Atherton & District Amateur Photographic Society

"Bridging the Gap". Can now post here now that my access details have been sorted out.

Thanks, John. I've just emailed it to you. Appreciated!

Away at the mo. Have taken a photo of Studley Castle but have no means of reducing it below the required 500kbytes to get it on the Forum. Sorry, Terry.

David Hewson in action tonight with his superb presentation on Wildlife Photography, with lots of hints and tips that raised a lot of interest and questions. A very entertaining and informative presentation enjoyed by one and all !

Hi Terry, 30th June sounds fine.

Well, not many entries this time – but definitely quality over quantity! Darren: You’ve caught the movement of the water really well here – not a very fast shutter speed that freezes the motion, and not a slow speed that gives a cotton-wool effect – just a nice in-between speed. Sue: A nice composit...

So here's a challenge to show your best image that depicts movement. For example, movement of people, objects, etc.
The competition closes at 10pm on Sunday 5th June. Good luck.

Thanks, John. And thanks to all those who made some super entries on this topic.

I've not got my thinking cap on to choose a new topic!

MTOTO Llandudno

Well, my topic didn’t attract many entries this week, but we had three good entries: DARREN: Back to the Future - Dr Emmett Brown – brilliant interpretation of the topic. A little tight in the frame, and a narrower aperture would have given you a greater depth of field, the image goes soft towards t...

Don't miss next Thursday (28th April) if you want to learn all about flash photography. Stuart Brides will be giving a presentation and challenging you as a group, to set up off-camera flash. To create a dramatic headshot, using a model and taking head shots in various poses/angles for different lig...

I have chosen the abstract subject and the precious gift of time. Precious because once you give someone your time, you can never get that time back, no matter how rich or famous you may be. So your offerings can be from anything that indicates time or the passage of time. So, time to put your think...

Thanks folks - there were some really good entries there. Now I'll have to get my thinking cap on...

Petal man.....

Glayva - nectar of the gods....