PLEASE ENTER OUR PHOTO COMPETITIONS

1.  Photographs need to have been taken 'On the Mountain', or within a radius of 50km of Haenertsburg. That means more or less  that the photo was taken at a place on the large map found on the website. It need not be a current photograph.
2. All photographs must have been taken by the person entering. Adults may enter on behalf of children, but this and the age of the photographer needs to be specified
3. A maximum of three entries per person per competition. The organisers and judges reserve the right to select the entrant's best entry to display  if the total number of entries becomes unmanageably large. Entries can not be changed or added to at a later stage.
4. Photos should be submitted in a format where the longest side is no more than 1025 pixels long. Post-processing is allowed; the final product is entirely at the discretion of the entrant.
5. Photographs plus a short text indicating WHERE exactly the photo was taken and any other relevant information the photographer wishes to share must be emailed to mountaingetaways1@gmail.com and clearly headed 'Competition'.
6. The opening date for every competition is the first of the month, and the closing date is the 10tht day of the month after the competition closes. The dating on the emails received will be the measure.
7. Note the theme for each competition

Penny Carolan was born and raised in Pietermaritzburg. After travelling to the UK in 2001 she met her husband-to-be.  After having a son and a daughter (now 5 and 4) she decided to open her own photography business in London.  She studied through world renowned Photography Studio, Aspire, learning the ins and outs of running a successful photography business.  After 12 successful years in the UK they decided it was time for a change of lifestyle for the children and made the big move back to South Africa, settling in Haenertsburg where her husband Craig is a Deputy Head at Stanford Lake College. Penny has now opened her photography business once again where she specialises in Wedding, Family Lifestyle Photography, Maternity & Newborn Photography as well as running Photography courses for Beginners.

Alma Whitehead has lived in Polokwane most of her life and has been a professional photographer for several years. These days she spends most of her time on photography classes and workshops for beginners (see her website at http://www.learnphotography. yolasite.com  and loves the 'flashbulb moment when photographers are born'. She describes herself as the privileged wife of Norman Whitehead whose encouragement and support has enabled her to devote herself full-time to photography. She has three children and recently became a proud grandmother. We first met Alma when she visited Sequoia Gardens in search of photo opportunities and it gives us great pleasure that with her love for autumn colour she will be judging this month's 'Autumn Splendour' theme!

Alma loves 'finding the unusual in the everyday'.

 

They don't come more home-grown than this, even though Andrew is on holiday from Zanzibar where he is now based...

 

Andrew grew up on the mountain, where his dad manages the local saw-mill and his mother the local NGO, and his sister recently returned to introduce us to Pilates and Weight Watchers. Both Andrew and Nicky made their mark at Stanford Lake College. The Mountain KNOWS them. Take a look around Andrew's website at www.andrewmorganphotography.com and you will see: cool young photographers don't come with much wider experience than this!

 

We are very excited to have Andrew as our first guest judge, to judge the April competition, and look forward to his comments on the entries and his choice of winner.

 

To see large format versions of the photos, follow this link

 

