............I have blogged this previously with only little uptake from our Club although with the participation of some of our chums from SMCC we have been able to confirm it. Ben has now proposed Wednesday 4th Feb as the day in question so if this date is one that enables you to participate and you had not previously
Hi folks, Thought some of you might be interested in the following grab shot taken through my living room window yesterday morning. Both our front and back gardens are visited regularly by a bunch of feral pigeons and by a sparrow hawk. It was inevitable that one day these two would coincide and this is the
Not to be outdone by Jon Alanson's recent in depth success in FIAP exhibitions, Rob had seven images accepted in the Bebbington salon. These include three new images: Growing up in Bhutan First light on the Antarctic Peninsula The Neurmayer Channel
Folks, We need your top images for the prestigious PAGB GB Cup and its sister comp., the GB Nature Cup. Please send any images you think may be suitable to Graham and/or myself. If you're a member of the Discussion Group please bring them along on Monday evening. We need 15 images for the GB
This is the last call for any of you wanting to join the "Wintering Swans" workshop with Ben Hall one day during the first two weeks of February 2015. Venue: Martinmere. Cost: Ca. £80pp. The workshop is limited to a maximum of 6-8 people and will take the form of a tutorial from Ben for
Well, an overwhelming majority of you photed to enter this competition so we're in! The theme for the first round is "Water" so please get shooting and send your images to me at rob.hockney@gmail.com ASAP. Those of you who were present yesterday evening will know that the deadline is actually 5th Jan, but I will have
Having firmly pinned the blame on Alan Saunders for getting him involved in bird photography in the first place, past-president Graham Johnston gave an interesting, informative and amusing presentation of his five year quest to photograph the elusive Blue-spotted Chaffinch to a full house at Hazel Grove yesterday evening. Much of this quest seems to have been in
Not to be left out of salon successes Jon has had several new ones including these two at Smethwick On the Train Parson's Chameleon and 7 at the Wrekin which included Parson's Cahmeleon as well as these six images:
You may have seen in the latest Photography News that they have launched a new "Camera Club of the Year" competition which involves five images being submitted on each of five subjects, by five different authors over the next five months (why didn't they call it Fives?). The prizes incld a top of the range Canon projector, and
Hot on the heals of Aamir and Graham, Rob had six images accepted into the Frome West Sussex Salon. Pride of place went to "Wild Boar sow in Forest of Dean" which beat both the Cheetah shots to a Ribbon in the Nature class. This takes Rob's BPE tally over the 50 mark to qualify for BPE2*