Image Size: 1920 pixels horizontal, maximum and 1024 pixels vertical, maximum
File Format: jpg
Digital Image Filename:
The filename must be of the format “XX_Your Name_Image Title”
XX is the number of your image in order of preference, eg 01, 02, 03, 04
Your Name is of course your name, eg. Matt Russell(spaces are allowed between names)
Image Title is the name of the image, eg. From the Top Deck of the Bus (spaces are allowed between words)
Please use an underscore in between the number, your name, and the title. An underscore is “_“
An example would be 03_Matt Russell_From the Top Deck of the Bus
Digital Image submission:
Your images must be submitted by uploading them HERE
All images must be named correctly or they may not be shown
A small number of images may be accepted on USB drive on the evening. If there is not sufficient time to load these to the PC then they will not be shown in the competition.
On Monday we have the pleasure of welcoming Peter Warne to the Society.
Peter Warne is a member of Loughton Camera Club and has been photographing and documenting the wildlife around Copped Hall, holding study days and exhibiting there from time to time.
He will give us a quick introduction to what’s going on with the house, but his main talk will be about the wildlife to be seen in the various habitats. He will also try to anticipate questions we may have on wildlife photography and the value of fieldwork
My involvement with the programme to investigate the wildlife of Copped Hall began in April 2012 building on the earlier work of Iris Newbery. We have now published one of our short reports upon the findings – available through our regular sales channels – and I am pleased to report that the species list is already running to a total of 90. The bulk of these species are birds because they are the easiest to see but we continue to add mammals and a wealth of invertebrates.
The joy of carrying out this work for the Trust is not just that for a biologist and would be photographer it is a wonderful opportunity. It is equally the interaction I enjoy with the gardeners and restoration team.
Our builders Robert, Paul and Adam are very knowledgeable wildlife watchers and it was they who pointed me towards pied wagtails nesting in the rooftops of the mansion.
Paul and Adam also have the doubtful honour of having their pictures of a young little owl included in the presentations I have been making to various institutions in the area. This was a particularly important find after finding a dead owl last year and fearing we might have lost our breeding pair.
On the subject of owls, we know from the evidence of barn owl feathers that we still have breeding pairs of this beautiful bird locally and a male tawny owl makes its presence known by hooting at least twice a day. Heard but rarely seen. Our other birds of prey continue to attract attention and kestrels, sadly declining elsewhere, are frequent sightings alongside good numbers of buzzards.
Peter will be holding photography workshops at Copped Hall in 2017.
The above chart is intended to be a summary of the competitions and exhibitions we will be taking part in, in the coming year. For internal competitions the ‘Last entry by’ is the latest date that your entries must be with the competition secretary (John Cross).
For Printed images this is the Monday preceding the date of the competition.
If you need your images printed and mounted then this needs to be done in plenty of time to meet the ‘Last entry by’ date. Ian (fatcatprinting@hotmail.co.uk) Ian Waterman can print and mount these for you but can’t do them all at the last minute! Late submissions may not be admitted!
For external competitions (marked with a ‘*’) the date is earlier as a selection committee will need to meet beforehand to decide which images will be entered
Images for internal, projected competitions should be no larger than 1920 pixels on the long side and named as follows: NN_Jane Doe_ A print title.jpg, Where NN is a number (01, 02, 03 ETC.) and ‘_’ is an underscore.
We have a set format for all digital image competitions which must be followed.
It’s relatively simple but we still get errors, typically;
not re-named at all
not using spaces or capitals
not following the naming convention
It is important that the naming convention is followed as the software we use ‘looks’ at the underscores and from them determines the author and image title.
Digital Image Specifications
The resolution of our projector is 1920 pixels (horizontal) by 1080 pixels (vertical). Anything submitted in excess of these dimensions will be downsized. An image too small will display small on the screen
File Format: jpg
Digital Image Filename:
The filename must be of the format “XX_Your Name_Image Title”
XX is the number of your image in order of preference, eg 01, 02, 03, 04
Your Name is of course your name, eg. Matt Russell(spaces are allowed between names)
Image Title is the name of the image, eg. From the Top Deck of the Bus (spaces are allowed between words)
Please use an underscore in between the number, your name, and the title. An underscore is “_“
An example would be 03_Matt Russell_From the Top Deck of the Bus
All images must be named correctly or they may not be shown
A small number of images may be accepted on USB drive on the evening. If there is not sufficient time to load these to the PC then they will not be shown in the competition.
For external camera club competitions different dimensions may apply.
Chris makes a very welcome return to the Society after his very successful talk – Looking Local.
In Chris’s own words;
Composition & Catastrophe
Two separate half evening technical talks, making for an evening where beginners and experts alike can learn (or be reminded) of something:
Considering Composition – we often hear talk of “The rules of composition”, but what are those rules and should we ignore them ? In this talk we explore the compositional tools we have available to us to make our pictures just a bit more interesting.
If you do one thing today – its a new digital world and yet not many of us stop to think how easily we could lose all our information.
In this talk we scare ourselves with tales of what could happen to our computers, photographs and information then look at ways to mitigate those risks.
You can see the quality of Chris’s work on his website – CLICK HERE
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