Morecambe Camera Club

Here are the the results from our M3 competition. Congratulations to all of our winners.

Table Top/Still Life:

1st- That’s Supper Sorted – Mags Carr

2nd- Lens Cleaner – Ellen Bell

3rd Fasteners and Fixings City – Steve Bird

HC- Special of the Day- Roast Pork Sandwich- Janet Taylor

HC- Autumn Memories – Steve Bird

C – Moving Time- Steve Bird

Portraits:

1st – Charlie- Chris Hellier

2nd – Got a Bad Feeling Pops – Beth Robertson

3rd – Rachael- Beth Robertson

HC- Eva Serration- Ellen Bell

HC- Jenny- Chris Hellier

C- Deadly Invitation- Sophie Wooff

C- Ken and his Camera- Mags Carr

Mono:

1st- Looking Out Through the Window- Sophie Wooff

2nd- Smoking in the Shadows- Sophie Wooff

3rd – Focussed – John Hughes

HC- I’ve Seen This Film Before- Ellen Bell

HC- Time For Tea- Chris Hellier

C- Making a Statement- Janet Taylor

C- Hard Life- John Hughes

C- The Quay- Connell

This weekend, we will have a Christmas tree at Morecambe’s annual Christmas tree festival.

Visit Morecambe Parish Church to see all of the fabulous displays. 🎄📸

https://facebook.com/events/1194308970778784/

Ellen (our chair) would like to know numbers for this year’s Christmas social ASAP. The event will take place next Thursday. If you are wanting to attend, can you please send her an email/message to let her know.

£5 per ticket, partners or friends welcome! There will be a buffet in the function room above The George in Torrisholme. We will be having a quiz and there will be a water and wine raffle (any donations for this will also be appreciated).

Looking forward to seeing everyone there. We usually have a fantastic evening. 🎄🍻🍷📸

This week, we have the results from competition M3. Set subjects are: Portraits, Mono and Table Top/Still Life.

The judge for the evening will be Jim Cunningham CPAGB.

There will be a raffle so remember your pennies! 💰📸

Great night last Thursday with AJ exotics. Here are some pictures from behind the scenes.

If you are looking for a reptile encounter then definitely contact them. They are super confident and knowledgeable when it comes to their animals.

http://ajexotics.co.uk/

This Thursday, we have AJ Exotics visiting us again with some creatures for us to photograph. These sessions are always good fun for all, whether you are an experienced photographer or a beginner.

Lancaster Photographic Society members are welcome to join us.

See you on Thursday! 📸🐍🦎

Remember to submit any images for M3 by the end of the day tomorrow.

Set subjects are:

Tabletop/ Still life, Portraits and Monochrome.

Good Luck Everybody!

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Tomorrow evening we have a slight change to the programme and will be having a talk by Graham Dean titled “The Camera Doesn’t Lie – but photographers do” – a brief history of photomanipulation. Followed by some images from an open exhibition / salon, for members to discuss 😊 hope to see you all there 😃

It was fantastic to see all of the entries in the M2 competition last night. There were some fabulous images. Thanks again to Graham Currey for judging all of the images. We hope to see you at the club again soon.

Here are the results for M2:

Sports:

1st – Take Down – Sophie Wooff

2nd – Knee Down – John Hughes

3rd – Flying High – John Hughes

HC- He’s Behind You- Ellen Bell

HC- Fighting for the Ball- Sophie Wooff

C- Service with a Smile- Mags Carr

C- Kite Surfer- Graham Dean

Nature:

1st- Great Reed Warblers Courting Display- Peter Bagnall

2nd – Anna’s Hummingbird- Connell

3rd- Great Crested Grebe Just Surfaced- Peter Bagnall

HC- Bee Eaters Mating- John Hughes

HC- Giant Owl Butterfly- Mags Carr

HC- Western Yellow Wagtail- Peter Bagnall

C- Female Blackbird- Janet Taylor

C- Red Common Darter- Ellen Bell

C- New Caledonian Crested Gecko- Janet Taylor

C- Banded Damoiselle- F- Connell

C- Roller- John Hughes

Open:

1st- Drinking from the Bottle- Sophie Wooff

2nd- Giving it Both Barrels- Ellen Bell

3rd – Mysterious Girl- Janet Taylor

HC- Going Fishing in Kerala- Mags Carr

HC- Shared Moment- Janet Taylor

HC- Salford Quays- Mags Carr

HC- Mary’s Shell at Sunset- Steve Bird

HC- Lydia Francis- Ellen Bell

HC- Tickety Boo- Beth Robertson

HC- Stevie- Chris Hellier

C- Johanna- Beth Robertson

C- Beth- Chris Hellier

C- Into the Light- Steve Bird

C- Silhouette Summit- Beth Robertson

C- Salford Quays at Night- Chris Hellier

C- Pose- Sophie Wooff

C- Raining Umbrellas – Graham Dean

C- Media City at Dusk- Steve Bird

C – The Heavy- Chris Hellier

Wow! So many awards last night. Well done everybody, keep up the great work! 📸

This Thursday, we are hosting our second monthly competition of the year. The set subjects for M2 are: Sports, Open and Nature.

Good Luck Everybody! 📸