We welcomed Slawek who gave his presentation via zoom. He stressed that his aim is to capture the beauty of the outside world and immortalize it in his images. He tries to keep his images as naturalistic as possible.
His style is Telephoto landscapes. He showed us a range of his images and demonstrated step by step his approach to postprocessing. He starts with the detail - sharpening, using noise reduction and chromatic aberration with all of his images.
He also stressed the importance of light in relation to the angle of the camera and how he uses it, along with the shadows, to give the illusion of volume.
A visit to his web site will give you a flavour of his work. www.photoss.net
This evening we welcomed our members back after our summer break and we also welcomed Nick Akers to Judge our Summer Challenge. We had a varied selection of images ranging from insects to still life, monocrome to multiple exposures, making it very difficult for Nick to select a winner.
The winning images are below:
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| 1st Place: Hares by Jack Mitchell |
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| 2nd Place: Still Life by Jan Murphy |
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| 3rd Place: A Sense of Botswana by Robin Orrow |
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| Commended: Insects by Maureen Cambell |
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| Commended: Insects by Geoff Lingwood |
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| Commended: British Wild Life by Sandie Jardine |
