Welcome to the Silver Spring Camera Club. Visitors and new members are invited to our public meetings, which take place the first three Thursdays of every month, September through May. We also welcome you to our field trips. Signups are through Meetup.

All kinds of camera equipment are embraced; including mirrorless, phone, dSLR, film, and drone.

Meetings are either in-person, or virtual on Zoom.

The first meeting of the month is our speaker night, held virtually.

In person meetings will take place on the second Thursday of each month, and will generally be our competition. In person meetings are held at Christ the King Presbyterian Church (formerly called Northwood Presbyterian Church), 1200 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD.

On the third Thursday of each month we hold a virtual meeting. This will generally be our Photo Forum which includes discussion, member presentations, and photo sharing.

The November

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Events

This week at the Silver Spring Camera Club

November 5 at 7:30 on Zoom – Speaker Night: Essdras Suarez – Decisive Moments & Storytelling

This month at the Silver Spring Camera Club

November 5 – Speaker Night: Essdras Suarez – Decisive Moments & Storytelling (7:30 p.m. on Zoom)
November 8 – Field Trip: Brookside Gardens (8:00 a.m. at the Visitor Center)
November 12 – Competition Night: Open – John Hoover, Judge (7:00 p.m. at Christ the King Presbyterian Church, note early start time, and there will be snacks provided by Board members)
November 19 – Photo Forum (7:30 p.m. on Zoom)
November 26 – Thanksgiving; no Board Meeting

Winners of the October Competition

October’s competition topic was “Nature” for projected and print images. Rollin Fraser was our judge was our judge.

The Joyce Bayley Award is presented for the “Best of Show” during the October Nature competition as determined by the judge. This award was named to honor Joyce Bayley after her death in 1997. She joined SSCC in 1981 and was known for her beautiful nature photographs and the prize peonies she developed. She was an active contributor to the club and served as President

The winner of the Joyce Bayley Award for the 2026-2027 Club year is:Deadvlei Morning, Sherm Edwards

Advanced Projected

First Place: Deadvlei Morning, Sherm Edwards
Second Place: Burrowing Owl, Beth Koller
Third Place: Buck Moon, Ilona Linnoila

Sherm Edwards ~ Deadvlei Morning

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Deadvlei is a white clay pan in a valley between the dunes in the Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia. The 600- to 900-year-old camel thorn trees do not decay because the Namib Desert is so arid. I took this shot fairly early in the morning. Later, as we were leaving, clouds were rolling in from the Atlantic Ocean and this view would have been much different, likely with fog.

Intermediate Projected

First Place: Young Leopard, Kent Morris
Second Place: Grazing White Rhino, Kent Morris
Third Place: Catching a Foothold, Jim Riley
Honorable Mention: Milky Way, Tanya Riseman

Kent Morris ~ Young Leopard

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The Young Leopard was taken on a late afternoon game drive in the Okonjima Nature Reserve in central Namibia. The leopard was preparing to climb up into a tree where the leopard’s mother and a sibling were located. In the tree was a remains of a springbok the mother leopard had killed and brought up into the tree for her and her offspring to eat. Canon R5 mk ii, Canon EF 100-400 L. Focal length: 400mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 sec, ISO: 4000.

Novice Projected

First Place: Ranthambore Lake, Tom McLaughlin
Second Place: Heron in Flight, Owen Epstein

Owen Epstein ~ Heron in Flight

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Over the past few years, I’ve developed a bit of an obsession with the Great Blue Heron while photographing along the shoreline at Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia. Unlike smaller birds, herons tend to hold still, making them ideal subjects. When they finally take flight, it provides the perfect opportunity to practice my panning technique using my mirrorless setup and long telephoto lens. Sometimes the blue color in the plumage is hard to discern, requiring me to brighten and saturate the feathers during post-processing. Nikon Z8, F6, 470mm, 1/2000, ISO 500.

Print Image Competition

Combined Print

First Place: Forest Friends, Will Rabinovich
Second Place: Sea Stack Sunset, Will Rabinovich
Third Place: Ripples and Lily Pads, Sherm Edwards
Honorable Mention: Murmuration, Ilona Linnoila

Will Rabinovich ~ Forest Friends

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This image was taken in Redwoods National Park during a very foggy morning. The fog was just starting to clear which resulted in “spotlight” on the rhododendron. I was trying to capture the size difference between the plant and the redwood tree. Taken with a Sony ARIV at 60 mm. Printed with an Epson P800 on Red River Ultrasatin Pro paper.