Thursday 30 October 2014

Tuesday 28 October Round 1 Digital Competition

We had a busy evening with 76 images for judge Frank Blyth to review and score.  Once again the judge commented on the high standard in the Club class.  Ten images were awarded top marks (20/20) and Christine and Jan achieved top scores for both their images.  Well done to the top scorers and to everyone who entered.  

Here are the images which scored 19 and 20:



CRICKET by Marnie Ball


BANK VOLE by Graham Goodwin

WINDY FARM by Kim Scrivener

BIG BEN by Jan Murphy

THE PIER by Jan Murphy

SPIDER WEB JEWELS by Martyn Anderson

COSMOS by Christine Alcock

CROMER SEAFRONT by Roy Scrivener

LONDON BY LIGHT by Christine Alcock

NECK AND NECK by Keith Mountford

WHEATEAR by Graham Goodwin

FLOWERS ON WHEELS by Pam Rutty

WOODLAND CASCADE by Tim Leonard

FINAL APPROACH by Di Daniels

THE BALLERINA by Robin Orrow

A QUIET CORNER OF THE ORCHARD by John Mills

ALL FISHED OUT by Jack Mitchell

DAHLIA REFLECTIONS by Francesca Shearcroft











Monday 20 October 2014

16th & 19th October - Fungus Forays at Dersingham Bog

 This was our first event of the new season and we were fortunate on both days to get fine weather.

Many thanks to Nigel Downer for leading these two practical workshops to Dersingham Bog National Nature Reserve.

We were shown many interesting and unusual fungi and given plenty of help and advice with identification and on how to obtain the best images of the fungi in their natural environment.

Some of the resulting images are shown below:



Fungi by Pam Rutty

Fungi Lace by Kim Scrivener

Come along Kiddies by Roy Scrivener

Little Grey Caps by Jan Murphy

Thursday's Crew by Caroline Tillett

Gill Detail by Jim McConnell

 Birch Bolete Fungus by Tom Thurston

Yellow Stag's-horn by Diana Graham

Variation on a Theme by Di Jackson

One Forager to Another by Sue Baldwin

Nigel Downer with Keith and Rita

Hard at Work

Only taking a Photo by David Wilkin

Sulphur Tuft Fungus by Christine Alcock

Smaller Than a 5p Piece by Andy Caws











Wednesday 15 October 2014

Tuesday 14th October - Phototrek 2014 results

At last night's meeting the results of this summer's Phototrek challenge were announced.  Congratulations to Caroline Tillett and Christine Alcock who are our Joint Champions, and to Jan Murphy in third place.  Scroll down to see their winning portfolios of six images.

Several other photographers achieved high scores in the individual categories and these images are also shown here.  Thanks to all 24 club members who took part in this summer's challenge.

In the second part of the meeting, we looked at what made strong Black and White images.   Many thanks to Christine, Francesca, Di J and Roy for demonstrating the four different methods. 



Joint Phototrek Champion Caroline Tillett's winning portfolio

ABANDONED by Caroline Tillett

BEACH DETAIL by Caroline Tillett

BIG SKY by Caroline Tillett

MOVEMENT by Caroline Tillett

STREET LIFE by Caroline Tillett

THREE OF A KIND by Caroline Tillett


Joint Phototrek Champion Christine Alcock's winning portfolio


ABANDONED by Christine Alcock

BEACH DETAIL by Christine Alcock

BIG SKY by Christine Alcock

MOVEMENT by Christine Alcock

THE PIER by Christine Alcock

THREE OF A KIND by Christine Alcock


Third place portfolio by Jan Murphy


ABANDONED by Jan Murphy

MOVEMENT by Jan Murphy

THE CHURCH by Jan Murphy

THE PIER by Jan Murphy

THE RAILWAY by Jan Murphy

THREE OF A KIND by Jan Murphy


Other images that top scored within their categories


ABANDONED by John Bunning

THREE OF A KIND by Heather Ryder

BEACH DETAIL by Sue Baldwin

BEACH DETAIL by Kim Scrivener

THE CHURCH by Andy Lowe

THE CHURCH by Roy Scrivener

THE PIER by Dave Angood

THE PIER by Roy Scrivener

THE RAILWAY by Di Daniels