ANNUAL P.D.I. COMPETITION 2017

ADVANCED

1ST AND OVERALL WINNING IMAGE

SQUACCO HERON

by REG MELLIS

2nd It's My Perch

by Reg Mellis

3rd Great Grey Owl in Snowstorm

by Reg Mellis

H.C. Golden Eagle

by Gordon Bramham

H.C. Cromer Pier 

by Mandy Deer

H.C. Siberian Lynx

by Gordon Bramham

H.C. Bugs in Love

by Brian Clark

H.C. Dalmation Pelican

by Gordon Bramham

H.C.Going Down

by Andy Laing

H.C. Black Buck Resting

by Gordon Bramham

H.C. Araniella Optisthographa

by Brian Clark

INTERMEDIATE

1st Ashanti

by Richard Hallam

2nd Sharp Lines

by John Hastings

3rd Link Tunnel Canary Wharf

by Martyn Addison- Smith

H.C. Desert Trader

by John Hastings.

H.C. Damage Surveyor

by Mick Brendish

H.C. The Monument and The Shard

by John Hastings

H.C. Horizontal Surfing

by Richard Hallam

PRELIMINARY

1st Window-Eye View

by John Baker

2nd As Found

by John Baker

3rd Fair Warning

by Charlie Crick

H.C. Get My Good Side

by Charlie Crick

H.C. Macchu Picchu in a Frame

by Sharon Brown

H.C. Cactus Flower

by Sharon Brown

H.C. Cyril

by Andy Brett

FEBRUARY PDI COMPETITION

WINNING IMAGES

ADVANCED

1st Wild Great Grey Owl Hunting in Snow

by Reg Mellis

2nd Griffons Sharing

by Gordon Bramham

3rd Hoopoe With Beetle

by Reg Mellis

H.C. I'm Fed Up

by David Lund

H.C. Lammergeiers

by Gordon Bramham

INTERMEDIATE

1st Kelly

by Joe Travasso

2nd Grassland, Lighthouse and Wind Farm

by Richard Saville

3rd At The Dogs

by Martyn Addison-Smith

H.C. Home For The Night

by Richard Hallam

PRELIMINARY

1st The Harbour

by Sharon Brown

2nd Sunbeams

by Peter Owen

3rd Rainbow Rising

by Sharon Brown

FEBRUARY MONTHLY PRINT

WINNING PICTURES

ADVANCED

1st It's Still Raining

by Stephen Deer

2nd Captive

by Stephen Deer

3rd Lammergeier Feeding

by Gordon Bramham

H.C. Rainham Barges

ADVANCED

1st Coffee Noir

by Pete Wills

2nd The Writings on The wall

by Richard Hallam

3rd The Train Shed

by Richard Hallam

PRELIMINARY

1st Thames Barrier at Dusk

by Glen Crawford

2nd Reflections of the Shard

by Glen Crawford

3rd It Doesn't Always Rain In Wales

by Sharon Brown. 

PRINT BATTLE VERSUS BRENTWOOD

Unfortunately Sylvia's cunning plan to change the judge and wrong foot our opponents did not quite come off. However, our judge made it clear from the start what he liked and what he would give extra marks for. One was Steam Engines, which must of got the Brentwood crowd excited only to find when he got to their print he did not like the fact that is was clean, unlike his cars that were always dirty, this was explained by the fact that he did not get out of his car to take a picture, he just drove over muddy fields etc. to get his shot, presuming the field gate was open, or perhaps he just drove through them and smashed the gate out of the way.

He said he also gave extra marks if a picture was of something he could eat. We now know that he eats Spiders and Pelicans. He also liked little girls, well they are made out of sugar and spice. So you can eat them, but perhaps not all in one go.

Here's lunch

Great write-up in Havering Resident Magazine this month about Upminster Camera Club and our current exhibition at The Havering Museum. Hat tip to our newly appointed advertising and promotion officer Andy Brett.

OUTINGS COMPETITION

A week in which we saw an new double act, Andy & John, with the sketch, you say Bodiam, I say Boodium and other interesting pronunciations, not helped by some bad speeling! eh Sylvia?

The best joke was if it's Welsh and unpronounceable try and catch the judge out and get him to pronounce it. However, Dai the judge got it right. 

We also learnt that one of the club's favourite places to visit on the Essex/Suffolk border, that is associated with the famous landscape artist John Constable, has been bought by the Lord of The (Irish) Dance, Michael Flatley, and is now to be known as Flatley Mill. The art studio has been turned into a dance studio, so the tapping we heard in June was not the hitting of staples to make picture frames but the sound of clogs on the wooden floor. I did wonder how they managed to hammer in unison and with an unusual rhythm. 

  

You may remember that a few weeks ago we had a visit from the residents of the Home For The Bewildered, and their warden Jeff, who wanted to break the world record for the most people in a selfie, unfortunately his arm was not long enough to take the picture with his iphone, so he had to resort to high tech method instead. See the result below.

What's that black box on top of that thing with three legs?