4 February 2021

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H2 NEWSLETTER


A weekly update for members and friends of
H2 Photographic Society


 
Is that you Alice by Maurice King
Welcome to H2

This Thursday we have a critique evening, on the theme of "Winter".

We encourage all members to enter up to 4 images as it is a chance to get lots of feedback, suggestions and critiques about your images. Email them to dpi@h2photo.org.uk with the word Winter as the email subject. Please send them to us by 11pm Tuesday night at the latest. 

How to prepare your images can be found on our website. Go to Members Area > Competition Rules > Submission Guidelines



And, as always, we have several of our members images that have been posted to our club Flickr page.
 

 
Young Male Deer by Graham Woolmer
 
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
Far too late for that by Jonathan Saul
What A Treat - In Three Halves

Last Thursday we had a presentation by landscape & nature photographer, Kieran Metcalfe. And what a treat it was. Kieran is an excellent presenter a with clear, straightforward style. During the first-half, we were shown landscapes and cityscapes from areas local to him (South Manchester), but also further afield in the national parks of western USA and Iceland. He included concise examples of how he processed his images in both Lightroom and Photoshop.

The second-half began with how he takes images in less-than-perfect conditions. Fog & mist, rain & cold, these do not stop Kieran's contagious keenness - a timely reminder to us, perhaps, that strong images can be taken in all weathers.

The third-half of Kieran's evening was to show us his images of the night sky; "astro-landscape", as he calls it. Again, he generously outlined how he would produce images of a foreground in pitch-darkness with the Milky Way behind, yet both beautifully rendered and perfectly exposed.

During his talk he suggested various websites that help him to organise his shoots with the appropriate weather (Clear Outside) and to be in the correct location for sunrises & sunsets (Sky Fire); also suggesting a website for stacking his night-sky images. Called Starry Landscape Stacker it  is available free as an app for both Windows and Mac.

Thank you, Kieran
Meltwater Drop by Dave Hobbs
 
Macro Month Mania Continues...

H2 members, do take a look at our club Flickr page for the latest macro & close-up images that have been uploaded. And do keep them coming...

As was said, it's the perfect genre for these cold days and dark winter evenings because we can plan and produce the images in the warmth of home.

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 (see Dave's image, "Meltwater Drop", above). The only limit is our imagination.

And on Thursday 18 February, we'll have a fun critique evening. So, come-on H2 members, get those cameras out, dust off our shutter-finger, encourage those "little grey cells", and...
... get clicking!
 
Vaping Man Revisited by Warren Martin
Your Thoughts, Please

We are starting an occasional column entitled "From Our Own Correspondent" for members to express their views on any topic they care to write about.

So come on you budding writers, let us hear what you have to say.

Email your words to mail@h2photo.org.uk   
In the Groove by Jeff Sinclair
 
A Kind Invitation

This coming Monday (1st Feb) at 7.45pm, we have been kindly invited to join Upminster Camera Club. Their competition secretary, Phil Janes says:
"Just to say that Hoddesdon Camera Club have an open subject projected competition on Zoom on Monday evening, if any of your members would like to tune in to spectate they would of course be most welcome. The event is being judged by Jonathan Vaines and there are a total of 46 images entered.

Zoom details below

Hoddesdon Camera Club is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Hoddesdon Camera Club  Zoom Meeting
Time: Feb 1, 2021 07:45 PM London

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9342708537?pwd=MllpQzd2cjhpQUppZmI2akVYaEhrdz09

Meeting ID: 934 270 8537
Passcode: 203427"

 


H2 Programme for February 2021

 

Here is our programme for the next few weeks.
4th Feb Winter Critique Evening
11th Feb Natural History Competition
18th Feb Macro Critique Evening
25th Feb B&W Architecture - David Gathwait
4th Mar Portrait Competition
   
The Much Hadham Parish Magazine Needs You

As we look towards Spring, the editor of our local parish magazine would love to see some of our images of Much Hadham and its environs, to grace the front page of the next issue.

So please look through your archives; Have you any images that were taken in those halcyon pre-covid days. Ash Valley bluebells? The summer fete, perhaps? The ford during the summer?

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
Even More On Flickr

Have you ever looked at Flickr Galleries? They are a marvellous resource of excellent images to give ideas, motivation and stretch your imagination.

Here is one to look at - composition - click around - there are literally hundreds of them. Enjoy.
There is a forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the EAF to be held via Zoom on Sunday 7th February 2021 at 10.00am.  If you wishing to attend please mail me & I will send you through the supporting document (agenda, etc) .

Login details for joining virtual AGM:

Topic: East Anglian Federation of Photographic Societies' AGM
Time: Feb 7, 2021 10:00 AM London

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/95844644191?pwd=NU1EZ0dYQm8yWU9XTFRaVC9SZUNIUT09

Meeting ID: 958 4464 4191
Passcode: 315625


Interested in Joining Us in 2021?

Our club's mission is to provide photographic guidance, stimulation and opportunity; we'd love you to join us.

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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