The Full Results Table can be Viewed Here.
The Main Award Pictures will Follow as soon as practicable.
Sorry for the delay. Darn Computers!
Here are the Top Three Awards.
First place goes to Dave Worthington for ‘December Scene’
Second Place goes to John Thomson with ‘Frosty Tree’
Third Place goes to Les Kipping with ‘Nuthatch’
Here is the link to the full results
Well folks, it’s here again. This is your opportunity to shine, both as an individual and collectively as a club. It is quite something to have your prints in this competition and even better when you are in the results!! So come have a go this year, start showing the world your talents. Please note and abide by all the rules for mount sizes and digital image sizes. There will be no lea way.
The entry forms and guidance are located in this link.
This coming Thursday is the results night to see if your hard work has paid off! The judge is Diana Magor from Hoylake. So if you think you need a front row seat (to recieve your award from) you will have to be early!!
Mike McNamee
This Thursday we have Mike with us. He is a Graduate Mechanical Engineer with over 25 years experience in industry. He works closely with Epson and was one of their speakers at Focus on Imaging 2011. As well as being a great photographer, Mike is a fountain of knowledge on the workings of Photoshop and Epson Printers. He is a great speaker and will keep us amused as well as informed. Come along for a very informative and enjoyable evening. Bring along your friends.
It all went to the wire.
The Judging was by John Riley ARPS
Well today is my last day so I am having my breakfast before leaving for the Airport about midday. I was out early this morning it has been getting steadily busier as we lead up to the weekend. The background has the sounds of firing camera shutters, falling lens caps and lens hoods and also the wining of flash units recharging. It always amazes me when people bring tripods and just leave them for people to trip over. It also amazes me the number of people who come with full lighting setups. The weather again has been very good and overall over the last 5 days it has been excellent. The feet and legs are sore after all the walking so will need to catch up on my rest when I get home. I fly back to East Mids Airport and pick up my car from the hotel I stayed at the night before my flight. So hopefully with a 2 hour drive I should be home for 7. I have attached a few images from this morning So it is goodbye from Venice.
Martin
Click Here to See Todays’ Selection
This morning there was an absence of Adrian, I presume he must have had a good night last night with to much falling down juice. Or is this Adrian ?
Well alarm goes at 6 30 and it’s still dark outside although it is just starting to get lighter. My hotel is situated next to the famous Fenice Opera House you may recall a number of years ago it burnt down. So then it is a quick exit from my hotel with all my gear. That EOS 7D with 70/200 lens + 580 speedlite and EOS 40D with 15/30 lens and spare batteries and memory cards etc. It is about a 5 minute walk to St Marks Square and the waterfront where all the action takes place. The sun is starting to come up and it is going to be a gorgeous day. At times you have to be forceful to get your pictures, sharpen your elbows as it can be like a scrum. You have to be careful that you do not trip over discarded tripods’ camera bags or photographers prostrate on the floor (Adrian Lines). The key to good images is the background, sort this and you should not have a problem. With the lenses I am using I am able to get in very close or do wide angle shots. The flash acts as a fill in.
Click Here to See Todays’ Selection
Well the light was excellent so I am hoping for some good images at one point you became aware of a presence and it was a large cruise liner sailing by heading towards cruise terminal in Venice. Well after a good mornings work it is now nearing 9am and the photographers all head for breakfast as the tourists start to arrive. So I am putting this together over breakfast and I will add a selection of images later. Breakfast is buffet style with a great choice and also scrambled Egg and Bacon so you can be assured of a good start to the day
Tiring work this photography so will have a rest until about 1130 and then I will go for a wander
Your Man In Venice reporting for SLPS News
Martin
PS Next month on BBC2 a new series starts hosted by John Sergent
Britain’s First Photo Album - Please watch this!
Trailer link below
Starts on Monday 12th March showing every weekday at 6.30 BBC2, for two weeks.
This series is on the life and photography of Francis Frith who in the 1860′s enbarked on photographing Great Britain and as a consequence the Post Card evolved. I am pleased to say that myself and a small group of SLPS members were involved in the making of the Liverpool based edition
Hi Folks,
News travels fast, I noted the comments on the website. Lovely morning yesterday out at 7am nice and clear with the sun rising, cold and a need to keep your fingers warm. Lots of good pictures you would be in your element here.
This morning colder and a little overcast until the sun broke through lots more good pictures and different characters. Fingers frozen even though I have gloves on.
I keep meeting/bumping into Adrian and his wife in the thick of everything. 9am and back at the hotel to warm up and have breakfast
Have a good day/night!
Martin
3 hours ago near Giudecca, Veneto
Paul Matthews - Hope you enjoyed it and feed your Nikon with all the good images. Martin (Reece) is somewhere near you this week!
2 hours ago ·
Adrian Lines - I went to shout at some silly sod for casting a shadow on the person I was togging….it was Martin !!
about an hour ago
This Thursday evening, the 16th February, is the hand in for the last Monthly competition of the season. Make sure you enter, it is a close race for the title/ Make sure you have all your entries the correct size and type. Prints and/or should be 30x25cm maximum size, with no loose sticky stuff. Only jpgs are allowed for projection, and at the usual 1024x 768@72 dpi maximum sizes. NO BIG jpeg, tiff, psd or any other type of files. The entry form is on the site as well and DON’T forget to email your digital files and entry forms to slpscomps@gmail.com. Only if you can’t access the internet are cds/dvds allowed. Is that OK Sean? Please read the rules guys and gals.
These are the dates for the competitions.
The 2012 SLPS Annual Digitally Projected Image Competition
The Hand In Date is 8th March 2012
The Judging Night is 3rd May 2012
The 2012 SLPS Annual Print Competition
The Judging Night is 29th May 2012
The Hand In Date is 29th March 2012
The Rules are here and the Guidance for the sections are here
We welcome all members to submit images, please do underestimate your abilities!!
Please do not forget that wrongly submitted entries, that is wrong picture/mount size, wrong DPI file size or type, wrong section entered, etc. may be disallowed at the Competition Organisers discretion.
Please also note that it is a NATURAL HISTORY SECTION and not a Nature section in the Annual Print Competition and therefore rules will be strictly adhered to.
Please read and understand the rules and guidance. If you have any Queries do not hesitate to ask.