On Sunday 28 April 6 members, together with companions and severalwhippets, visited Hinton Ampner to photograph the bluebells in the woods.They enjoyed an excellent display, in variable light conditions. Followingthe circular route, they also walked about four and a half miles (images below). To finish a healthy morning in the[…]
Read moreThis Thursday is our 2nd Competition round! No theme this time and we welcome Julian Tubb on his first visit to the Society to give an appraisal of our efforts. We’ve compiled a set of briefing notes for the judges who visit us, giving details of the scoring system, the[…]
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Nine members visited the Wetlands Centre on Monday 1st April. A beautiful sunny day found the wildfowl in good spirits with lots of activity going on. There were a couple of sets of ducklings – always a welcome sight, and Anne and Mary were fortunate to see a Watervole posing[…]
Read moreAfter spending some time carefully checking the spreadsheet – the league tables and galleries have been updated. Thank you for entering your images and letting us all share in the portraits; Primay Intermediate Advanced 1st Celia THOMPSON Liz YOUNG Wendy SPENCER 2nd Talia C. Anne RICHES[…]
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On a dull grey day, 13 members visited Whitchurch Silk Mill. The Mill offered plenty of photographic opportunities – the water wheel, the weaving machinery, cogs and bobbins, and lots of coloured threads. As always, it was a sociable occasion with discussion of cameras and lenses, and there was always[…]
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Eight members and two wives visited the Bombay Sapphire gin distillery at Laverstoke Mill, on the banks of the River Test near Whitchurch, for the final Out and About of the year. Most of the present mill was built in the 19th century to supply banknote paper to the Bank[…]
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Our final competition of our season was held last week – on the set theme of Architecture. The prints on display across all classes was excellent. Caroline Colegate had a tough job selecting the placed images. The results are below – and the images can be seen in the gallery. Primary[…]
Read moreCongratulations to Mary Gardiner for winning the Public Vote at the exhibition! Her image ‘The Red Door’ is below, Mary said, “The image was taken in Bruges and was a very quick hand held snap shot trying to avoid all the visitors pouring through the doorway! ” The vote was very[…]
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We could not have wished for better autumnal weather for our latest O&A to Petworth Park. Eight members made an early start for the opening at 8am (some earlier than others, but best not to ask why!) It really proved to be the “season of mists….”, in fact so misty[…]
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We just want to say thank-you to everybody for visiting the exhibition. We’re collating the visitor numbers and images taken from the presentation of the prizes – will post them shortly.
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