Sunday 7th July - East Anglian Trophy Trial

The last Event of the Season and what a scorcher it turned out to be!  Not only the high temperature but all the high action photography to capture - quite tricky, contrasty conditions with some of the action taking place in the surrounding woodlands.
Sarah quickly spotted our arrival and showed us round the site pointing out the different sections and possible good view points to capture some great images.  David Wilkin quickly spotted the essential ingredient to make his perfect day out... the bacon roll wagon!  Later reports confirmed that the rolls were "excellent".
It was amazing seeing riders of all ages, genders and skill levels attacking what seemed to be virtually impossible obstacles and terrain - some of us could barely keep our footing just walking the course!

Thanks again Sarah for inviting us to your Event.

Some images from the day are shown below.

by David Wilkin

by Andy Caws

by Geoff Lingwood

by Keith Mountford

by Caroline Tillett

by Andy Caws

by Di Jackson

by David Wilkin

by Geoff Lingwood

by Keith Mountford

by Caroline Tillett

by Di Jackson

by David Wilkin

by Keith Mountford

by Di Jackson

by David Wilkin

by Keith Mountford

by Di Jackson

by David Wilkin

by Keith Mountford

by Di Jackson

Tuesday 2 July - Focus On ... People

Last night’s Focus On … People session attracted 44 images showing people in many different ways.  Club members at the meeting voted for their favourite three images - it’s never an easy task.  Many images had an ‘aah’ factor, some featured people we knew, some were understated, others were ‘in your face’.  After three reviews of the images everyone had their 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites.  Just to remind you, images voted 1st by members get 3 points, those in 2nd get 2 points and those in 3rd get 1 point.  When all the votes were counted, just three points separated your favourite three images.

1st with 19 points TETE A TETE by Di Jackson

2nd with 18 points BE HAPPY by Robin Orrow

3rd with 17 points AFTER DARK by Andy Caws

4th with 12 points CHALLOIT by John Boekee

5th equal with 11 points DAVID BELLAMY by Roy Scrivener and SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES by David Wilkin

Scroll down to see these images.  Thank you to everyone who entered images and to those who voted on the night.

Our meeting also included an opportunity to see the RPS Creative Group’s DVD kindly supplied by David Ryland, LRPS, who had three images included in the featured digital exhibition.  It was interesting and thought-provoking to see the images that received the top awards in the RPS Creative Group’s digital and print exhibitions. 

TETE A TETE by Di Jackson

BE HAPPY by Robin Orrow

AFTER DARK by Andy Caws

CHALLOIT by John Boekee

DAVID BELLAMY by Roy Scrivener

SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES by David Wilkin

Tuesday 25 June - Image of the Year

Last night was our Image of the Year competition and it was an excellent finale to our competitions for this season.  The judge Frank Blyth saw 23 prints and 21 digital images and gave us some really helpful observations and comments before selecting his top three plus three highly commended images.

Well done to everyone who entered an image and congratulations to the following people whose images came out on top:

Print Image of the Year:

• 1st Wells Next The Sea by David Ryland
• 2nd Sandstone Abstract by Francesca Shearcroft
• 3rd Montagu’s Harrier - Ready To Take Flight by Melvin Holmes

Highly commended prints:

• Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels by John Bunning
• The Soothsayer by Di Jackson
• Evening On The River by Andy Caws

Digital Image of the Year:

• 1st Angels Of The North by Robin Orrow
• 2nd Male Chaffinch in Flight by Di Jackson
• 3rd Wheels On Fire by Roy Scrivener

Highly commended digital images:

• Low Cost Security by David Wilkin
• Collecting The Pollen by Di Daniels
• Older And Wiser by Andy Caws

Scroll down to see the top three images from both groups.

Wells Next The Sea by David Ryland

Sandstone Abstract by Francesca Shearcroft

Montagu's Harrier - Ready To Take Flight by Melvin Holmes

Angels Of The North by Robin Orrow 

Male Chaffinch in Flight by Di Jackson 

Wheels On Fire by Roy Scrivener

Sunday 23rd June - Old Buckenham Airshow

OK, so we had a few showers!  But did it spoil our day?  Not at all! The heavy, dark skies only added to the dramatic effect of the fantastic flying displays on offer.  We managed to capture some images in between the showers and some of us managed to fit in the occasional hog roll.  It was a long day but everyone seemed to enjoy it and those that stayed till the last plane had left found the suggestion of a pub supper at the nearby White Lodge very welcome.

Thanks to all of you who joined in.

Di Jackson
Events Secretary

Brendan O'Brien's Record Attempt by Ron Wheeler

Ally at 2 O'Clock High by James Ball

Pitts Special Fly By Marnie Ball

Britain's Top Female Aerobatic Pilot Lauren Richardson by Ron Wheeler

Ready For Take Off by James Ball

RV8Tors by Marnie Ball

Spitfire in Flight by James Ball

Wildcat Team Take- Off by Ron Wheeler

Up, Up and Away by Marnie Ball

RV8 Aerobatic Planes by Jim McConnell

RAF Search & Rescue "Sea King" Helicopter by Ron Wheeler

Lift Off by Geoff Lingwood

Into The Blue by Caroline Tillett

Stearman by Christine Alcock

Close Formation by Di Jackson

RV8s In Formation by Jim McConnell

Boeing Stearman 174 Built 1941 by Ron Wheeler

Stormy Flight by Caroline Tillett

Smoke Rings by Di Jackson

Wildcats Team Pitts Special by Ron Wheeler

Pitts Special by Di Jackson

Twin Take-off by Geoff Lingwood

Hub Reflection by Caroline Tillett

Bulldog XX543 by Jim McConnell

Brendan O'Brien's World Record Attempt by Jim McConnell

Wildcat Aerobatics by Marnie Ball

11th June 2013 - ‘Out and about with our cameras’

Who would have guessed that our 1 hour challenge would produce such a variety of interesting photos.  Nobody travelled more than 4 miles from Saham Toney and everyone was back within the hour with at least one decent image.

While the rest of us were enjoying tea and coffee, David Blake was importing the 27 images into Lightroom.  After a quick review of all images straight from our cameras, David demonstrated some of the Lightroom editing functions and quickly created some impressive images.

Well done to everyone who took up the challenge.

David’s pick of the best of the bunch are shown here.