A group of us attended North Norfolk Photographic Society in Bodham for a three way Inter Club Battle between WDPC, Kings Lynn and North Norfolk. This consisted of two halves, the first being 10 prints per club and then 10 digital images per club after a coffee break.
The Judge was Roy Essery who gave a detailed critique of each image before scoring out of 20. After the print round, Wayland were ahead by just 5 points. During the digital round, North Norfolk were eating into our lead and needed to score 20 with their last image to draw level. They got 19 and we scraped home by 1 point!
Many thanks to the eleven travelling supporters and to the members whose images represented Wayland.
Our best scoring images in the print round were:
A STRANGER ARRIVES IN TOWN by Graham Frost (20) 
COMPROMISED MOUNTAIN HARE by Di Jackson (20) 
LEOPARD WATCHING FROM A GRASSY MOUND by Dawn Osborn (20) 
FARNE FROM BAMBURGH BEACH by Roy Scrivener (19) 
LENTICULAR CLOUDS OVER MOUNT RUNDLE by Dawn Osborn (19) 
STORMING THROUGH by Graham Frost (18)
Our best scoring images in the digital round were:
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| LITTLE OWL by Sandie Jardine (20) |
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| HITTING THE ROUGH WATER by Di Jackson (19) |
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| FEMALE STONECHAT ON FOXGLOVE by Christine Frost (18) |
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| MARBLED WHITE ON KNAPWEED by Carol Martin (18) |
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| STORM STACEY, BRITISH SUPERBIKES by Graham Frost (18) |
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| SAFELY ROUND THE BEND by Di Jackson (20) |
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| GENTOO PENGUIN LEAPS FROM THE OCEAN by Dawn Osborn (20) |
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| RED DEER STAG AT THE RUT by Graham Frost (20) |
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| ABANDONED by Carol Martin (19) |
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| LITTLE OWL ON POST by Sandie Jardine (19) |
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| BEARDED REEDLING FEEDING ON SEEDS by Christine Frost (19) |
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| THIS MAY NOT END WELL by Graham Frost (19) |
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| BABOON AT DUSK by Andy Caws (18) |
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| A SPRING BOUQUET by Carol Martin (18) |
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| GREAT WHITE PELICANS IN BREEDING PLUMAGE by Di Jackson (18) |
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| BODLEIAN LIBRARY, OXFORD by Pam Rutty (20) |
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| THE FISH SHOP by Sue Baldwin (20) |
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| IMPRESSIONS OF THE FORUM by Sue Baldwin (19) |
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| JAPANESE ANEMONE by Graham Jackson (19) |
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| DRAGONFLY by Geoff Lingwood (18) |
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| TAKING A BREAK by Ann Barber (20) |
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| COLLECTING POLLEN by Ann Barber (18) |
We welcomed Simon Turnbull, via Zoom, whose presentation was in two distinct halves. Part 1 was an introduction to Mindful Photography and Part 2 tips and tricks on how to achieve it.
Simon stressed the need to slow down, take the tripod footprint shot and then look, look and look again for the details. Taking pictures for yourself and not for the judge or social media was inevitably more rewarding.
In honey pot locations Simon suggested asking the question..What can I take here that is a bit different? He suggested eliminating all distractions and concentrating on the scenes around you. Simon also suggested a few Apps for smart phones to help with our photography.
Simon's talk was peppered with many of his photos, some of which can be seen on his website: https://www.simonturnbullphotography.com
Simon was well qualified to talk on the subject has he has won many national awards, the latest being the winner of the Landscape of the year in 2022.
An interesting evening and Simon gave us much to think about hopefully to increase our enjoyment of our photography.
14 of us + 1 guest decided to ignore the weather forecast and head to the north Norfolk coast hoping to find some action. Well, there were certainly plenty of Fallow deer throughout the woodland areas and huge numbers in front of the magnificent Holkham Hall however, not a lot of action. The deer were very skittish so a slow, quiet approach without any sudden movement helped us to get within shooting distance. There were a few half-hearted attempts at some sparring amongst the young bucks and plenty of bellowing but it didn't look as if the full rut was underway - probably worth a return visit in a week or two.
While most of us lingered in the cafe and enjoyed a variety of delicious food and drinks, Maureen ventured out and managed to capture what little action there was - well done Maureen!
Some of our images can be seen below:
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| by Maureen Campbell |
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| by Graham Frost |
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| by Christine Frost |
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| by Andy Caws |
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| by Di Jackson |
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| by Maureen Campbell |
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| by Andy Caws |
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| by Di Jackson |
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| by Christine Frost |
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| by Graham Frost |
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| PELARGONIUM by Georgie McCall (19) |
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| LOW TIDE AT HUNSTANTON by Georgie McCall (19) |
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| RED ADMIRAL by Geoff Lingwood (20) |
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| AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN by Graham Jackson (20) |
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| FOR THOSE AT SEA by Tim Leonard (20) |
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| EURASIAN JAY by Rachael Trivett (20) |
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| SUNRISE AT ORFORD by Sue Baldwin (20) |
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| MATING DRAGONFLIES by Geoff Lingwood (19) |
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| JELLY EAR by Maureen Campbell (19) |
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| BEAR CUBS PLAYING by Rachael Trivett (19) |
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| EVENING RACE by Phil Childs (19) |
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| BEAUTIFUL ANEMONE by Jan Murphy (20) |
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| BRIMSTONE ON FLOWER by Jack Mitchell (20) |
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| RUNNING HARE by Sandie Jardine (20) |
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| HUNGRY KING PENGUIN CHICK AND PARENT by Dawn Osborn (20) |
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| LEADING THE WAY by Carol Martin (20) |
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| EURASIAN WOLF STALKING by Robin Orrow (20) |
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| HUNGARIAN VIZSLA EARLY MORNING WALK by Stephen Gregory (19) |
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| GANNET IN FLIGHT by Sandie Jardine (19) |
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| ROBIN by Dawn Osborn (19) |
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| FLY by Francesca Shearcroft (19) |
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| GLORY OF THE SNOW by Christine Alcock (19) |
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| NATASHA J BELLE by Chris Kot (19) |
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| CAPTAINS BATTLE FOR THE BALL by Graham Frost (19) |
