Looking at life through a lens with local photographers

Hibiscus Coast Photographic Society meets at St Michael’s Sands Hotel on the first Wednesday of each month at 6pm for 6.30pm. All photographers, from beginner to advanced, are welcome.

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Members hold regular workshops, arrange outings and help each other nurture and develop creativity. For more information contact chairman Kathy Kay at 039 3151235 or 082 8200868.

Respected South Coast photographer Jacques Sellschop, who submitted the winning photo for July, says “The image is an expression of privilege.

The privilege of superior equipment, an opportunity to spend four days in the Sabi Sands Reserve, the support of the trackers, guides and photographic mentors of the ‘At Close Quarters’ organisation and then, of course, the privilege of that divinely-controlled phenomenon that places one at the right place at the right moment in time.

Beyond that there is the privilege of having had five years of PSSA-inspired and club controlled interaction in the disciplines of photography. Given these privileges, I am sure thousands of people could have secured the same image.

Late on a June afternoon at Djuma in the Sabi Sands Reserve, the light levels were very low, so I chose an ISO of 1600 for a handheld Nikon D800 set on aperture priority. It was fitted with a Nikon 70-200mm lens set on 200mm to give me an aperture of f3.2 for extra light and a diffused background. With an EV of -1.7, the shutter speed was a 640th.

Finding the leopard and positioning the vehicle was a tribute to the staff of the ‘Big Cats Safari’ offered by the ‘At Close Quarters’ organisation. In these cases, things happen quickly and are gone in a flash. So one cannot deny a significant element of luck in having recorded this elusive moment in time.”

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