Morning All
Well, the thaw has set in; I do like cold and frosty mornings but it got just a little too cold! Still, we now have the opportunity moan about the rain/drizzle that’s about to arrive!

Notices:
Adjustment to the 2024/25 programme.
We have had to make a few small adjustments for the second half of the programme due to various reasons and I’ve attached an up to date copy. It has also been altered on are website – big thanks here to Tim for his technical skills!

Peter Frankish.
In case you can’t remember Peter is the gentleman who does a lot of work raising money for the St Catherines Hospice and, if you recall, not so long ago, we sent 19 prints of various Lake District photographs to him for sale to raise funds.
Anyway, I have received an email below, which, I think, is self-explanatory. If anyone can help, please get in touch with me – ta.

Peter’s email: I have just received a specific request from one of my co-volunteers at Brockholes Nature Reserve for a panoramic view of the Forrest of Bowland. Is this something that you may be able to help us with? I don’t have a timeframe as yet but please just consider the possibility.

Members Evening January 29^th.
A new challenge!
The idea here is to take and show photographs; that is, an open category, colour or monochrome, of your choice.
However, you are NOT ALLOWED to edit your images in any editing suit. For example, no cropping.
You could take your photographs in JPEG format or RAW format.
I appreciate that JPEG images, straight from camera, are edited to a certain degree, however RAW images can be submitted. You could, if you wish show the same image in JPEG and RAW to show the difference but again NO editing!
You can show as many images as you like, within reason, of course!
It’s a bit of fun so, dust off that camera and PLEASE have a go now that the weather is more moderate. You can send your images to me and I’ll include them on a PowerPoint presentation so that they could be anonymous or bring them in on a USB stick so that they could be shown that way.
Also, on this members evening, Stan will be showing, with comments, the 30 images we are submitting for the New Zealand ‘Battle’.
This ‘Battle’ will, hopefully, be shown ‘live’ in the Arts Centre on February 26^th at 7.30 in the morning – Freda is threating bacon butties and I’m sure there will be something fizzy to drink! More info when we get it.

Up and coming programme of events:
Wednesday 15^th January: Via Zoom, Geoff Reader, ‘An Evening with Geoff.’
My first section is Sport and has wild water, canoeing and paragliders amongst 7 sports. My landscapes use light to show mountains, ruins, Autumn Scenes, Seascapes etc to their best advantage. A short Misc section breaks up the first half. I am not a Nature Photographer but to complete my portfolio I include some of my favourite images.
After the break I cover my varied ‘People’ shots with some amusing stories of how I got the shot or suffered the consequences!

Wednesday 22^nd January: Our 3^rd internal competition, Creatures and Plants of the World Cup, judged by Gordon Watson. We have 70 images to be judged.

Wednesday 29^th January: New Zealand ‘Battle’ images and ‘show-and-tell’ images – see above!

Wednesday 5^th February: Boyd Harris: ‘Live’ with a talk titled A Photographic Journey through History.

That’s all folks….

Cheers

Mike