This week, Mary Richards treated its us to a fascinating set of projected images which she took as a record of a recent trip trekking in Nepal. She made an accurate journal of the event, recording the sights, sounds and general atmosphere of the places, the culture, the people, the poverty and infrastructure. Mary told us much information related to the pictures as they appeared. The trekking group were escorted by Sherpas who carried ...
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Last night there was a display of hardware such as DSLR, zoom lens, extension, tubes and 2 times converter, Paul demonstrated how to hand hold this little lot and still manage to hand hold a flashgun on an extension cable, also he uses a ring flash, the flash has to be used since there can be 4 stops of light lost with the tubes etc. He proceeded to show projected images of insects flowers moths ...
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The first competition of the new year for members of Otley Camera Club was entitled “Weather”, and all the entries reflected this from rainbow to stormy skies. Judged by Andrew Rothery, there was a range of beautiful images taken locally and internationally, but all centred on weather. The results were: Projected Digital Images 1 Threatening Sky by Tony Jennings 2 Swaledale Winter by David Ricketts 3 Storm off the Coast by David Ricketts Highly Commended Weather Formations in Alaska by Randal Metzger ...
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This week saw the introduction of a new competition to the timetable of Otley Camera Club, entitled Leeds and Otley. In this competition members could enter any type of photo, but it must be taken between Leeds and Otley. The judge was Tony Caunt LRPS, who was generous in his comments and advice. About 60 entries were received, split evenly into prints and projected images, and each celebrated the beauty of the immediate area. It was ...
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Last Thursday's meeting was to have covered the above subject but we ran out of time, having enjoyed a very comprehensive DVD on printing, printers and processing, supplied by John. Therefore, the committee agreed "Mounts" should be covered at the next meeting.  I prepared some notes and have attached them to this email, I will bring some mount samples and tapes on Thursday and will be pleased to answer any questions you may have on ...
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Having had a break for half term, this week saw the Landscape competition, where members of Otley Camera Club can submit their landscape photos for appraisal by a judge. With 43 digital images and 36 prints submitted the judge David Powell of Otley Camera Club had a wide choice of subjects ranging from the local views of Fewston Reservoir to more exotic locations such as Patagonia. First place in the prints category was awarded to ...
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Hi All, a message from our competition secretary Trevor about this weeks meeting - Debbie. Just a reminder that Grahame Gage who dealt with our Annual Exhibition entries will be coming to the club next Thursday 13th October to discuss the results.  If you submitted an entry it would be appreciated if you could attend and please take your entries home with you afterwards.  Many thanks.  Trevor  
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  On the 6th October Mrs Helen Smith from the Halifax Photographic Society judged the entries for the Street life competition The results for the Prints were  1st Place - Confrontation - Mrs Mary Richards Joint  2nd Place - Street Entertainer - Mr Trevor Davey Joint  2nd lPace - Street Entertainer  Oslo - Mr Trevor Davey 4th Place - At the fountain - Mrs Mary Richards The results for the Digital Competition were:- 1st Place - Trevor Davey - Food stall german market 2nd Place -  David Ricketts ...
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