18 February 2021

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View this email in your browser H2 NEWSLETTER A weekly update for members and friends of H2 Photographic Society   Fighting Kites by John Thompson 1st Place Welcome to H2 A warm welcome to members and friends of H2 It's arrived! This coming Thursday we will be critiquing our macro and close-up images. H2 members, do check out our club Flickr page for the latest macro & close-up images that have been uploaded. And, with a few days remaining, do keep them coming... The subject is open - certainly that includes natural history, but also we can use any object or objects to create a different and ingenious image. The only limit is our imagination. And this Thursday, we'll have a fun critique evening - we may even use those Zoom 'break-out' rooms - exciting stuff. Please can we have your entries by 11pm on Tuesday (16th) at the latest. Email them to dpi@h2photo.org.uk with Macro as the subject.   Brave New World (Vulpes Vulpers) by Dave Hobbs 2nd Place   The Zoom invitation for all our meetings is below, all are welcome to come along; members & non-members alike. Zoom Invite Topic: H2 Club Evening Time:  "Doors" open at 07:30 PM for 7:45 Start         Every week on a Thursday Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82906584413?pwd=dnFuRG9LUzBzU0hlSFZ3NDAzYkluQT09 Meeting ID: 829 0658 4413 Password: 927576 Garden Spider & Honey Bee by Alan Palmer 3rd Place Natural History Competition With over 50 images to assess, our judge, Ron Tear, had his work cut out this Thursday just gone. Ron is a keen naturalist and his knowledge was plain to hear with his cogent critique of each image. Thank you, Ron. Please see the full results below; we have put the winning images in this Newsletter and a big thank you to all members who entered their images and congratulations to the winners. H2 Photographic Society Competition Results for Natural History Competition Date: 11/02/2021 Judge Ron Tear Title Title Position 48-Fighting Kites John Thompson First (10) 03-Brave New World Vulpes Vulpes Dave Hobbs Second (8) 52-Garden Spider and Honey Bee Alan Palmer Third (6) 27-MAUVE STINGER 4 Geoff Yates Highly Commended (4) 44-Lost in the Clouds Warren Martin Highly Commended (4) 34-GOLDEN WEAVER BIRD WITH NEST MATERIAL (Ploceus subaureus) Graham Woolmer 4 Highly Commended (4) 09-KING PENGUIN EGG HATCHING Paul Major Highly Commended (4) 11-Bond. Eurasian Otters (Lupra Lupra) Jonathan Saull Highly Commended (4) 07-ANT MILKING APHIDS Heather Clarke Commended (3) 28-MUNTJAC BUCK Jo Cleall Commended (3) 38-Mycena Cluster on Log Jeffrey Sinclair Commended (3) 05-EURASIAN EAGLE OWL Paul Major - 01-SEA SHELL Geoff Yates - 21-The Raven's seat (4) Jonathan Saull - 20-Small White Cabbage Butterfly Alan Palmer - 19-Thistle seen better days Alan Palmer - 18-SALIX CAPREA Jo Cleall - 17-FLEDGLING BEARDED REEDLING Heather Clarke - 16-SEAL AT SHINGLE STREET PAUL SIMPKIN - 15-Reflections Warren Martin - 14-Fox Kit Chris Shepherd - 06-SAPROMYZA QUADRIPUNCTATA Heather Clarke - 13-SNOW DROP John Morison - 12-Canada Geese Chris Shepherd - 23-Grey Heron Chris Shepherd - 10-Turdus Merula with Amalancher berry Dave Hobbs - 02-OLIVE BABOON (Papio anubis) EYE CONTACT Graham Woolmer - 08-CAMOUFLAGE Geoff Yates - 04- Pink flamingos Warren Martin - 22-REED BUNTING PAUL SIMPKIN - 24-LEOPARD AND CUB (Panthera pardus) Graham Woolmer - 25-CORYLUS AVELLANA Jo Cleall - 51-SPARROW HAVING A WASH PAUL SIMPKIN - 50-Robin Taking a Bath Jeffrey Sinclair - 49-The Last Green Leaf 4 Alan Palmer - 47-KESTREL Heather Clarke - 46-Blackbird With Nesting Material Jeffrey Sinclair - 45-MARBLE WHITE BUTTERFLY John Morison - 43-TREE LOG 4 John