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2024

Next Meeting:

Thursday November 7th

Annual Competition - DPI Category

View the entries HERE

Coming up..........

Thursday November 21st

Annual Competition - Print Category 

Enter 4 of your images that have been entered into the PRINT competitions this year into the final to choose the best PRINT image of the year.

Choices to Kevin by 8pm on Monday 11th November


Triptych Competition 2024

Congratulations go to Kevin with 'Contemplating Arson'
Images are: 'Could Do' 'Thinking About it' 'Perhaps Not'

Highly commended Triptychs were from Sharon with 'Story of a Daisy,' Richard Ban with 'Midnight walk around Salle Church,' and Richard C with 'Home delivery, Ambush and Escape.' Many congratulations and to everyone who took part.

The Triptych has its own page - follow the link on the menu bar

AI and the future of Photography - an interesting article and links for further reading. This link was sent to us by 12 year old Cassie. Cassie is a Girl Scout and working on earning her Digital Photographer badge. Thank you Cassie and good luck with earning your badge.

Scroll down to see the results of our most recent challenges

2024

C6 'Tree or Trees' and Open 2024. 

At the meeting held on the 17th October the entries to  'Tree or Trees' and Open PRINT competition were judged as follows:

Tree or Trees : Congratulations to  Richard L  with 'Freezing Trees' [1st], Kevin  with 'Thousand Year Old Trees' [2nd] and  Sheila with 'Tribute to an Old Friend' [3rd]  

Open : Congratulations to  Richard Ban  with  'Waxwing on the Mountain Ash' [1st], Sheila with 'Pretty in Blue' [2nd] and  Sheila with 'Speak to the Hand' [3rd]

Bob  Richard L  with 'Freezing Trees' Hon

Kevin  with 'Thousand Year Old Trees

Sheila with 'Tribute to an Old Friend

Richard Ban  with  'Waxwing on the Mountain Ash

Sheila with 'Pretty in Blue

Sheila with 'Speak to the Hand

C5 'Urban Landscape' and Open 2024. 

At the meeting held on the 5th  September  the entries to  'Urban Landscape'  and Open DPI competition were judged as follows:

Urban Landscape : Congratulations to  Bob  with ' Hong Kong Taxi ' [1st] Kevin  with ' Wired ' [2nd] and  David  with ' Night Stop ' [3rd]  

Open : Congratulations to  Richard Ban  with  'Like Ships that Passed ' [1st]  Frank  with 'Walking Men'  [2nd] and  Kevin  with 'Tonight's Tea' [3rd]

Bob  with ' Hong Kong Taxi ' [1st]

Kevin  with ' Wired ' [2nd]

David  with ' Night Stop ' [3rd]  

 Richard Ban  with  ' Like Ships that Passed ' [1st] 

Frank  with 'Walking Men' [2nd]

Kevin  with 'Tonight's Tea' [3rd]

C4 'Self-Portrait' and Open 2024. 

At the meeting held on the !st August the entries to 'Self-Portrait' and Open prints were judged as follows:

Self-Portrait: Congratulations to Sharon with 'My Sanctuary' [1st] Kevin with 'The Man behind the Glass' [2nd] and Richard with 'My Strat' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Sharon with 'Bawdsey Gun Tower' [1st] Debbie with 'Dressed in Rope' [2nd] and Richard L with 'Mudflats' [3rd]

Thank you to everyone for taking part

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Kevin with 'The Man behind the Glass'

Richard with 'My Strat'

 Sharon with 'Bawdsey Gun Tower'

Debbie with 'Dressed in Rope'

Richard L with 'Mudflats'

C3 'Beach & Seashore' and Open 2024. 

At the meeting held on the 4th July the entries to 'Beach & Seashore' and Open were judged as follows:

Beach & Seashore: Congratulations to Kamin with 'Blue View' [1st], Sheila with 'Beach Art' [2nd] and Debbie with 'Beach and Shore defences' [3rd]  

Open: Congratulations to Steve with 'Storm Tide' [1st], Kenny with 'Anatomy of a Badgers Skull' [2nd] and David with 'Corkscrew! Red Arrows, Duxford 2018' [3rd] 

Thank you to everyone for taking part.


Blue View by Kamin

Beach Art by Sheila

Beach & Shore defences  by Debbie

C2 A Different View of Norfolk and Open 2024. This was presented as Prints.

At the meeting held on the 18th April the entries to 'A Different View of Norfolk' and Open were judged as follows

A Different View of Norfolk: Congratulations to Lynn with 'Hunter's Yard Heritage Yachts Becalmed On The Yare' [1st], Richard Ban with 'Yarmouth in the Mid Day Haze' [2nd] and Lynn with 'Norfolk Tulips' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Richard Ban with 'Rainy Day in Norwich' [1st], Richard Ban with 'Through the Café Window' [2nd] and Michael with 'Cold Colours' [3rd]

Thank you to everyone for taking part.


