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Len wins RPS Gold Medal

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Club photographer Len Claydon has just won a Gold medal and had two other exhibition acceptances at the recent Royal Photographic Society Projected Image competition. His medal was for coming top of the Open Colour section for his “Girl on the Balcony” image. From around 1000 entries, only 200 are selected for exhibition, three of which were Len’s. The images are published in the monthly RPS DIGIT magazine for December. Very well done Len, a great achievement.Screen Shot 2015-12-19 at 11.10.25

Italians showcase Anthony’s talent.

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Italian photography magazine FOTOGRAFI have published a two page feature illustrating the work of club member Anthony Gosling. They have used two of Anthony’s images to explain to their readers the beauty and technical quality of his architectural photography. Anthony was pleasantly surprised with the publication which picked up on his Flickr account “For me, getting some recognition for what we photographers do no matter how big or small that may be is always a satisfying feeling and as a club we must get our images out there! whether it be the local paper, one of the many online photo sharing sites or a print down the local pub, lets share them with the world and you never know what we might achieve!!”

A translation from the Italian ……on the more symmetrical skyscraper image “The very bright sky looks like if it is about to impinge upon the upper part of the building, but the author has managed to preserve the highlights. In cases like this you need to correct the histogram, use the “Raw” processing tools and, if necessary, adjust the contrast. The wide-angle and the symmetrical composition has created an enclosed effect. Reflections have a strong graphic impact, but from a technical aspect require great attention to exposure and focus; here the subject and its reflected image blend perfectly.”

On the One Angel Square image….”The clouds seem to replace the fumes of these hypothetical smokestacks. When photographing the sky, the clouds are an element of the composition hence place them in line with your expressive intent. In this image we can appreciate the management of the light that enhances this futuristic architecture. The wide-angle focal length and the closed framing accentuate the vanishing point. In the presence of glass and steel architecture, look for an angle which enhances the reflections. And remember that in photography the subject is reproduced not for the light that hits it but for that which it reflects.

Well done Anthony, great to see your work get the commendation it deserves.

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High Peak Trophy result

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After a good run of success in external competitions we were well down the pecking order in last nights High Peak Trophy which was won by Chapel-en-le-Frith. The image scores were as follows :

Prints 

“Alfie & his human have a pint” by Stephen Bolton 20 points ;  “Hunting Owl” by Conor Molloy 18 points; “Girl on a balcony” by Len Claydon 17 points ; “Red Panda” by Steve Gresty 16 points; “Dark Forest” by Alison Lomax 16 points; “Art Lover” by Len Claydon 16 points, “In safe hands” by Paul Scott 16 points, “Journey through a pin-hole” by Val Lear 12 points.

DPI’s 

“Osprey with fish” by Conor Molloy 20 points; ” My little brother” by Paul Scott 19 points; “Chasing the ball” by David Tolliday 18 points; “Focus” by Steve Gresty 17 points; “Quarter inch Jack” by Anthony Gosling 17 points; “One Angel Square” by Anthony Gosling 17 points; “Peek-a-boo” by Alison Lomax 17 points; “Arctic Terns feeding” by David Tolliday 16 points.

 

Congratulations to Mark Helliwell

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Many congratulations to club member Mark Helliwell. For the second year running he has had a commendation in the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition which will see his image below appear in the annual publication of winning entries by AA publishing which is on sale in November. The image will also be on display at the mezzanine level on Waterloo station between 23rd  November and 7th February. Mark’s winning image was taken just off the Cat & Fiddle road. Mark is our club’s Learning facilitator and its terrific for us all to be able to learn from someone with who has gained such outstanding recognition.Mark Helliwell

Terrific members night out at Blackpool illuminations

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Around a dozen of us made the trip to Blackpool in four shared cars, most leaving Macc between 2pm and 3pm although a few had driven up the night before. We had around two hours of daylight photography before the night came and the lights were turned on at 6.45pm. Despite the length of the prom we all managed to bump into each other sometime during the night. The weather was extremely kind to us, no wind and no rain and it really wasn’t terribly busy either. The lights are a terrific show with the lit up trams, water reflections from the beach and multiple viewing angles from varying distances of the Tower to help get some good nighttime landscapes. I think everyone managed to get some good and very different shots. We will plan to show the best of these at some future camera club evening. Below is Kevin Blake’s creative slow shutter work of the passing tram.

Tram lights at Blackpool by Kevin Blake

Tram lights at Blackpool by Kevin Blake