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1st June 2020
Thirty-seven members met on Zoom to hold another online meeting of Thornbury Camera Club. The annual round of competitions is complete and the winners could be announced.
In the Print competition, Dean Packer came first, Rob England was second and in third place was George Collett. In the Projected image competition, George Collett was first, with Mike Ashfield second and Martin Nimmo third.
The main part of the meeting was a challenge to produce a single projected image made up from five original images – technically this is known as a “Pentaptych”. The challenge for many members was not finding five images, but the process of assembly using Photoshop, Affinity or other software editing tools. Steve Wells had given a talk on the subject earlier in the year to start people off.
Combined images were provided based on holidays, visits to rivers and the sea, churches, still life and street photography. In one case, the five images were actually slices taken from a single original image.
This was the final meeting of the season, but the meetings will continue over the summer. Some will be online using Zoom and, if the relaxation of lockdown continues, in person.
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25th May 2020
When Thornbury Camera Club asked its members what events they would like to stage on Zoom during the lockdown, one reply, from Ray Lemin, was for a competition for images taken during the lockdown. Every member was invited to provide pictures which had been taken during the early stages of the lockdown. Ninety-two images were provided. Three members were then asked to play the part of judges and to mark each image out of five. The judges were Ray Lemin, Rob England and Steve Wells.
Having started the meeting and technical difficulties having been overcome, The 92 images were shown. Awards were made based not on individual images, but on the total number of points accumulated by each photographer. Finally each judge was asked to provide comments on their favourite images.
Places were awarded using the standard convention of Commended, Highly Commended, Third, Second and First. Dean Packer came first, Barbara Gibbons was second and, in third place came Rachel Taylor. Ray Lemin was Highly Commended (in case you were wondering, he did not judge his own images). Nigel Watkins, Rose Kemp and Janet Oxenham were commended.
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18th May 2020
As the Thornbury Camera Club season comes to a close, the club was left with the problem of how to hold its fifth and final competition. Usually, the judge would visit the club. Prints and projected images would then be shown and the judge would comment. Due to lockdown, the judge could not visit and prints could not be displayed. The solution was for the judge to provide written comments, and for those who would have presented prints to submit them as projected images but for the scores to be added to the print scores from previous rounds.
The judge in this case was Rob Heslop LRPS from the Forest of Dean.
So, 38 members convened on Zoom to see the images displayed on their screens and for the judges comments to be read out by the club’s Competition Secretary Martin Nimmo.
In the print section Dean Packer came first and third with “Yasaka Pagoda” and “Family Portrait”. Steve Wells came second with “Birds in the Mist”. Commended and Highly Commended images came from George Collett, Mike Ashfield, Dean Packer and Joseph Weaving.
In the projected image section, Mike Ashfield came first with “Ferry on Derwent Water”. Second place went to George Collett with “It’s My Fish”. In third place with “Wistful Geisha” was Dean Packer. Commended and Highly Commended images came from Alicia Thomas, Brian McBride, Dean Packer, George Collett, Andy Gillingham, Mervyn Reed, Mike Ashfield, Janet Mann, Malcolm Rea and Rodney Crabb.
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18th May 2020
As the Thornbury Camera Club season comes to a close, the club was left with the problem of how to hold its fifth and final competition. Usually, the judge would visit the club. Prints and projected images would then be shown and the judge would comment. Due to lockdown, the judge could not visit and prints could not be displayed. The solution was for the judge to provide written comments, and for those who would have presented prints to submit them as projected images but for the scores to be added to the print scores from previous rounds.
The judge in this case was Rob Heslop LRPS from the Forest of Dean.
So, 38 members convened on Zoom to see the images displayed on their screens and for the judges comments to be read out by the club’s Competition Secretary Martin Nimmo.
In the print section Dean Packer came first and third with “Yasaka Pagoda” and “Family Portrait”. Steve Wells came second with “Birds in the Mist”. Commended and Highly Commended images came from George Collett, Mike Ashfield, Dean Packer and Joseph Weaving.
In the projected image section, Mike Ashfield came first with “Ferry on Derwent Water”. Second place went to George Collett with “It’s My Fish”. In third place with “Wistful Geisha” was Dean Packer. Commended and Highly Commended images came from Alicia Thomas, Brian McBride, Dean Packer, George Collett, Andy Gillingham, Mervyn Reed, Mike Ashfield, Janet Mann, Malcolm Rea and Rodney Crabb.
