March Competition – Black & White (4 x A5) : And info about April’s guest judge Steve Myall
A very well-attended meeting with a huge breadth of subjects submitted in the monthly competition. The variety made it very difficult to choose and rank photographs – the competition could have gone many ways depending really on personal preferences.
To end the evening, Nigel gave us a very informative and helpful demo-talk on macro skills, techniques and equipment.
Competition results are as follows. [If you upload your images after publication of this month’s post, please let me know and I’ll add them on].
Individual results:
1st equal. Shared by Dave Hodson and Chris Read.
Here’s Chris’s. A semi-tropical Salvia flower at Barnsdale Gardens. (We’ve not got Dave’s images yet.)
2nd Veronica. The contrast between the ultra-modern, waffle-like Metropol Parasol and the baroque-style church – placed just in the right spot – makes for a fabulous photograph.
3rd Chris B (awaiting image)
4th equal – Shared by Nigel Hume and Tom
Here’s Nigel’s Alpine scene, taken (I think) from a chair-lift. The patterns and lines add more interest to a great monochrome photo.
And from Tom, a super misty morning by the river. Stark shadows, bright highlights on the water and eye-catching mist rising. The low sun even low-lights the goose’s path.
Group Results:
1st Chris Read with more images of plants that look a bit like other things.
2nd Dave Hodson with these fine and unusual portraits and architectural shots from Papplewick Pumping Station.
3rd Equal Veronica and Chris B
Veronica’s set of high-contrast architectural photos is a treat.
(Awaiting Chris B’s photos)
4th Was Sue with these impressive and beautiful shots of zebras in their natural habitat in Namibia.
APRIL COMPETION – PORTRAIT
We are very much looking forward to welcoming Steve Myall EFIAP BPE5* to our society on Thursday evening, 17th April. He will be adjudicating our Portrait Competition, and hopefully treating us to some of his own images. Steve enjoys photographing a wide range of images, and, shortly after joining a camera club, became interested in competitive photography. His interests today are less competitive, and he more recently took up a new project, entitled The 100 Stranger Project, as his favourite subjects are people. This culminated in an 8-page feature in the Canon EOS magazine in 2023, which was very well received. The 17th April should be an extremely interesting evening.
Here’s a link to Steve’s website.
2 Dave H with a pin-sharp puffin at Bempton Cliffs. Capturing perfectly the sad, pleading expression that puffins seem to have.
3.Sue’s kingfisher. A real beauty. There is just enough sunshine to illuminate the kingfisher, highlighting her vibrant plumage. Sue’s image was captured in Stamford. Her group images included a stunning diving kingfisher.
4. Tom. The impression of speed, the concentration on the face of the driver, the spinning tyres – though we can see right through the spokes. Impressive stuff. There’s a lot more to this image than a first glance suggests. I’d say it deserves a larger format than A5.
Group results.
Chris submitted these four different tulips taken at Burghley House and Barnsdale Gardens.