Hunter's Yard Heritage Yachts Becalmed On The Yare by Lynn

Yarmouth in the Mid Day Haze by Richard Ban

Norfolk Tulips by Lynn

C1 Street Photography and Open 2024

At the meeting held on the 7th March the entries to Street photography and Open were judged as follows

Street Photography: Congratulations to Richard L with 'Walking in the Fog' [1st], Adam P with '2 Sides to the Story' [2nd] and Richard C with 'The Snake Charmer' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Adam P with You couldn't pose that' [1st], Richard C with 'Carmine Bee Eater - Namibia' [2nd] and Adam P with 'Born to Fly' [3rd]

Thank you to everyone for taking part.


Walking in the Fog by Richard L

2 Sides to the Story by Adam P

The Snake Charmer by Richard C

2023

C4 Rule of Three and Open 2023

At the meeting held on the 6th July the entries to Rule of Three and Open were judged as follows

Rule of Three: Congratulations to Richard Ban with 'The Three Fingers Measure' [1st], Michael B with 'Close Race' [2nd] and Richard L with 'Dandelions' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Richard L with 'Lost in Music' [1st], Michael B with 'Copper Clad Door' [2nd] and Richard Ban with 'Nuthatch' [3rd]

Thank you to everyone for taking part.


The Three Fingers Measure by Richard Ban

Close Race by Michael

Dandelions by Richard L

C3 Portrait and Open PRINTS 2023

At the meeting held on the 6th July the entries to Portrait and Open PRINTS were judged as follows

Portrait: Congratulations to Richard Ban with 'Yes - and that's all you need to know' [1st], Richard L with 'Smoke Break' [2nd] and Michael with 'A Steampunk Gentleman' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Richard Ban with 'Caught in the Sun' [1st], Frank with 'Kelpi' [2nd] and Chris with 'Feed ME' [3rd]

Thank you to everyone for taking part.


Yes - and that's all you need to know by Richard Ban

Smoke Break by Richard L

Kelpi by Frank

C2 Abstract and Open 2023

At the meeting held on the 18th May the entries to Abstract and Open were judged as follows

Abstract: Congratulations to Richard L with 'Dead World' [1st], Richard L with 'Reflect' [2nd] and Richard Ban with 'Spilt Salt' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Richard L with 'Cavers' [1st], Richard L with 'Washed' [2nd] and Richard Ban with 'Making the best of the Weather' [3rd]

Thank you to everyone for taking part.


Dead World by Richard L

Reflect by Richard L

Spilt Salt by Richard Ban

C1 Night and Open 2023

At the meeting held on the 16th March the entries to Night and Open were judged as follows

Night: Congratulations to Richard L with 'Vienna at Night' [1st], Sharon with 'Night Storm' [2nd] and Keith with 'Fireworks' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Sharon with 'The Last Jump' [1st], Debbie with 'Willow in theBreeze' [2nd] and Keith with 'Padlock and Chain' [3rd]

Thank you to everyone for taking part.


Vienna at Night by Richard L

Night Storm by Sharon

Fireworks by Keith

2022

Adapt an Image

At the meeting on February 3rd 2022 members were invited to show their efforts at manipulating an image given to them a couple of weeks earlier. As you can imagine the results were very varied. Click here to see what was done - the image on the right is the one everybody started with ...........


How did members change this ..............................

Q1 Liquid and Open

At the meeting held on the 3rd March the entries to Liquid and Open were judged as follows

Liquid: Congratulations to Kevin with both 'Liquid Engineering' and 'Water in Oi'l which came 1st equal. Congratulations to Helen with 'Rain down the Drain' [2nd] and Keith with 'Oil Bubbles' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Richard L with 'Trapped in the pines' [1st], Keith with 'Old Gas Works' [2nd] and Michael B with 'Preparing to Race' [3rd]

Above all thanks to everyone for taking part.


View all the entries ..............................

Liquid Engineering by Kevin

Water in Oil by Kevin

Trapped in the Pines by Richard L

Q2 Long Exposure and Open

At the meeting held on the 19th May the entries to Long Exposure and Open were judged as follows

Long Exposure: Congratulations to Kevin with 'Speedy' [1st], Richard L with 'Slow Train' [2nd] and Richard Ban with 'A new angle on Alcohol' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Richard L with 'Foggy Morn' [1st], Richard L with 'Stroll on the Beach' [2nd] and both Michael B with 'The End of the Ride' and Sharon with 'Ellie' [3rd]

Above all thanks to everyone for taking part.


View all the entries ..............................

Speedy by Kevin

Slow Train by Richard L

A New angle on Alcohol by Richard Ban

Q3 People at Work and Open

At the meeting held on the 18th August the entries to People at Work and Open were judged as follows

People at Work: Congratulations to Sharon with 'A LIfe's Work' [1st], Sharon with 'Where There's a Will' [2nd] and Frank with 'Relining' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Michael with Its Been a Hard Day' [1st], Sharon with 'Millie' [2nd] and both Frank with 'Yellow Wagtail' and Richard Ban with 'The Beauty of Flight' [3rd]

Above all thanks to everyone for taking part.


A LIfe's Work by Sharon

Where There's a Will by Sharon

Relining by Frank