MONTHLY PDI (TRIPTYCH)

A Triptych (photographic) meaning:- a group of three images, with a relating theme, or half a panel.

This is the second difficult word we have had to learn this year after Suprematism. There is always someone who has to combine the two and come up with a suprematism triptych. Not sure if our judge really understood it she knows Tony Bramley and therefore presumably understands the concept, perhaps seeing it in a triptych completely threw her.

It was good to see so many entries and a bit worrying, as like our vice chairman I was doing the mental arithmetic and thought that she was going to comment on 240 images, unfortunately those of us that submitted one image split in three and those that flipped one image (same rules apply to panels) were shot down in flames apart from the Red Arrows, who were allowed to land. However, by the time she reached the advanced, those of us that had submitted one image knew our fate and were just dismissed out of hand. A salutary lesson for the future.     

A quick question when does one image count as two? When you show it as a reflection. Personally I thought it was quite clever.

 Again I was disappointed by the Dalmation  Pelicans, there were three images and not one spot, between them.

NOVEMBER MONTHLY DIGITAL (TRIPTYCH)

WINNING IMAGES

ADVANCED

1st Dalmation  Pelicans

by Gordon Bramham

2nd Neon

by Sarah Oliver

3rd Old Windows

by John Knight

H.C. Skittles Colour Run

by Dave Wilcox

H.C. Spanish Vultures

by Gordon Bramham

INTERMEDIATE

1st Surfin USA

by Richard Hallam

2nd I Woke, I Washed, I Watched

by Martyn Addison-Smith

3rd Dusk

by Richard Hallam

H.C. Westminster Postcards

by Richard Hallam

PRELIMINARY

1st Nubble Lighthouse

by Linda Brien

2nd Liverpool Windows

by John Baker

3rd A Line of Lions

by Sharon Brown

H.C. Power Line

by Peter Owen

H.C. Siberian Windows

by John Baker

NOVEMBER 2016

WINNING PRINTS

ADVANCED

1st Skyline

by Kevin Sykes

2nd Sunrise at Inch Beach

by Brian Clark

3rd Aurora at Iceberg Lagoon

by Dave Wilcox

H.C. Celebrate The Colour

by Dave Wilcox

H.C. Red Throated Diver

by Gordon Bramham

H.C. Cromer Pier

by Mandy Deer

INTERMEDIATE

1st The Magic Circle

by Richard Hallam

2nd Wave Rider

by Peter Wills

3rd Florentine Kiss

by Peter Wills

H.C. Mr. Singh of Romford

by Peter Wills

PRELIMINARY

1st Need For Speed

by Glen Crawford

2nd Church Windows

by Glen Crawford

3rd Waiting to Go

by Glen Crawford

SAFARI 2016

Congratulations to our winning team.

CHARLIE CRICK

SONIA BLYTH

SHARON BROWN

Our very own Spice Girls.

Image 1

Flatford Mill (A Building)

Image 2 

Flatford Mill  (A River Scene)

Image 3 Mistley Park Animal Rescue Centre.

Image 4 Brightlingsea. (A coastal scene)

Image 5 Brightlingsea (A creative shot)

Image 6 Beth Chatto Gardens (Showing The Use of Colour)

Image 7 Beth Chatto (Showing the Glory of The Garden)

Image 8 A Club Member in Action

Image 9 A close Up With Lots of Detail

Image 10 Any Image on Route

BEST IMAGE

 SHARON BROWN

LANE STILL LIFE TROPHY

METRE CUP

WINNING IMAGES

LANE STILL LIFE TROPHY

1st Eggciting Splash

by Andy Taylor ARPS

2nd Model 500

by Jeff Oliver

3rd Last of The Harvest

by Sylvia Williams

H.C. Cotton Reels

by Jim Barber

METRE CUP

1st Taking A Drink

by Howard King

2nd Mr Bassett

by John Knight

3rd Display

by Martyn Addison-Smith

H.C. Ground Bug

by Gordon Bramham

METRE CUP & LANE STILL LIFE TROPHY

It started with bad news for Nikon users as we have purchased a Canon projector which obviously will only show Canon cameras at their best.

I was a bit disappointed by our judge. He made a bit of a Rickket (excuse the pun) of judging my prints. But that was not a problem.

However, it caused me to write to the Master Adjudicator of Judges (Photography). Her Majesty the Queen.

Here is the copy of the letter.

Dear Maj. 

We have just had one of your judges at our club to judge two of our most important competitions.  

Several times he alluded to the fact that he attended judges seminars. I believe that he turned up registered had a free cup of coffee and biscuits then went home. As it was obvious he had not kept up with the latest trends in what makes a good photograph.

The first comment was that he liked black mounts. This was very disappointing as our members have spent a lot of money over the last few years buying up supplies of white, off white and cream mounts, in case of a nationwide shortage. 

Forget about negative space, crop everything down.

He wondered why key lines were going out of fashion, if only he had attended those meetings.

