Chairman's Challenge

Competition 4

Here are the placings for competition 4

As usual the was a very high standard of entries from all a#our members here are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd placings

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Nature / Animals

1st Place 

"Kestrel on the prowl"
Aamir Sabzwari

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2nd Place

"Squabble between Starlings"
Aamir Sabzwari

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3rd Place

"Curlews in Morecambe Bay"
Peter Booth

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Open Colour

1st Place

"Competing behind closed doors"
Aamir Sabzwari

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2nd Place

"Drag-on"
Nick Jones

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3rd Place

"Into the Valley"
David Higton

Project Group

Next week is the first project meeting of 2026 and as a reminder the chosen themes are:-

1. Black.

2. Hands.

Remember this is not a competitive group, its aim is to get you out taking new pictures of subjects you may not normally consider shooting , learning new skills and finding settings on your camera you may not regularly use. 

The theme interpretation is entirely up to you, and we are looking for a presentation to last around FIVE minutes. The images should be put on a clean memory stick ( brought in on the evening) and do not need to be resized. 

Please get in touch with me if you have any questions or suggestions.

Bill Salkeld

Competition 5, the penultimate competition of our season is on 17th February.

This is a print competition, Section 1, Open Mono and Section 2, Architecture.

For logistical reasons the closing date for uploads to Photoentry is a couple of days earlier than usual and will be Midnight on Saturday 7th February so that the competition can be sent to the judge on the 8th. Deadline for the hand in of the physical prints will be on Tuesday 10th February a week before the competition, as usual. Unfortunately I cannot allow any leeway in this. If an entry is not uploaded to PhotoEntry by midnight on the 7th it will not be in the competition. 

I will be away for the actual competition but David Royle has agreed to stand in for me and run the competition on the 17th.......

Thanks

David

Members Evening

For the forcomming members' evening on the 27th, here is the agenda 

Comp 4 winners in each category (judged Jan 13th): 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Approx. 30 mins total. 5 mins each

David Hardy - Affinity 20 mins

Break - 15 mins

Steve - How to put a panel together for LRPS and ARPS - 30 mins

David Higton - Travel log - US 2025 - 20- 25 mins  

Thank you to all volunteers 😊

Fiona.

Mali Davies

A bit on or next guest speaker on the 3rd Feb

Hello, my name is Mali Davies. I’ve been a creative artist for over 30 years, and photography has been my constant creative medium throughout that time. I now run a successful podcast, YouTube channel, and a growing community on Patreon. All of these platforms allow me to share my knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm with you through my workshops. I hope to inspire you with my talk.

All Images published by permission of Mali Davise

Copyrights to Mali Davise