman 22 2

Three in White Sonya Lang 22 2

Garden Of Eden Steve Lightle 20

MillCreekNaturePreserve Juan Stout 21

Pastel Quiet J Donovan Smith 16

Rotary park 2 Doug Goodman 21

SNOWEY OWL JIM BASINGER 22 2

The Hill's are Alive Donna Branscome 21

The Winndow and Turret Arch Renata Kleinert 22 2

Trilium Bill Schwarz 21

AMERICAN AVOCET MAKEUP JIM BASINGER 20 Makeup

Bird Art Donna Branscome 21 Makeup

BLACK ORYSTER CATCHER MAKEUP JIM BASINGER 18 Makeup

PEREGRINE FALCON MAKEUP JIM BASINGER 18 Makeup

Pine Tree Arch Donna Branscome 19 Makeup

RUBY TURNSTONE MAKEUP JIM BASINGER 21 Makeup

Sun Flower Donna Branscome 21 Makeup

american bittern makeup JIM BASINGER 21 Makeup

Gingerbread Man Rock Donna Branscome 18 Makeup

HAWK MAKEUP JIM BASINGER 20 Makeup

PILEAED WOODPECKER MAKEUP JIM BASINGER 19 Makeup

Shadom Donna Branscome 19 Makeup

SHARP SHINNED HAWK MAKEUP JIM BASINGER 20 Makeup

The Flying V Donna Branscome 19 Makeup

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BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERON MAKEUP JIM BASINGER 21 Makeup

LONG EARED OWL MAKEUP JIM BASINGER 22 Makeup

Mr. Gopher Donna Branscome 21 Makeup

RED BREASTED SAPSUCKER MAKEUP JIM BASINGER 18 Makeup

Stripes Donna Branscome 21 Makeup

TUFFED PUFFIN MAKEUP JIM BASINGER 17 Makeup

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2018 PSA Projected Image Division Round 1 Group B Results

November 2018

"I Am Your Father"

© Jim Basinger

10 PSA Pts

"Royal Terns And One

Seagull"

© Linda Davis

10 PSA Pts

"Sea Shell"

© Renata Kleinert

9 PSA Pts

"The Falls"

© Paula Kelley

11 PSA Pts

"Tillikum Crossing Bridge"

© Don Elliott

10 PSA Pts

"Wild fluffy Gosling"

© Paul Priebe

10 PSA Pts

PID INTERCLUB STANDINGS 1ST COMPETITION 2018-19

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POINTS Club Name Group B, 1st Competition 11/18

75 Stella Polaris Photo Group

68 Boston Camera Club

68 Palmerstown Camera Club

67 Hoylake Photographic Society

67 Schaumburg Area Photographic Society

65 Charlotte Camera Club

64 Image Makers Camera Club

64 Renovat FotoSint-Truiden

62 Sunderland Camera Club

62 West Cumbria Photo Group

61 Le Conte Photographic Society

60 Fotogroep Pallieter

60 Merrimack Valley Camera Club

60 Oakley Camera Club

60 Pilchuck Camera Club

59 East Troy Viewfinders

59 Houston Photochrome Club

59 Photoclub FKD Diepenbeek

55 Englewood Camera Club

55 F67 Camera Club

53 Bowie-Crofton Camera Club

53 New Haven Camera Club

53 Thunder Mountain Camera Club

51 Great Falls Camera Club

50 Billings Camera Club

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Pilchuck Camera Club Membership List 2019

Bailly, Paula paula.bailly@sno.wednet.edu 425-322-4911

Basinger, Jim jbasingerokie@comcast.net 360-658-8938

Bouma, Jennie dog2run@gmail.com 425-312-4565

Branscome, Donna dblifeisgood@aol.com 360-435-2515

Carson, Tracy t.carson1@yahoo.com 425-343-3164

Clements Dan dan@e-Clements.com 425-418-8755

Davis, Linda LDavis7734@comcast.net 360-658-8938

Dewey, Bill retief@deweydrive.com 425-879-9250

Deierling, Dell delldeierling@hotmail.com 360-391-6544

Deierling, Renee Rdeierling@gmail.com 206-818-4623

Dygert, Lee Mel1950@comcast.net 253-234-2353

Dygert, Mel Mel1950@comcast.net 253-234-2353

Elliot, Don don@elliottfarm.com 425-220-1820

Ely, Sharon sharely@msn.com 253-952-8321

Garrison, Patricia caker72@frontier.com 916-215-6550

Garton, Tim thgarton@gmail.com 425-212-7782

Goodman, Doug goodman.douglas@gmail.com 425-954-0197

Green, David Green.dwg@gmail.com 425-442-4515

Kelley, Paula paulakc3@gmail.com 425-244-2074

Kleinert, Renata photosbyrenata@frontier.com 425-355-7758

Lang, Sonya sonyalang@hotmail.com 425-773-9680

Lightle, Steve lightle@comcast.net 425-330-8623

Marsh, Stephen stamarsh@comcast.net 360-659-5052

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McAlpine, John jkmca@frontier.com 425-308-0284

Patrick, Robert rpatrick831@gmail.com 206-450-0620

Priebe ,Paul Paulpriebe@msn.com 425-334-2726

Racz, Jonathon JonRacz@hotmail.com 425-346-1983

Racz , Rob Robracz@icloud.com 425-345-7229

Rahm, Jim Jim@rahm.org 360-568-3590

Rahm, Sonia Sonia@rahm.org 360-568-3590

Rahm, Logan loganrahm@gmail.com 206-919-5299

Rapelje, Janet 360-652-6623

Schwarz, Bill Bill@bjschwarz.com 425-422-6367

Siefke, Kevin ksiefke@comcast.net 425-218-7408

Smith, J Donovan info@JDonovanSmith.com 206-551-7685

Sorensen, Jerry sorensenjerry@yahoo.com 425-238-4595

Stout, Juan jrstout55@gmail.com 360-9519621

Tallman, Sherrie SherrieTallman@comcast.net 425-232-2162

Terra, Steve snterra@comcast.net 425-344-8093

Terra, Wanda snterra@comacast.net 425-344-8093

Thomas, Greg thomasigolf@comcast.net 360-303-6102

Wade, Harvey clevelandh36@hotmail.com 323-698-9621

Wright, Janet photo@wavecable.com 360-387-7456