20 May 2021

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H2 NEWSLETTER


A warm welcome to members and friends of
H2 Photographic Society


 
Two Feet Ahead by Marie King
1st Place
Hello From H2 Photographic Society
 
Items in this issue include: 
  • This week: "Some Approaches to Wildlife Photography" - a presentation by Peter Warne
  • As promised, more information on H2's exciting development on the Flickr photo-sharing platform.
  • Update on H2's latest incentive: the Silhouette Challenge and, of course
  • The results from last week's DPIOTY
Read on...
Taking Stock of all he owns by Alan Palmer
2nd Place
This Week

This week we have a talk by friend of the club, Peter Warne.  The talk is entitled "Some Approaches to Wildlife Photography".


Give that Peter's wildlife photography is amazing and his talks are always excellent it should be a really good evening.  As per usual, members and visitors are all welcome.
 
The Zoom login for Thursday is below
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
Covid Mosaic by Paul Major
3rd Place
H2 SHOWCASE has arrived!

H2 SHOWCASE IS NOW ON FLICKR
 
This week H2 is launching its Flickr SHOWCASE. This is where our members' best work can be viewed by everyone.

The advantage of using the Flickr image-viewing platform is that it is interactive; everybody can see, comment on and "fave" the images.

Now both members and non-members alike can see where our members' 
imagination and talent is taking us.

Do take a look by clicking here
 
Broken Fence by Maurice King
Highly Commended
Thursday's DPIOTY

Thursday was our projected image of the year competition and given that we have only had projected image competitions this year it was always going to be a tricky competition to judge.

The task was taken on by Vic Haynes who carefully judged the images off-line devoting a lot of time to winnowing the images down to his preferred winners.  He added to the excitement by not holding any images back, as the placed/HC/C images had already been given to Jeff who was working the software.  So at half time no one knew how well they had done and the final unveiling gave reality TV shows a run for their money on the "and the winner is....." stakes.

It was really good to see newer members of the club taking the top places and congratulations to marine King on her well deserved win.


Results
Place Title Author
1st TWO FEET AHEAD MARIE KING
2nd Taking Stock of All He Owns Alan Palmer
3rd Covid Mosaic Paul Major
Highly Commended BROKEN FENCE MAURICE KING
Highly Commended Midlife Crisis Paul Major
Highly Commended ALL EYES ON THE POLE 2 Graham Woolmer
Highly Commended Fritillary Trio Jo Cleall
Highly Commended Garden Spider and Honey Bee Alan Palmer
Commended SUNDEW WITHPREY Heather Clarke
Commended Knighton Fog Chris Shepherd
Commended SOUTHWOLD MONO PAUL SIMPKIN
Commended RUTLAND WATER MARIE KING
Commended ISOLATION Marie King
Commended THE OLD WRECK MARIE KING
Commended HOW THINGS USED TO BE Gordon Clarke
Midlife Crisis by Paul Major
The Silhouette Challenge
 
Well done to H2 members; it is commendable to see the images that are already being uploaded to our H2 Flickr page for inclusion in this month's...
...Silhouette Challenge. 
 
We are looking forward to seeing what ideas we conceive as we get out and about with our cameras & phones; the more creative silhouettes, the better.
 
All Eyes on the Pole by Graham Woolmer
Highly Commended


H2 Programme

 
 
Here is our programme for the next few weeks.
 
20 May - External Talk by Peter Warne entitled "Some approaches to wildlife photography."
27 May - Joris Yetger on Macro Wildlife / Club AGM
3 June - Judged Members' Assignment - Still Life
(enter images by the Tuesday before)
10 June - Three of our members tell us their "Top 10"

 
Fritilary Trio by Jo Cleall
Highly Commended
Summer's Getting Closer

H2 members, do please continue to let us know your ideas for practical evenings and what you would like to do and learn this Summer.
 
Simply click here and email us your ideas and comments
 
Garden Spider & Honey Bee by Alan Palmer
Highly Commended

On Thursday night we had a discussion about internet passwords and why it is a really bad idea to use the same password everywhere.  I mentioned Bitwarden which is a free open-source password manager that could really help you generate, use & manage your internet passwords.

Chris

BSEPS as we have a series of four online talks during our normal summer recess period that might be of interest to your members. We are offering them as a package of the four for a nominal price of £10.

The talks are:

10 June 2021         My Kinda Streets

By Tony Bramley FRPS       

A talk covering the varying aspects of my street photography Street Photography is an unsung hero of the photography genres, outside of popular subject matter. It requires complete knowledge of your equipment with a ready to go attitude in a very dynamic environment. This presentation provides an insight into my street photography and how I go about a typical day shooting.

8 July 2021  My Nature View – Through the Lens

By Paul Smith AWPF LSINWP BPE5*      

A look at the wildlife and landscapes from around the UK and Europe, from Southern England to the Scottish Highlands, and across to Hungary.

5 Aug 2021  Photography on the Darkside

By Peter Benson ARPS AWPF CPAGB BPE3*      

During this talk we will go back into the early days of photography and the start of Night Photography running alongside my family history in Photography. We will then have a tour around some of my favourite places in the UK as well some of the places I have been to further afield such as Paris, Seville and New York. All sprinkled with a few hints, tips and bit of history about some of the places.

19 Aug 2021 Pictures Wot I Like

By Dave Tucker EFIAP/g DPAGB BPE3* & Angie Tucker EFIAP/g DPAGB BPE3*     

A talk that was originally designed to hopefully encourage new members to the club to show that not all images need be competition winners and is a varied selection of our images that we have taken over the years. We each have chosen pictures that range from FIAP gold medal awarded images all the way along to pictures that are simply 'Wot I Like'.

Please note: The package is only available up to the 5th June 2021, to check on the availability of online places and to book a place please contact myself at programme-sec@bseps.com.

Commended Images

Sundew with prey by Heather Clarke
Kinghton Fog by Chris Shepherd
Southwold Mono by Pau Simpkin
Rutland Water by Marie King
Isolation by Marie King
The old Wreck by Marie King
How Things Used To Be by Gordon Clarke

Do Join 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

 
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