 ENTRIES FOR THE APRIL COMPETITION

NAME of ENTRANT: Laurie Railton PLACE TAKEN:Slopes of Serala (Limpopo's second highest peak.) COMMENT: 30/03/2011 09:26; looking towards Serala. Watsonia transvalensis in profusion in the foreground and showing as purple patches on the slopes of Serala. The watsonias in 2012 were rather disappointing, not anything like the show in 2011.	NAME of ENTRANT: Erie  Railton PLACE TAKEN:High up on Serala (Limpopo's second highest peak) COMMENT: 03/03/2011 10:27; on the path on the eastern side of Serala leading to the Horns, looking towards the Letsitele valley. Watsonia transvalensis in the foreground
NAME of ENTRANT:Alma Whitehead PLACE TAKEN: Sequoia Gardens COMMENT: 27 September 2011, 5.30pm	NAME of ENTRANT: Hannelie Rupp PLACE TAKEN: Cheerio Trout Lodge COMMENT: Autumn Mirror
ENTRIES FOR THE	MAY COMPETITION
NAME of ENTRANT:Hannelie Rupp PLACE TAKEN: Sequoia Gardens TITLE: Autumn Showers	NAME of ENTRANT: Hannelie Rupp PLACE TAKEN:  Sequoia Gardens TITLE: Having fun in Jack's autumn garden
NAME of ENTRANT: Hannelie Rupp PLACE TAKEN:  Sequoia Gardens TITLE: Beautiful autumn	NAME of ENTRANT: Elize van Wyk PLACE TAKEN: Thabo Metzi Adventures TITLE: Autumn Puzzle
NAME OF ENTRANT: Elize van Wyk PLACE TAKEN: Thaba Metsi Magoebaskloof TITLE: Trees Mirroring into Trout Dam	NAME OF ENTRANT: Wouter Roos PLACE TAKEN: Broederstroom near Dap Naude Dam May 2012 TITLE: Deciduous Forest
NAME OF ENTRANT: Wouter Roos PLACE TAKEN: Broederstroom near Dap Naude Dam May 2012 TITLE: Fallen leaves and Reflections	NAME OF ENTRANT: Wendy Cloete PLACE TAKEN: Sequoia Gardens    TITLE: The true nature of love's reflection
ENTRIES FOR THE JUNE/JULY COMPETITION
NAME OF ENTRANT: Tienie Grovenkamp   PLACE TAKEN: Near Cheerio 2008/9 TITLE: Haenertsburg and its Mountain	NAME OF ENTRANT: Tienie Grovenkamp   PLACE TAKEN: Houtbosdorp- Magoebaskloof road 2008/9 TITLE:All the way to Abel Erasmus Pass!

 

ENTRIES FOR THE AUG-SEP COMPETITION:

"WHEN THE WORLD AWAKENS"

NAME OF ENTRANT:Tracey Leppan PLACE TAKEN: Outside Sequoia Gardens on mobile, 23/9/12 TITLE: Take my breath away...   The morning was still and thickly shrouded in a cool mist. It seemed to embrace everthing and everyone in its path, as long lost lovers do. Our softly whispered words of wonderment hung on the air....The Azaelas floral display were spectacularly contrasted against the tall skeletal trunks of the pine forest just behind. These pines standing true and tall, groaning and whinging in the soft breeze that kissed the uppermost reaches, seemed to form a guard of honour. The carpet of fallen pine needles offering a soft landing for the fallen blooms. The colours were quite luminous and give silent promise of even more of Mother Natures splendour to be enjoyed when the world around awakens. It simply took my breath away.	NAME OF ENTRANT: Elize van Wyk PLACE TAKEN: Cheerio Trout Lodge TITLE: Be aware of spring!     The bee captured my eyes while my fiance was fishing. Everything comes to life in spring-time on the mountain.
NAME OF ENTRANT: Elize van Wyk PLACE TAKEN: Cheerio Trout Lodge TITLE: Reflections at Cheerio Trout Lodge	NAME OF ENTRANT: Elize van Wyk PLACE TAKEN: Cheerio- Sequoia Gardens border TITLE: Pine Farmimg
Entries for October-November competition: "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
NAME OF ENTRANT: Annelize Kruger PLACE TAKEN: The Wheelbarrow TITLE:The Unbearable lightness of Being	NAME OF ENTRANT:Rume Kruger PLACE TAKEN: Debegeni Waterfall TITLE:Looking to a life together
NAME OF ENTRANT: Rume Kruger PLACE TAKEN: Debegeni Waterfall TITLE: Like water rushing	NAME OF ENTRANT: Isabel Rademeyer PLACE TAKEN: Debegeni Waterfall TITLE: Joy
NAME OF ENTRANT: Rume Kruger PLACE TAKEN: The Wheelbarrow TITLE: In paradise together