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Oct 09
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Macclesfield win the Robertshaw Trophy

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An excellent night in Holmes Chapel saw our Camera Club lift the Robertshaw trophy for the first time in 15 years. Five clubs complete for this trophy and the overall scores on the night were :  Macclesfield 180 points, Crewe 172, Leek 171, Blythe Bridge 159 and Holmes Chapel 159. The event was well attended by all clubs with Macc being represented by Paul Scott, Anthony Gosling, Keith Parker, Kevin Blake, Peter Thomasson and Conor Molloy. Thank you to our new External Competition secretary Chris Aggersbury for co-ordinating the submission and selection of our 10 images. Our individual image scores were :

Kissing Beeeaters by Conor Molloy (19 points) ,  Focus by Steve Gresty (18 points) ,  Quarter inch Jack by Antony Gosling (19 points),  Mia by Paul Scott (20 points)

Battle of the Hurdles by Alison Lomax (16 points),  Nature Red in Tooth and claw by Leonie Sellars (16 points),  Polo player by David Tolliday (18 points), One Angel Square, Manchester by Anthony Gosling (16 points)

Arctic Tern Feeding Time by David Tolliday (18 points), Hunting Great Grey Owl by Conor Molloy (20 points).

All of the images can be viewed under the Competitions tab on the website. The judge was Robert Millin from Stockport. Well done to everyone.

Mia by Paul Scott

Mia by Paul Scott

 

 

Sep 15
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First Competition Reminder

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Those of you at the Library last night will already be aware that our first competition is taking place on Monday 5th October. Consequently, your entries are required by next Monday, 21st September.

This is an Open, digital-entry only competition. Most of you already know the sizing rules etc. but if you need a reminder then all the info is available under the Competition Info tab on this website.  The entry form is also there for you to download.

Please check the News page regularly for future competition updates as email reminders will no longer be sent.  We will, of course, continue to remind you at the club meetings.

Looking forward to receiving your entries.

Aug 12
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Brian gets commendation in flower show competition

By Botany, Competitions, Members Successes, News

Stefan Buczacki Photography Competition

You have to be in it to win it, as the saying goes: although he didn’t win, Brian Law did get a commended in this year’s Stefan Buczacki Photography Competition and two complementary tickets to the Southport Show. This flower photography competition is a regular part of the annual Southport Flower Show. The competition had 4 sections: British Plant Portraits, British Garden Views, British Natural History and Wildlife, all of which were print classes, and a digital class, British Garden/Plant related. Brian said he took the easy option and entered the two permitted images into the digital class the poppy bud image, below, got the commended award.
The subject matter for this image came from his garden and was the result of an accident when he knocked the unopened bud off the plant with a lawn mower when cutting the grass. Brian took this unopened bud into the house left it on the sideboard for a couple of days and took a few shots of it as it gradually unfurled. He used a sheet of white mount board as the background and available light from the window with the camera tripod mounted. The image was processed with Nik Color Effex Pro.

Brian