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Hi you Canon users, my good friend Steve Deer is selling his macro lens, it's as good as brand new - he was given it by Canon for letting them make a film about him, he's not used it. http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-canon-ef-100mm-f-2-8l-macro-is-usm-lens/p1033229 Macro is not his thing and never will be so a good chance to bag

MARK HAMBLIN WILD NATURE OF THE CAIRNGORMS Tuesday saw the 1st of our Big Nights. Mark Hamblin is an award winning professional nature photographer. Originally from Warwickshire, he started in 1995 as a freelance nature photographer, he then lived for 18 years in Sheffield, and for the last 14 years is now presently living in

The closing date for submitting images to the PAGB GB Nature Cup is the 15th January, and NCPS will be taking part.  We need to submit 21 PDIs with a maximum of three per author.  If you have a fantastic nature image  (which MUST be compliant with the Nature rules) and want it to be considered for

Last night NCPS came 9th in the L&CPU knock-out competition. It took place in Chorley, and 45 (yes, 45!) clubs participated. The format of the competiton is as follows: Clubs submit 8 PDIs and depending on how may clubs enter 4 or more may be used.  Last night each club had four images in round

Paul came to talk to us last Tuesday about his Northern Portraits. His talk was entertaining as he took us through his thinking behind his approach to his pictures.  Paul primarily uses a Hasselblad 500C/M film camera.He also occasionally uses a Canon. Most of his pictures are taken with an 85mm lens and he uses

The next L&CPU PDI Club Knock-Out competition will be held on 19th November 2016. The venue for the evening is the Albany Academy, Chorley.Judge for the night is: Mr. Peter Gennard MFIAP, EFIAP.  This is a fun competition night with a serious side. Meet old friends, make new. The winning club and, author of the winning

Please welcome Mike Robinson to North Cheshire PS.  Here's a few words and a photo from Mike: Having tinkered with cameras for a while I began taking it more seriously in 2012 when I started combining photography with diving and taking pictures under water. Having recently moved to Cheshire I have hung up my fins

Hi folks, If any of you has a Canon printer that uses 570PGBK XL and/or 571 GY XL cartridges I have one of each opened, but unused, having discovered that my printer uses the 55.......homologues. The folk at Cartridge People understandably enough agreed to take back the unopened ones, but not these. Free to good

Roger Evans judged our 1st print competition of the season. Although a new judge for LCPU,  he is an experienced judge elsewhere. A member of Chester PS, his interests as a photographer are sport, landscape & wildlife although his nature shots are more macro, rather than birds or mammals. He has been taking photographs for