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This week

WCC Photonews

    Worcestershire Camera Club Editor: w-news@worcscc.uk

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Header image: Artist’s Palette Rotorua, John Burrows DPAGB BPE2

ContentsOur judge this week is Michael Krier, ARPS,MA (Photography) and we look forwardboth to his thoughtful and helpfulcommentary and to seeing a wide selectionof PDIs  from our members. 7.30 start.

Digital Group

The Digital Photography Group meets on

Thursday, 17th November at 7.30 pm at  theRoyal British Legion in Cornmeadow Lane,Worcester WR3 7RL.

All WCC members welcome.

This weekThursday GroupsThree CountiesCrowngate ExhibitionDiaryCompetitions & exhibitionsHelp wantedPAGB NewsMembers’ News and Images

Digi GroupClive says:- This week, the first half  will beabout Nature Photography and we'repleased to welcome two expertphotographers from our club.    JamesBoardman-Woodend and Douglas Gregorwill present two very different aspects ofthe genre.

Following his wonderful talk at WCC lastweek, James says "photographing thenatural world can roughly be broken downinto five areas: equipment, technique,specialised areas of photography, locations& ethics".  In the time available James willbriefly cover the first two, in particular,equipment, useful settings & technique.

Douglas will talk about photographinginsects with a macro lens, explainingexactly what macro is - and what it'snot.    He'll cover how to cope with verysmall 'depth of field', touching on hisexperiments with 'focus stacking' and whyhe doesn't use it. He'll    describe how hefocuses and methods to avoid messybackgrounds.    Douglas will also includeinformation about taking insects in flight.

Both James and Douglas will show a rangeof images, including those whereimprovements were required.    Theequipment they use will also be a featureof the evening.    Whatever your level ofinterest and/or ability, this will be afascinating evening.

The second part will feature images frommembers about which advice, suggestionsand improvements are sought.    (Lightroomand Photoshop).  Please bring your  imageson a memory stick.

Clive.

Thursday Groups

AV Group All members - please rememberHenry’s invitation in last week’s edition (p2)!

Contemporary Group newsletter is out.

James Woodend

Not this…

…but from this….to this!

Douglas Gregor

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Crowngate Exhibition

The Three Counties inter-club battle – November 29th

DPIs

1. Tony Gervis -  Mustang Roundup2. Clive Haynes  -   Mandala Dance3. Alex Isaacs  -  Personal Space4. Malcolm Haynes  -  End of Season5. Malcolm Haynes  -  Pursuit6. Judy Knights  -  Towards the City7. Alan Yeates  -  Grand Canyon8. Duncan Locke  -  Ready for Dinner9. Jayne Winter   -  Autumn River10. Malcolm Haynes   -  The Watchers11. Paul Mann  -  Aurora over the Vestrahorn12. Bob Tunstall  -  European Eagle Owl Landing13. Eric Williams  -  Blue Footed Booby Diving14. Clive Haynes  -  Lilies and the Lake15. Maddy Pennock  -  The Future is Here

PRINTS

1. Paul Mann  -  Suspicion2. Duncan Locke  -  Stellar’s Sea Eagle3. Jayne Winter  -  Race Track4. Eric Williams  -  Ice Beach at Dawn5. Charles Ashton  -  Walking with my Baby6. Barrie Glover  -  Snowy Egret7. Bob Tunstall  -  Goldfinch8. Jayne Winter  -  Cast Offs9. Charles Ashton  -  Sunday Papers10. Eric Williams  -  Juvenile Pied Stilt Feeding11. Judy Knights  -  Silver Light12. Duncan Locke  -  81.5 Degrees North13. Paul Mann  -  Inside Phare d’Echmuhl14. Judy Knights  -  Something Happened to the Sunrise15. Paul Mann   -  British Museum Courtyard

Judy Knights

Thank you to everyone who has sent me images.   If they have not been chosen for this competition then they have gone into the‘pool’ & will be considered for the next External Competitions this year.

The images selected for November 29th are:-

Paul Mann reminds us…Another of James Woodend’s fine nature images.