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11th May 2020
As the Lockdown continues, Thornbury Camera Club met again using the Zoom conferencing service. This time, 41 members joined in to hear one of our members, George Collett, talking about his travels in India. This was the second part of George’s description of his travels to photograph wildlife, particularly birds.
The part of the journey started in Keoladeo National Park about 40km west of Agra in the north of India. Here were Herons, Cormorants, Storks and Ibis as well as vultures and eagles. Some of the smaller birds were similar to those found in the UK. Others, however, were similar in name only; for example, a robin with a blue breast!
Animals included deer (about the size of a European Red Deer) and monkeys.
Throughout his talk George illustrated not only the animals and birds, but the people. Keoladeo is in the Indian state of Rajasthan whose people have a reputation for the bright colours of their clothing. This was demonstrated to the full at a Baraat in Agra. A Baraat is a Hindu celebration which precedes a wedding; normally at a full moon. As well as the colour, the noise (aka music) filled the air – drums and trumpets supplementing the amplified recordings.
Returning to the photography of wildlife, George travelled to the Chambal River. This large, wide river is home to marsh crocodiles and fish-eating gharial crocodiles. People and animals seemed all to be at one in the river despite the presence of the crocodiles which can be several metres long.
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The results for the 3 way Battle held on 16th September were as follows:
Thornbury 464 points
Crossbow 446 points
Sodbury and Yate also 446 points
Several of our members gained a maximum score of 20 points so special congratulations to them.
Janet has sent a flyer to the membership containing our entry,
the photographers and the individual scores.
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The competition rules have been updated in the competition page
Following on from discussions at a recent club meeting there is a link HERE to an article in Amateur Photographer regarding the Law and Street Photography
Mark Hayward has shared with us a post processing site that he uses which is now free to download.
It can be found at http://www.dl-c.com/ - link HERE - (Digital Light and Colour)
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Oz Parfitt recently showed us how he used his images to fill text. His notes on this can be
found on the Tips and Tricks page HERE
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Following on from Simon Riches' recent talk on 'What catches the eye in DPIC,
Rob England has found 3 links on what judges look for in competitions. They can be found
in the Tips and Tricks page HERE
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Rob England has found 3 links on what judges look for in competitions. They can be found
in the Tips and Tricks page HERE
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3 Way Battle Results for 2018
The results of the 3 Way Battle were:
Thornbury 396 Points
Sodbury and Yate 384 Points
Crossbow 377 Points
A link to our entry is HERE
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Updates for this season regarding competitions
There will be no beginners pdi competition (Just one competition for all)
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The 3 year restriction has been lifted for competition entries
Also, please note the new sizes for pdi competition images for the coming year
- 1600px wide x 1200px high (max)
If you need help with resizing, there is a link to Steve Wells' powerpoint
presentation HERE
There will be no beginners pdi competition (Just one competition for all)
and
The 3 year restriction has been lifted for competition entries
Also, please note the new sizes for pdi competition images for the coming year
- 1600px wide x 1200px high (max)
If you need help with resizing, there is a link to Steve Wells' powerpoint
presentation HERE
George Collett has obtained his CPAGB. The pictures and details can be seen in the
May newsletter update. Congratulations to George.
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3 Way Battle Results for 2017
The results of the 3 Way Battle were:
Thornbury 400 Points
Crossbow 386 Points
Sodbury and Yate 379 Points
Congratulations to George Collett, Janet Oxenham, Andy Gillingham and Simon Riches
who each scored 18 points for one of their pictures.
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Ian Cook's notes on his talk on Photoshop Elements 13 can be found HERE
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Simon Riches gave us a talk on how to mount prints. A link to his talk can be found HERE
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The results for the 3 Way Battle in September 2016 were:
Sodbury and Yate 449
Thornbury 441
Crossbow 428
Congratulations to Sodbury and Yate!
Below are the 3 pictures from TCC members that received the maximum of 20 points each. You can enlarge on the pictures by clicking on them
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Sunlight Through the Window by Janet Oxenham
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Historic Laycock by George Collett
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Lily by Barbara Gibbons
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Barrian Cup 2016
The Barrian Cup was held on Saturday 11th June in Barry. Congratulations to George Collett and Peter Howarth who both scored 19 out of 20 (pictures below). Out of a total of 26 clubs, Gwynfa Camera Club were the winners with 96 points. Thornbury scored 86 points placing us around the middle of the competition.
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Old Boats by Peter Howarth.
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Hunting Buzzard by George Collett
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Click on pictures to enlarge
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DPIC Results 2016
To see results and the winning pictures click HERE