This year for the first time the BBQ was held at the Church Centre in Headley. The location was excellent, with use of the kitchen and toilet facilities, and a fall-back of the hall if it rained. However, the weather was perfect and everyone set up their chairs, tables and gazebos on the large grass area next to the hall. The food was excellant as usual, thank you Sue and the cooks.
An occasion well worth repeating. Photos
Ludshott Photographic Club was officially started in January 1995, and to celebrate 30 successful years we had a talk about the club’s history from the President, Kathleen Bird. The talk was followed by tea and cake and plenty of chat.
We also had an anniversary dinner at the Fox and Pelican in Grayshott which was well attended.
SPA Award for Mike Young ARPS
At the postponed 2020 SPA Biennial Exhibition Mike Young’s picture of the ‘Cuckoo landing’ received the judges’ Nature section Selector’s Award medal.
On April 4th 2022 David Smith LRPS CPAGB, the SPA president at the time, presented Mike with his medal, certificate and DVD. Below is the Cuckoo landing.
Paul Crook’s wildlife project to collect images of our local wildlife is going well. He would love to see your photos of any local wildlife found in your gardens or on your daily walks.
Paul says – We’ve had 12 different butterflies in the garden over the last couple of days. We’ve had Small White, Large White, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Silver-washed Fritillary, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Brimstone, Peacock, Red Admiral and Comma. Had Orange Tip, Holly Blue and Green-veined White earlier in the year. I’m attaching five photos of Silver-washed Fritillary, Comma, Red Admiral, Large White and Gatekeeper.
Click on the thumbnails below to see some of the images sent in so far; there are 9 new images as at 13 July. Unfortunately members are not always putting titles and authors on their submissions.
Paul’s message is at the bottom of this page.
Paul says – A new club email is in use for this, and it would be great if you could send me any photos you manage to produce of wildlife in your garden or local area. The photos can be of wild birds, animals, moths, trees, butterflies, bees – basically anything that can be classified as wild – even the weeds you may not want in your garden. I’m not an expert on many of the above so please let me know what the image is illustrating in case I don’t recognise what is included in your photo.
At the end of the project (whenever that is) or when I’ve got enough to work with I will either produce (with expert help) an AV for you all to see or maybe present them all at a club evening. Photos may also appear via the club website.
So, the upshot is – Please send me photos of any local wildlife to wildlife@ludshottpc.org.uk. Please size the images as for competition, that is at 1600 x 1200 pixels and title them as in the following example – blackbird by joe bloggs. Please try to ensure the images are in the correct colour space, ie sRGB. I don’t mind what wildlife you picture, include the common as well as the rarer species. If any of you have any problems let me know either via an email to wildlife@ludshottpc.org.uk
Any photos will be of interest – this is not a challenge or a competition, just a project – so I don’t mind how good the photos are or what ‘class’ you are in at the club. I would love us all to be involved. I will include photographs from all members who send me material in my final presentation.
Once again we held the summer party in the beautiful garden of John and Carole Wilson. Thank you both for hosting it again. The cooks were excellent, Yvonne’s organisation as good as ever, and 26 members enjoyed a pleasant summer afternoon eating and chatting.
The annual club dinner was held at The Royal Exchange on Thursday evening 14 March. 32 members attended, and all agreed that the food and service were excellent.
Unfortunately I forgot to take a camera, so I apologise for the poor quality of the pictures – obviously I need more practice with a telephone, or a better memory!
Stefan gave us a close and personal look at the Bloodhound Project on Monday evening 15 February. We followed the project all the way through to its current “almost finished” position with Stefan’s excellent photographs and videos. The attention of visitors and members was held throughout the evening with plenty of questions asked at the end.
Thank you Stefan, your knowledge and enthusiasm inspired us all.