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21st Nov  2016 WCCmember Tessa   MillsFRPS is giving a talk atVale of Evesham CameraClub. It’s  entitled 'VisualCommunication'and  Tessa willshow  prints, books, andPDIs covering a widevariety of subjects,including some of herrecent Bhutan visit.

12-16th November TPA CreativityFountain Court, SteelHouse Lane, B4 6DR

W/b 21 November Donna Nook trip withBarrie. See members’ website, ad hocevents.

The Radical Eye is   now on until May2017: see Elton John’s amazing collectionof modernist photographs at Tate Modern.(Watch the video too!)

Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas market

opens 17th November, runs to 29th

December.

19th November, Croome. See the openingof the Plumlines exhibition.

Competitions & exhibitions

International Photography Award 2017 closes 20thNovember.

Water in the Uplands   (any uplands in GB). Deadlinemidday  31st Dec 2016. Up to 4 photos, free entry.

Grand Prix Fotofestiwal 2017 closes 30th November.

CBRE Urban POTY closes  30th November.

Cotswolds Landscape Photographer of the Year 2016, closes 11/12/16.

International Photographer of the Year closes 11th Dec.

TPA Life in Colour closes 31st December.  Photographs that explore colour in nature.Win a VicTsing Full HD Action Sports Camera .

Sony World Photography Awards. Closes January 5, 2017.

Nikon Photo Contest closes  27 January 2017 1pm Japan Standard time. Guidelines.

Diary

PAGB News

WCC is a corporate member of the Twinning Association who are appealing for help. Lots ofphoto-opps at the Fayre!

The Worcester Christmas Fayre opens on 24th November & Worcester TwinningAssociation has responsibility for 4 stalls, 3 of which will be manned by  guests from Kleve,Le Vesinet and Ukmerge. Our own stall however, has to be manned by us.

We do still need volunteers to man the stall during the Christmas Fayre period - 24 to 26November (this year we are not opening any of the twinning stalls on Sunday).  Please tryto make some time during the Christmas Fayre (24 to 26 November) to help man the stallon behalf of the Association, and to take part with our guests from our twin towns duringthis time.

If you can help please email  Margaret  or  tel (01905) 358428.

Christmas Fayre - can you help?

174 now out; wellworth a read.

Feedback

There can’t be many camera clubs which enjoy the benefit of a weekly news magazine ofthe quality of Worcester’s.So I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Ruth for her diligence in providing us withsuch excellent quality information which really must take up a good portion of her time toresearch and then edit so effectively for the benefit of the club members.Many thanks Ruth,

Pam Turner

Ruth Bourne

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Members’ News and Images

Remember that Karen also welcomes your images for website headers, too. Here’s how to format them. Thanks to those who have sentin updates recently. It’s a bird theme for starters today….

Bearded tit, female, Leighton Moss. Barrie Glover took this on the recent WCC outing with Pam andDouglas. The tits proved rather unco-operative but a good time was had.

Les Bailey has been   further testing the Fuji XT 2/100-400 combo and finds it “Amazingly sharp…” Headds:- ”The wrens (overleaf) are male and female, having both popped out of the holes in that old treetrunk.  The pheasants (this page)  are our most colourful bird I believe, males that is, the female is a dull oldbird.  Red-legged partridge (overleaf) was in a field near my house, in the bottom of a hedgerow.  I'd like tohave lain on the ground, but didn't really relish getting covered in brown smelly stuff… Not the world'sgreatest image, however you have to stay a respectable distance away and avoid disturbing the bird.  She wasvery tenacious though, and I believe hatched about a dozen chicks, which simply all disappeared.  I believethat’s normal.

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Now for an autumnal selection, beginning with Clive’s in-camera double-exposures for  an artistic, interpretive and impressionist view ofthis 'Season of Change'.

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Piper’s Hill,Janet Stott &BodenhamArboretum,Les Bailey anda Westonbirtcollage, RuthBourne.

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And we finish with a flourish of flags and Tessa’s Bhutan pictures. See the diary for details of her upcoming talk.

Tessa Mills