Monday, July 25, 2016

JULY MONTHLY PDI

Phew what a scorcher, An evening that needed to have the windows open, oh we did, shame we had to have the curtains pulled. I know that the heat affects Jim, but I think the shock of Norwich signing a decent goalkeeper and forward was too much for him and he had to have a lie down. It is always good to see Howard considering the distance he now lives from the club. I was trying to work out if there was any pattern to when he came. Then it hit me, he waits a few weeks until he has some winning tickets to collect and they are presented to him so that he gets a bigger round of applause.

We had another stunning photo of a Pelican from Gordon, I was a bit disappointed that he has shown lots of pictures from the Dalmatian Coast, we have not seen one picture of a Spotty Dog. Is it that those Pelicans with their big beaks can eat one whole.       

My Favourite picture of the evening was "A Drink At Sunset". I liked the vertical letter box, I'm not sure that I agreed with Gordon that the photographer should have waited half an hour to let the sun sink lower, I know that they were having leisurely drinks on the terrace, by that time the drinks would have been sunk by then.

Leisurely drinks at all inclusive holiday

Thursday, July 21, 2016

JULY PDI WINNING IMAGES

ADVANCED

1st Greater Flamingo & Stilt
by Reg Mellis

2nd Red Kite
by Gordon Bramham

3rd Dream
by Ping Lin



H.C. White Pelican
by Gordon Bramham

H.C. Roller Chasing Magpie
by Gordon Bramham

H.C. Sneaking In
by Howard King

INTERMEDIATE


1st Sharp Lines
by John Hastings

2nd Rainham Marsh Ducks
by Martyn Addison-Smith

3rd Sri Lankan Bird On A White Stick
by Richard Saville

H.C. Lilac Roller
by Harry Hodgkin

PRELIMINARY


1st Awaiting Occupants
by Sharon Brown


2nd As Found
by John Baker



3rd Homeward Bound
by John Baker

H.C. Checking The Nets
by Peter Owen

H.C. Anchored Up
by Dennis Goodman




Monday, July 18, 2016

BIJOU

This week we were lucky to have a judge that is a self made man. A self taught photographer and nature expert.  And with all these self assembly kits there is always some bits over to make something else.  In this case it was as judge. It is quite refreshing when we have a non judge judging as they come up with their own way of doing things. First we had a change to the score, which in the end did not make a difference to the result, then we had a version of Play Your Cards Right, were he gave the score, and then came the audience participation bit where we were asked to go higher or lower. The person whose image it was,shouted higher and their neighbour thinking if it goes higher they will beat me, shouting lower. 

In the end we got the right result, well those of us that that got first, second, third and highly commended. Think so.

  

Saturday, July 16, 2016

BIJOU CUP & TROPHY

WINNING IMAGES

BIJOU TROPHY

1st GORDON BRAMHAM



Dalmation Pelican


Siberian Lynx


Lammergeier (The Bone Breaker)


2nd REG MELLIS


Great Grey Owl in Snow



Lammergeier Eating Bone


Little Owl With Food


3RD DAVID LUND


Crested Crane


 Hyacinth Macaws Fighting


River Otter

NORMAN BONHAM TROPHY
PETER OWEN


Amphiprion Bicintus 
Red Sea Clown Fish

BIJOU CUP

FLOWERS & ANIMALS

1st ANDY TAYLOR LRPS


Orchid Duo


Point of Focus


Unique Colours

2nd ANDY LAING


Tiger


Wild Garlic


Pink Poppy

3rd HARRY HODGKIN



Having Lunch


Concentration


Leopard









Monday, July 11, 2016

JULY MONTHLY PRINT

A week in which we discovered that we do not have a very good head for figures. Unfortunately none to our advantage.
It started with Dave's email about the cost of the Christmas dinner which would have meant him being out of pocket to subsidises the shortfall. 
It was my turn next, when updating the points for the print competition. Thanks to Dick for pointing out that whilst I was trying to publish the figures I had swapped my points total with Andy Taylor's, normally this would not have been a problem (for me). However, this year Andy has not got fewer points than myself so I had fiddled myself.
The next was Mandy and the two twenties. Easy mistake to make, personally I think that she thought they were marking one of her prints, this is one of the perks of the job, you can always state that there were two twenties given as one of the judges will think that the other two have given maximum marks. However, like the referendum you cannot have another vote if you do not like the result.
The last number cock up was down to good old technical problems, my mother in law always used to say never trust anything that runs off a three pin plug.
After the usual good old fashion methods of poking the key pad with a good old prod, bashing the computer screen and turning the computer off and then on. I think it was at this point that Brian showed us that not only that he is a good photographer but a great magician. As after all the technical stuff was completed his key board was working but Bob's was not, he obviously swapped them over during all the confusion, remarkable as Bob had his in his hand all the time.

My favourite image of the evening was a "A Deer Called Steve" very creative image and title, and ironic as Stephen was commenting on the prints he did say that he did not have different coloured eyes but did not mention if he had antlers or not I always wondered why he always back combed his hair.

I have thought of a way to spice up the announcing of the scores by introducing a bingo type call, for instance "three steps from heaven" 57, "these pixels are fine" 59. 

JULY MONTHLY PRINT

 WINNING IMAGES

Advanced

1st A Quiet Corner
by Ping Lin
2nd Dream
by Ping Lin

3rd Cloud 99
by Dave Wilcox

H.C. Fresh Delivery
by Gordon Bramham

H.C. Red, Yellow & Blue
by Ping Lin
3rd Chicago Inside Out

INTERMEDIATE

1st Lilly
by Martyn Addison-Smith

2nd Lego
by Colin Smith

3rd Chicago Inside And Out
by Cloin Smith

H.C. Pond Lillies
by Colin Addison-Smith