White blobs/marks on the edge or anywhere on the image was not a problem, no disparaging remarks of it drags my eye to that spot, so even if you have not noticed it or it had not dragged your eye to it you would now. In fact he gave second place to an image that was covered in white spots, splodges etc.

When talking about an image and how to improve it he did not spend the required 90% of the time how to improve it in Photoshop.

All the above is refreshing and forgiving.However, when he said about one print that the bug in the picture was too big in the frame, well that was unforgivable, did he not know that the person whose print it was has written the book  "Too Big in The Frame" He has also written about people and other animals walking into the picture. Personally I think the bug was walking out of the frame.

Thank you for taking the time to read my letter, hopefully you will ensure your judges do attend courses in the future so that us photographers know in the future what pictures we should be taking.

Yours Faithfully

etc

All those distractions

CLUB OUTING

PORT LYMPNE WILDLIFE PARK

A small, but select group of keen photographers took themselves down to Port Lympne Wildlife Park last Saturday. Surprisingly ,they were all classed as advanced primates and given an 'access all areas' pass, reliant on good behaviour.

The crisp but dry weather was kind to us and we were able to explore the 600 acre reserve on foot and in a safari truck, which trundled and bumped along tracks resembling the depths of the maasai mara  or the Serengeti.

Gorillas were undoubtedly the stars of the show, but we also saw and photographed (with great difficulty in some cases), Rhinos, Tigers, Wolves, Zebras, Baboons, Ostriches, Giraffes and many more quite rare species which The conservation work at Port Lympne is successfully helping to preserve and increase for future generations.   

Spot the camera club members.

Thanks to our official photographer Andy Brett for the triptych (no one likes a smarty pants)

Unfortunately you will only be getting paid the £1,200 for one image and not £3,600 you were expecting for the three photos (ed)

COMMITTEE MEETING

Our meetings are held at Dave and Lin's stately home. They give the servants the night off  so they can keep the tradition of the Chairman and Treasurer serving the refreshments alive.

We meet in the great dining hall around the grand banqueting table.

The first item on the agenda is apologises for absent. Our President could not make the last meeting due to inclement weather where he works. He was snowed in our under something like that.

Next we go through the minutes of the last meeting. Alf takes each item in turn and we update him on how they are progressing. If we report that we have made no progress then we get one of Alf's looks. If you are worried about upsetting Lin that is nothing to upsetting Alf. That tut and look over his glasses could leave you a gibbering wreck.

We next have reports from each of the secretaries. 

This month Alf updated us on the insurance claim after the break in. All seems to be going well and we should all have a good Christmas. So, remember if you get a call from the insurance company, you keep your top of the range Nikon/Canon and their marque lenses in the cupboard at the club. However, I'm a bit worried that Alf's claim for a new lounge carpet due to a leaking radiator will go through. He really should get his own house insurance.

We then take our refreshment break, served on the antique family silver with the Wilcox coat of arms of crossed tripods engraved on it.

We then discuss the most important item on the agenda. Who is providing the cake for the next committee meeting and what will they be making our buying. If you like homemade Bread Pudding see Dave about being on the committee.

After discussing other items on the agenda and any other business we set the date for the next meeting.

We make our way home, being careful to not to wake the servants on our way out as they have to be up at 3:30 to prepare Dave's cameras for that day's photography Cleaning the lenses, fresh batteries, empty memory card etc. Thankfully gone are the days when they had to load each camera with film.

Enjoying a well earned break in proceedings.

Chimp's tea party springs to mind.

Thanks to Andy Brett for the image, he has now become the club's official photographer. He is hoping to get £1200 that our guest the other week gets for his images as he has included a couple of burnt out highlights.

WINDMILL TROPHY

SCORES & RESULTS

THE WINNING IMAGE AND WINNER OF THE SAM TOY TROPHY

SURVEILLANCE NATION

by PAUL MEE (LOUGHTON)

PDI ENTRIES BY CLUB

ROMFORD

BLACK WIDOW  (16)

CARDINAL BEETLE  (19)

STARLING  (20)

THE MAN ON THE STEAM TRAIN  (18)

UPMINSTER

GREATER FLAMINGO AND STILT (20)

EXHILARATION (18)

SPECKLED BUSH CRICKET  (17)

GREAT GREY OWL IN SNOW (17)

MOULSHAM LODGE

ALBATROSS  (18)

UP TO DRUIDS (18)

CREATIVE SAND (17)

MOORED FOR THE NIGHT  (16)

DAGENHAM

STREET ARTIST  (18)

ROBIN (16)

FROG IN THE RAIN (17)

DELIGHT IN

 WHITE SATIN  (18)

LOUGHTON

SURVEILLANCE NATION (20)

DOVERCOURT LOW LIGHT (17)

DANCER (17)

NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE (14)

HARLOW

CORNISH STORM (19)

RED KITE (18)

HOLD TIGHT (16)

THE VIEW FROM SOUTHEND (15)

HORNCHURCH

GRASSES  (17)

110 BISHOPSGATE  (17)

MR. BARN OWL (15)

COUNTRY PARK INHABITANT (14)