Tuesday 26th January - Digital Competition Round 2

Round 2 of this season's Digital Competition had the theme 'scapes and proved a popular topic attracting 80 entries.  The judge for the evening was David Hodgson from Wisbech.

We adopted a broad interpretation and the entries covered landscapes, seascapes, urban landscapes and more.  See below for the high scoring images.

POPPY FIELD by Jim McConnell (20/20)

MAID OF THE MIST AT NIAGARA by Suzi Senior (20/20)

END OF THE DAY by Tom Thurston (20/20)

WINTER SUNSHINE by Heather Ryder (20/20)

NORFOLK STORM SNETTERTON by John Boekee

THE CLOUD FOREST AT SUNSET by Tim Leonard (20/20)

THURNE DRAINAGE PUMP by Graham Jackson (20/20)

NORTHERN LIGHTS by Andy Caws (20/20)

EILEAN DONAN CASTLE by Keith Mountford (20/20)

MEANDERING STREAM by Andy Caws (20/20)

THE STONES ON THE BEACH by Roy Scrivener (20/20)

LOOKING OUT TO SEA by Pam Rutty (19/20)

AUTUMN ON MOUNT TEIDE by Tim Leonard (19/20) 

THORNHAM EBBING TIDE by Christine Alcock (19/20)

TRACKS TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Francesca Shearcroft (19/20)

THE BLACK CUILLIN by Keith Mountford (19/20)

CASCADES by Di Daniels (19/20)

LAKESCAPE by Andy Lowe (19/20)

SNOWY SUNSET by Paula Cooper (19/20) 

BAMBUGH CASTLE AT DAWN by Roy Scrivener (19/20)

Tuesday 12 January 2016 - Chris Palmer 'The Prints and the Paper'

We had a good turnout for this presentation by Chris Palmer entitled 'The Prints and the Paper' and we weren't disappointed.  Chris showed us prints featuring a variety of topics from locations near and far.  He described how he arrived at the final image from camera craft, through processing and finally printing.

It was a thoroughly entertaining and informative evening and I'm sure many of us are still mulling over subtleties of Chris's approach to landscape and other genres of photography.  All in all, another inspiring evening.

Check out Chris's work on his website  http://www.chrispalmerphotographer.co.uk/home.

Tuesday 1st December - Out and About

The first day of December - a crazy time to go out in the evening with our cameras?  Not at all!  Some of us met in Swaffham to investigate their Christmas lights (didn't take long!) but luckily there were other interesting subjects.  Another group joined Francesca at Wells Cole where they tried their hands at Light Painting Orb techniques.  Others took photos in locations such as Watton, Ovington, Kings Lynn on their way in.

We ended up with 43 projected images and Robin got the job of picking the best of the bunch.  Considering the images were straight from the camera with no processing, they looked quite impressive.  The best of the bunch was one of the orb images taken by Diana Graham.  You can see Diana's image and a selection of others below.

PS  For those who missed the Light Painting Orb session and want to have a go at home, Francesca recommends this video on the technique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXID_HqdmxE&feature=youtu.be.  and camera settings as follows: Manual, ISO 100, aperture between f8 & f22, shutter speed 30s.  Focus first with light on person who will twirl the light.  

ORB by Diana Graham

Tuesday 24th November - Round 1 Print Competition - Open

71 photographs were entered in Round 1 of this season's Print Competition. Judge David Saunders used a wide range of scores and only one 20/20 was awarded in each class.  

Well done to everyone who entered prints.  Here are images which scored 20, 19 and 18.  

Scoring top marks, 20/20, were:

ALCHEMIST by Daphne Lingwood

QUANTOCK SUNRISE by Graham Jackson

STREET FIGHTER by Andy Lowe

Scoring 19/20:

BABBLING BROOK by Elaine Stubbings

MISS SAIGON by Chris Kot

KEZIAH by Elaine Stubbings

FADED GLORY by Francesca Shearcroft

STAMPEDING BISON by Di Jackson

Scoring 18/20

THE COLOUR RANGE by Sarah Pymer

TRIATHLON SWIM by Andy Caws

CHEETAH HUNTING by Robin Orrow

BALANCING ACT by Di Jackson

THE RIVER CAM by Jan Murphy

GET ME OUT OF HERE by Andy Caws