Morison - 42-NORTHERN GIANT PETREL4 Paul Major - 41-Troglodytes troglodytes with nest material4 Dave Hobbs - 40-Chilean Rose Trantula John Thompson - 39-COMMON BONNET MUSHROOMS ! Paul Major - 37-TOADSTOOL AND SPIDER Geoff Yates - 36-That's Mine (Erithacus Rubecula) Jonathan Saull - 35-Eygptian Geese John Thompson - 33-PUFFIN (Fratercula arctica) WITH SAND EELS Graham Woolmer - 32-Banking Swans John Thompson - 31-FROST John Morison - 30-Old Moss and Sring Growth Jonathan Saull - 29-Long Tailed Tit With Grub Jeffrey Sinclair - 53-22 Degree Sun Halo Dave Hobbs - 26-PUFFIN PAUL SIMPKIN - Mauve Stinger 4 by Geoff Yates Highly Commended   Images For The Much Hadham Parish Magazine The editor of our local parish magazine has asked if any member has images of Much Hadham in the snow, to grace the front page of the next issue. Time is short, however, the deadline is 15 Feb. (Images need to be 'portrait' format and in colour. Just pop them up on our H2 Flickr page or email them here, with the subject: Parish Magazine) Lost in the Clouds by Warren martin Highly Commended Your Flickr Page... ... is a gateway to inspiration and ideas. As we mentioned last week, there are some first-rate galleries (found in the "Explore" drop-down menu) showcasing some outstanding images. One that I've found this week is Excellent Stuff - take a look. And given our recent club competition, a Flickr page worth a look at is Neil Hutchinson who combines natural history shots with fine art techniques. Enjoy. Be inspired.   Cameron Trypodd GOLDEN WEAVER BIRD WITH NEST MATERIAL (Ploceus subaureus) by Graham Woolmer Highly Commended H2 Featured in Local Press For those of you that read the Bishops Stortford Flyer will have seen that our club is featured on page 21 of this month's issue.   Do take a look at February's Flyer here. KING PENGUIN EGG HATCHING by Paul Major Highly Commended Peter Warne - Wildlife of Copped Hall   Friend of the club, and excellent speaker, Peter Warne is giving a talk on behalf of the Copped Hall Trust.  The talk concerns the wildlife of Copped Hall and the surrounding area with the bulk of the images taken in 2020.   He will be using the webinar facilities by EFDC and their licence allows 100 participants so there should be plenty of room.  We are asking for £5 from each computer seat all of which will go to the restoration fund which like so many good causes needs some swelling after last year.   The talk will be at 7pm on 10th March and last for about an hour. Tickets can be secured on-line through “ticketsource” on our website www.coppedhalltrust.org.uk .   Bond. Eurasian Otters (Lupra Lupra) by Jonathan Saul Highly Commended ANT MILKING APHIDS by Heather Clarke Commended H2 Programme for February 2021   Here is our programme for the next few weeks. Programme as Google Calendar   18th Feb Macro Critique Evening 25th Feb B&W Architecture - David Gathwait 4th Mar Portrait Competition 11th Mar Layers technical evening 18th Mar league comp #4 MUNTJAK BUCK by Jo Cleall Commended Thinking of trying out affinity photo as an alternative to Photoshop? Well, there is no better time than now as it is available for 50% off making it a bargain £23.99 - less than the price of a cup of coffee! Why not take a look and download the trial version from their site.  Mycena Cluster on Log by Jeffrey Sinclair Commended Interested in Joining Us in 2021? We'd love you to. Visitors are welcome to join our virtual meetings, just use the zoom links in this newsletter. To contact H2PS click here   Photography Experts offer a whole series of online webinars at reasonable prices,  their programme is well worth checking out. 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