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Down among the bluebells. By Louise Bailey
Members go travelling!
Tony and Louise take to the airways.
16/05/2025
Two of our popular members teamed up to provide the content for our regular Thursday Zoom meeting this week. Tony Nineham has family connections in the less touristy parts of USA, and his photographic records of family holidays and get togethers are always unusual, taking us to less familiar places. This last trip to North Carolina was no exception. Louise Bailey on the other hand stays closer to home, hiding her light under the proverbial bushel, so that when we DO eventually get to see her photos, we are very surprised by the quality of the photography and the skills she hides so well.
Tony’s commentary is always informative and entertaining and the bulk of his presentation took us on a gentle journey from North Carolina to Washington, but ended with a few shots from his more familiar obsessions such as motor sports, the Northern Lights as they appeared over Farrington Gurney, and the coastal features off Cornwall and the Cob at Lyme, at the time when storm Bertie struck.
The North Carolina trip gave Tony time to play with his images of the beach-its lighthouse, spectacular sunrises, insect population and plant life. Awash with tales from the days of slavery and the fight for freedom, the area gave Tony the opportunity to explore the history of the plantations and houses, which he skilfully shared with us before whisking us away to the Air and Space and Smithsonian Museums in Washington, for images of Apollo 11 and more experiments in intentional camera movement.
Louise’s images did not appear in her preferred order but she coped well with the commentary on each of her images, and the links were obvious. Louise likes macro in the field and she is good at it! We see far too few of her images of nature and wildlife, but we are now not in any doubt of her ability to capture the puffins on Skomer, the rutting deer in Bushey Park and the variety of unusual funghi discovered on numerous excursions with fellow member, Diana Walker.
Louise travels all over the UK, often alone, in search of colour, shape and form and usually captures what she sees very capably, if eye deep in undergrowth! It was a shame a power cut ended a very entertaining evening abruptly, but members were philosophical about it, and are very appreciative of the efforts made by both Louise and Tony in the aftermath. There is a recording up to the end point available to members.
Jenny Short. 15.05.2025
Next week Diana rounds off the season with her member evening before the last session of the year whan Claire carter entertains us with her talk "Altered realities- Does the Camera Lie?
Tony’s commentary is always informative and entertaining and the bulk of his presentation took us on a gentle journey from North Carolina to Washington, but ended with a few shots from his more familiar obsessions such as motor sports, the Northern Lights as they appeared over Farrington Gurney, and the coastal features off Cornwall and the Cob at Lyme, at the time when storm Bertie struck.
The North Carolina trip gave Tony time to play with his images of the beach-its lighthouse, spectacular sunrises, insect population and plant life. Awash with tales from the days of slavery and the fight for freedom, the area gave Tony the opportunity to explore the history of the plantations and houses, which he skilfully shared with us before whisking us away to the Air and Space and Smithsonian Museums in Washington, for images of Apollo 11 and more experiments in intentional camera movement.
Louise’s images did not appear in her preferred order but she coped well with the commentary on each of her images, and the links were obvious. Louise likes macro in the field and she is good at it! We see far too few of her images of nature and wildlife, but we are now not in any doubt of her ability to capture the puffins on Skomer, the rutting deer in Bushey Park and the variety of unusual funghi discovered on numerous excursions with fellow member, Diana Walker.
Louise travels all over the UK, often alone, in search of colour, shape and form and usually captures what she sees very capably, if eye deep in undergrowth! It was a shame a power cut ended a very entertaining evening abruptly, but members were philosophical about it, and are very appreciative of the efforts made by both Louise and Tony in the aftermath. There is a recording up to the end point available to members.
Jenny Short. 15.05.2025
Next week Diana rounds off the season with her member evening before the last session of the year whan Claire carter entertains us with her talk "Altered realities- Does the Camera Lie?