Atherton & District Amateur Photographic Society

Steward was excellent, really enjoyed his talk and looking at his work. A superb night.

Well done Gill!

Andy.

My main personal gripe with judges of late is that they look at a shot, say they like it, like the composition, viewpoint, general presentation etc... and basically say nothing negative about it whatsoever, then give it a 14!?! Some better judges say upfront that they have a base mark of general pho...

Thank you Mike!!

Much appreciated.

Andy.

Looking forward to this!

Its a tough choice as all suggestions have their pros and cons. Sorry that I threw my suggestion in and caused more confusion, but I would definitely consider it if you want do get into nature on a budget, especially if you want to shoot birds. If you have the money and want quality then Canon lense...

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/tamron-sp-150-600mm-f-5-6-3-di-vc-usd-lens-review-23866 Good advice from Mike. Have you considered the brand new Tamron 150-600? Its around £950 at the moment, so wait a few months and it should go down a bit in price. It's what I would buy (and I will in a year or ...

Can't wait for this one Gill, if it's as good as the Amazon one from the other month (I'm sure it will be) then it's not to be missed!

Very well done Tracey! Nice to be awarded for all that hard work you've put in - very well deserved



Advice for anyone wanting to try international salons - don't bother with that one off Benidorm coz it's never open!

Andy.

Very nice image - well done Janice!

Great evening! Really enjoyed it. Didn't know about thet first photo of the moon's surface story, so that was a surpise - very interesting indeed! Impressed by what Jared has acheived in macro with very modest kit. Great stuff! :-] Gerry as always was an excellent speaker, very informative and it wa...

Trevor was fantastic, I could have listened to him for hours. I hope we have him back in the near future.

Christmas meal-wise, has everyone ordered a bloody big coach? Coz I'm still here drinking! piss heads unite! App-wise I love 500px! Pixlr for mobile phone picture editing and Amazon for wasting my hard earned on photo equipment (don't tell the strife!)

Andy (8 beers in).
Happy new year!

My Idea then is for a 'special' comp night for images taken exclusively on mobile phone cameras... Ha, I had that idea ages ago, Andy. 8) See - http://www.adapsuk.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2899#p15957 All's I can say to that is 'as usual, Paul is right!!' :-d I think it's a great idea that...

Here's a sobering thought on this competition. Some of the images presented were actually shot on mobile phones and I'll bet you couldn't spot which ones they were! I'll tell you what John, I was planning on posting my idea for the next 'special' competition and then you kind of stole my thunder a ...

Looks like I missed a good night (couldn't make it I'm afraid). The placed images all look good, particularly like john's and Tony's though. I was quite sceptical about this competition, but I'm happy to be proved wrong. I personally will never want to shoot in anything but RAW (even jpegs need some...