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  A riot of colour in this live action shot of the ballet by John Riley, showing what can be achieved with a compact camera.  

  We don’t see many sports shots in the club, so it’s a special pleasure to award Stuart Brides the Picture of the Week for his Long Distance Driver. We also like the humour inherent in the title!

  Mike’s image gains much of its impact on the gorgeous detail and the fascinating viewpoint. We can savour this one for a week, constantly finding new patterns within the vista, a hive of relentless human activity.  

  Photography is about light, but also about emotional content. Joanne’s fine image is one that really lets that emotional content let rip, so well done indeed and a fine and very unusual Picture of the Week!

  Bobby scores this week with this fine portrait. Currently, he is in sunnier climes enjoying life, but hopefully he’ll spot his POTW in due course!

  This is a great idea, well done Mel! Every Saturday a new Picture of the Week is chosen. Feel free to send me pictures especially for the purpose, but otherwise the choices are made from Competition and Year Book … Read More

  Mark is one of our most active photographers, producing a wide range of subject matter. The key is getting out there in all conditions and this image certainly is a fine example of the rewards to be had. Well … Read More

  This week POTW features this fine semi-candid image by Sue Riley. A great use of black and white!

  A classic shot of a classic plane brings the POTW slot to Simon Openshaw. Brilliant shot Simon, one well worth having the podium for the next seven days!

  Picture of the Week is from Keith Richardson, a high quality fashion style portrait, so well done Keith for a well deserved pride of place for the next 7 days!

  A great shot of a bee, which we are told is technically unable to fly. So much for science, as bees most certainly do fly. They have obviously been doing it to annoy scientists. Graham meanwhile gets the shot … Read More

  Janice turns out some great photography and this fascinating portrait is one of her newest creations. It scored a 20 in our recent Monthly Competition, which was well deserved. Love those ears! So Janice gains another Picture of the … Read More

  Thursday 25th January 2018 saw Bill Ward, actor, photographer and Pentax Ambassador, presenting a superb evening that entertained and inspired the audience of ADAPS members. Bill showed his path and reasoning behind his photography, relating it to his acting … Read More

  Here are the top ten clubs for the 2018 GB Cup Open Small Clubs Competition. 1 Oldham Photographic Society 119 2 Atherton & District Amateur Photographic Society 118 3 Crewe Photographic Society 117 4 Cleethorpes Camera Club 116 – … Read More

  Stuart Ogden has pride of place this week, with the winning image from our recent Monthly Competition. Well done Stuart, a very interesting and compelling picture and well worthy of the winning place.

  John’s Picture of the Week can give us something to look forward to as, hopefully, the cold days give way to the warmth of spring and eventually summer. So let’s enjoy this nice sunny shot while we shiver!