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Monday 22 November 2010

Wildlife Photographic Break on Brownsea Island in Feb.2011

I am a member of Winchester Photographic Society and the RPS. I will be running a Photographic Break on Brownsea Island in February 2011 with a focus on wildlife photography.
I would be most grateful if you could pass on the attached details to your members.
Many thanks,
Joe Kaplonek ARPS
Mob: 077 4240 4945
Email: joe.kaplonek@ukphotos.org
Web: www.ukphotos.org

Sunday 21 November 2010

The SPF Digitally Projected Championship 2010 on Sunday

Well the Championship has run and Salisbury came in at 16th place out of 19 clubs.
We thought that you may like to see the scores overall.
See the image below. To actually read this click on the image to enlarge it.

Saturday 20 November 2010

Print Gallery Again

I have added two more members to the new Gallery 2010.  They are Tony O'Reilly and Stan Stubbs.
If you do not have your images here yet send me a selection today [preferably sized to 600 pixels on longest side].  Thanks
The link is HERE or via the menu it is under Gallery 2010

Thursday 18 November 2010

The SPF Digitally Projected Championship 2010 on Sunday

Sunday 21st November at Shaw Social Club, Almond Avenue, Newbury, Berks, RG14 1LU
The competing clubs are:
Alton, Basingstoke, Beaulieu, Bournemouth, Bracknell, Chichester, Fordingbridge, Havant, Hayling Island, Highcliffe & Infinity, Newbury, New Forest, North Hants, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, South Reading, Steyning and Winchester.
As always the event is hosted by Newbury CC and we are delighted that the event has once again been awarded PAGB Patronage.
Your judges on the day are all from Surrey and will be:
Mrs Jay Charnock FRPS, Mrs Ann Smith ARPS and Mrs Cynthia James LRPS.
Audience entry on the day is now free for members of SPF affiliated clubs + £1 for membership of the Shaw Social Club.
The doors open at 12 noon and judging starts at 2pm; a refreshment break will be taken at around 3pm. There will also be a substantial raffle. You will not have a better opportunity in the season to see the top PDIs from SPF clubs.
Map can be seen HERE

Wednesday 17 November 2010

SPF Print League 2010/11 First Results

Here are the results from the first round that took place at Basingstoke on Thursday 11th November.
Do note that Sarah Shelley had our highest scoring print.  Well done!
Also my image Heidi got the lowest mark. Previously it was chosen by Gavin Hoey, no less, for an RPS Ribbon.  That is it was considered to be a super picture.  That's judging for you.

Wednesday 10 November 2010

Photographs of Yesteryear

I came across a wonderful set of pictures from 1935 to 1948.  All monochrome of course but great quality.
Click HERE to see what I mean.

Photographer of the Year 2010

From the Photo Radar links on the NEWS page [on the right side] there is a link you might easily miss.
It is, however, well worth a few minutes.
There are sections for Joy, Travel, Landscape and more.  And these are only the Commended photos!
Click HERE

SPF Print League 2010/11


This information has been copied from the SPF web site and looks much better there.
See the LINK HERE
There is a similar page for the PDI league.  We are in League 4. Click HERE
For the Prints we are in League 1.
The first fixture is tomorrow night if you want to witness the judging.

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Scoresheet

Date Host Club Judge
1  11/11/10     Basingstoke CC Nick Scott
2  01/02/11 Ordnance Survey PS Leo Rich ARPS EFIAP DPAGB APAGB
3  10/02/11 Farnborough CC George Walsh APAGB
4  28/02/11 Salisbury CC Jim Marsden FRPS EFIAP APAGB
5  08/03/11 Viewfinders of Romsey CC    Anne Mahany
7  07/04/11 Chichester CC Caroline Colegate LRPS

Tuesday 9 November 2010

Photo Gallery

I have uploaded a new Gallery of members photographs. I hope that this meets with your approval.
These photos only account for a few members abd if you are one who is not there abd would like your images dismissed then send me a selection by email.  Longest side to 600 pixels.
Click HERE to see the Gallery. To start click on any photo to enlarge it. You can navigate to the next screen of index images.
It would be good to get more photos.
Let me have some today.
Thanks

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Monday 8 November 2010

PAGB News No 35

Hi

Welcome to Issue 35 of e-news. This is a Picture Special from the Inter-Club Print Championship.
Click HERE to see. [NB 480Kb]

I'm sorry if it took a bit longer to download but I think it is worth it. (To keep it small it is optimised for your screen and may not print as well as usual).


Rod Whelans

Thursday 4 November 2010

Congratulations Richard

Well done to Richard Ramsay for being a runner up in the Salisbury Journal Photographic Competition.
he entered his image of Cherhill Down.
Read the report HERE

Every Day it is an absolute tonic walking in Churchill Gardens, alongside the River Avon, in Salisbury. There is so much to see and do for every age group and animal lover and no two days are the same but today something was very different. Amongst the giant willows past the slide on the hill a a dark shape stood which was causing some alarm! Out of their 4 x 4's men leapt into action with sticks to try and contain the situation....walkers leashed their dogs and children were lifted to safety but the dark shape just turned to cast a glance at what the fuss was all about! After all there's nothing quite like chewing the cud in peace, musing about the Autumn colour, reflecting on life where the grass is greener - it's an absolute tonic for a cow in Churchill Gardens.
Just for everyone's amusement this is what I saw and photographed in Churchill Gardens this morning that appeared in the Salisbury Journal news today!

Click HERE to see the report.
Robin Gemmill

Tuesday 2 November 2010

Friends of the Harnham Water Meadows Trust: Open events during winter and spring, 2011

The Friends of Harnham Water Meadows Trust is pleased to announce its programme of open events between January and May 2011. Children are always welcome, but for safety they should be supervised. No dogs please as the meadows are farmland.
Public demonstrations of ‘drowning’. Watermeadows are traditionally irrigated (‘drowned’) during the winter and early spring, this brings forward the ‘early bite’ of grass for livestock. The Harnham Water Meadows Trust is proud of its restoration programme that has been funded by the Friends, the former Salisbury District Council and the Environment Agency and assisted by many volunteers. We are now able to drown key areas, all accessible from Town Path.
The demonstrations are planned for:
Saturday 8th January
Saturday 29th January
Saturday 5th February and
Saturday 12th February
On each occasion, meet 10.00am at Rose Cottage, the programme takes about 1hr 30 min. Admission is free, there will be an invitation to make a donation to the Trust at the end, and light refreshments in the cottage from 11.30am. Natural circumstances may cause cancellation at short notice. Teachers are especially welcome, but there will be other opportunities to demonstrate drowning to school parties.
Demonstrations Saturday 26th February through to Saturday 12th March. Demonstrations may be arranged by appointment for schools and community groups. We invite a donation to the Trust, based on a minimum of £1 per pupil.
Spring Open Day Saturday 26th March. Come to Rose Cottage between 10.30am and 4.00pm. For the Friends this is the herald of spring. Admission is free, a sale of publications and light refreshments are available.  Guided walks at 11.00am and 2.30pm (£2.50 for adults; under 16s free).
Family Environment Event Saturday 7th May. Rose Cottage is open between 2.00pm and 5.00pm (admission £1, under 16s free). There is a guided walk at 2.30pm (£2.50 for adults; under 16s free). We invite a range of local environmental organisations, there are events for children.
Summer open days and walks on the meadows. These were successful during 2010 and a programme will be announced later.

          Hadrian Cook, November 2010