McClelland Sculpture Park – Macro and Closeup SIG

Leanne Poole

The next Macro and Close-up outing will be a visit to the McClelland Sculpture Park, 390 McClelland Drive, Langwarrin on Friday 4th September 2026.

  • 10:00am – Meet at Harry’s Café within the Park for coffee
  • Wander the 16 hectare sculpture park (as much or as little as you like – the beauty of macro and close-up is that you often don’t have to wander far to find lots of subjects)
  • noon – return to the café for lunch (optional)

All are welcome to attend whether you are photographing macro or not. The bush setting and large variety of sculptures should offer plenty of macro opportunities but a telephoto lens could also be useful for closeups.

There is a small entry fee to the park but this is waived if you have a lunch booking. Just let them know at reception (if it is manned). I have made an initial booking for 10 people but I will need you to RSVP to me (only if you are intending to stay for lunch) so that I can adjust the numbers.

60th Anniversary Celebration

Stephen Edmonds

Last Tuesday after our AGM the club celebrated its 60th Anniversary with history, memorabilia, games and cake.

Stephen Edmonds - Group photo

It was a night enjoyed by all present, with thanks to the sub-committee of Jenny Adams, Kirsten Morton, Stef Wendler-Canning, Fiona Jones, Belinda Kerr, Tim Keane and John Crawford.

Over the next few months information about the history of the club will be added to the website, and more photos from the night will be added to our galleries.

AGM and 60th Anniversary Celebration

John Crawford

On Tuesday, 18th August 2026 will be a short AGM followed by the Club’s 60th Anniversary Celebration.

So, if you are looking for a good night out that includes some of the Club’s history, light refreshments, games and birthday cake, please come along and feel free to bring spouses/partners who are also welcome to attend.

Best Regards,
John Crawford
WCC President

August 2026 “Speed or Motion” results

Stephen Edmonds

Judge: Wade Buchan

Set Subject EDI

Ross Eddington - Flying Fynn
Intermediate: Ross Eddington – Flying Fynn

Alan Bennett - Showing some air
Advanced: Alan Bennett – Showing some air

Open EDI

Mike Whitton - Lights in the forest
Intermediate: Mike Whitton – Lights in the forest

Vicki Moritz - Loch Leven panorama
Advanced: Vicki Moritz – Loch Leven panorama

Open Print

Stef Wendler-Canning - Hydrangea Colour Studies 5
Intermediate: Stef Wendler-Canning – Hydrangea Colour Studies 5

Kirsten Morton - Emu Intensity
Advanced: Kirsten Morton – Emu Intensity

Set Subject definition:

Images that capture the movement in camera. Use of post processing blur effects not allowed.

July 2026 “My favourite artwork” results

Stephen Edmonds

Judge: Paul Robinson

Set Subject EDI

Belinda Kerr - Campbells Soup Cans
Intermediate: Belinda Kerr – Campbells Soup Cans

Tim Keane - Flower Thrower
Advanced: Tim Keane – Flower Thrower

Open EDI

Ingrid Makowski - Mt Hotham March Fly
Intermediate: Ingrid Makowski – Mt Hotham March Fly

Vicki Moritz - Attention Tram
Advanced: Vicki Moritz – Attention Tram

Open Print

Stef Wendler-Canning - Hydrangea No 8
Intermediate: Stef Wendler-Canning – Hydrangea No 8

Russell Lucas - Yachts In the Bohinj Mist
Advanced: Russell Lucas – Yachts In the Bohinj Mist

Set Subject definition:

Recreate a well-known artwork such as a painting, sculpture, drawing, collage, art gallery installation, etc. Title of the artwork to be provided in the image title. Painting examples include Modernism, Realism, Impressionism, Cubism etc. No editing restrictions.

June 2026 Creative SIG meeting

Jenny Adams

Tuesday night’s Creative SIG meeting saw 24 members attend with 11 people (apart from Leanne and myself) contributing with images.

There was lots of discussion and some people did a short “how to” of their creations as well, which was really appreciated and helpful. Stephen E explained about the use of black perspex for reflections, Lyndel talked about her frozen flowers, Jim O’D explained the power of curves and blend modes and Marie showed how she created her beautiful flower garden picture and leaf Mandelas with Affinity photo. Also Jill showed how she warped her already warped building to create human forms and Geoff some Mandelas and clever composite scenes.

The optional theme this time was to explore your camera including special in camera effects. Ken G, Alan S and Stephen E have been dabbling with different techniques and created some beautiful and unique pictures while Stef got some lovely effects with the water colour setting on the Canon camera.

It was great to see the variety of ideas and outcomes. Also the intention and meaning behind some of the work was especially poignant. Thank you to those members for sharing your thoughts.

The WhatsApp chat is great for us to keep in touch and share ideas and thoughts in-between meetings. If anyone is not part of the group and would like to be, please let Leanne or myself know.

We are looking forward to our next catch up on the 11th August so in the meantime keep playing and experimenting. As I said last time creating is not an exact science but one of constant surprises and happy moments that can give you joy.

Jenny A & Leanne

VAPS Interclub 2026 results

Stephen Edmonds

Congratulations to our members who had images selected for entry into the 2026 VAPS Interclub competition. We came 5th in prints with 235 points, and 13th in EDI with 220 points.

These are some of our higher scoring entries:

Jenny Sui - That look

Russell Lucas - Digital Native 1

Felix Shparberg - Depature

Jenny Hartman - Double helix

All of our entries can be viewed in our print and EDI galleries.