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Weekly guide to Blackburn Camera ClubTRANSCRIPT
What’s OnBlackburn & District Camera Club
Weekly Guide to Events & Activities
What’s On December 2nd
This Week’s CoverPickwick Night by Bob Singleton
Blackburn & District Camera ClubFeniscowles Methodist Church HallPreston Old RoadBlackburnBB2 5EP
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ContentsClub Meetings
Trips and ActivitiesCommittee Meeting
Web Site NewsSpecial Offer
How you can Help
News Events and ActivitiesFrom Blackburn & District Camera Club
December5 Elimination Contest
Please bring eight mounted prints to bejudged on the night. After each round someprints will be removed and their authors willtake no more part. The remaining authorspresent another print and the processrepeats until only one print remains. Therewill be also be a competition for digitalimages, details will be given closer to thetime
12 Presidents Evening JudithMarr
Will be entertaining us. Will members pleasesubmit up to 8 of your best digital images ofthe year to Mick Park humorous and light-hearted images are especially welcome.These will we presented on 19 December
19th Free & Easy Night
Pie and Peas Supper
Results of Mission Impossible II and apresentation of members best light-heartedimages of the year
The Olympic Poster Challenge
MeetingsWe meet each Monday evening at7.30pm (except Bank Holidays) atFeniscowles Methodists Churchon Preston Old Rd, Blackburn .
BB2 5EP
2012January9 A.G.M.All members are requested to attend
16 Entry nightQuarterly - Theme: Open
Members' Evening:
Ian Sudall Wedding Photography
23 Members' Evening:30 Results of QuarterlyJudge: Roy Pickering
December 11Martin Mere 1:00pm at the Cafe
However you do have to pay to get intoMartin Mere and some members may wantto arrive earlier to have lunch and get morevalue for their money.
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November and Decembersee the end of autumn and the beginningof spectacular winter birding at WWT Mar-tin Mere, making the reserve one of the topbirdwatching destination anywhere in theUK. In this first period we will see the num-bers of Whooper Swan and migratoryducks increase with peak counts occurringtowards the end of December. In recentyears maximum counts of Pink-footedGeese have been in November.
Daily sightings of Marsh Harrier, Peregrine,Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk andKestrel likely. Don't rule out Hen Harrier,Merlin, Barn Owl and Short-eared Owl too.
In recent years rarities on the reserveduring this period have included; GreatGrey Shrike, Ross's Goose, Green-winged
Teal, American Wigeon, 1w Red-breastedGoose (2010).
Opening times
Winter (Monday 27 October to February)
9.30am to 5.00pm
FacilitiesEatingThe brand new Mere Side cafe offers adelicious selection of hot and cold food, avariety of coffees and chilled drinks, andtempting home-made cakes. From healthyvegetarian salads to hearty meat dishes,all can be enjoyed overlooking thebeautiful wetlands.
Hot food served from 11.45am - 2.30pm.
Trips & Outings
ShoppingThe gift shop stocks a wide range ofwildlife books, outdoor clothing, birdfeeders/boxes, postcards and stationary,children’s gifts and souvenirs of your visitto the centre, including a unique range ofproducts featuring the artwork of WWTfounder Sir Peter Scott.
There is also an In Focus optics shop atthe centre selling everything you will everneed to watch wildlife – from budgetbinoculars starting at around £15 todeluxe telescopes at over £1000. In Focusis the ideal place to get honest, friendlyadvice about buying your first pair ofbinoculars and test them in what must bethe best location anywhere in the NorthWest of England.
PricingAdult £8.95
Concession (65+, full-time students,unemployed) £6.64
WWT Martin Mere is now offering ascheme where visitors who travel to theCentre without a car can receive discountentry on admission.
The reduced admission prices are:
Adult: £8.00
Concession: £6.20
How to find itMartin Mere Wetland Centre is located sixmiles from Ormskirk and 10 miles fromSouthport. It is easily accessible by publicand private transport.
By carSituated off the A59, the Centre issignposted from junction 8 on the M61,junction 3 on the M58 and junction 27 onthe M6. It is free to park at the Centre.Assaid, I feel I have been very well treatedby Blackburn Camera Club and so I wouldlike to suggest a limited time offer to anyof your Club members for a One -to- OneWorkshop.
Committee MeetingThere will be a committee meeting next Wednesday the7th December.
You will already have received a circular about this.
If any Member has anything they would like to beconsidered by the committee please e-mail [email protected] as soon as possible so that I caninclude it on the agenda.
Web Site NewsWeb Site GalleriesThere is now a revised system in place for website galleries
John Murray has agreed to administer the galleries so all youneed to do is email the photos to him
He has created an email address specifically for the use ofGallery entry requests which is:
Please use this address for all gallery communications to makeJohn’s task as easy as we can.
If you haven’t been to the website recently have a look and youwill see some very good work in the members galleries - all listedunder a tab on the front page.
Your Chance To BeSeenWe also have another way for you to profile your work. We arealways on the lookout for photography and stories to put on thewebsite front page. At the moment the website tends to featuremy photography. That's not because I want it that way but simplybecause no-one else ever sends anything to me.
If you have any story you would like to tell or a few photographsyou would like to show to a greater audience please send themto me and you can have your moment on the front page.
Putting your images in a gallery is one thing but the front page ofthe website is now receiving over 200 hits per week and anywork profiled there will be seen by many more people.
Elsewhere I have written about the coverage for this bulletin, it isnow downloaded and read by about 200 people a week, so if youlet me have a cover photo it will be seen by a lot of people.
Cover photos need to be Landscape format.
Adrian Almond has made the following offer tomembers:-
I feel I have been very well treated by Blackburn Camera Club and so I wouldlike to make a limited time offer to your Club members for a One -to- OneWorkshop.
If a Winter Workshop day is booked with me before December 25th 2011, totake place on a day between now and the end of March 2012, then I willdiscount £50 from the cost of the day.
In other words the Workshop final cost will be £120. A half day will be £70 andthis could be combined with a few hours at my home for Post-Processing workat £25 per hour.
At this time of year, 2 types of combo-itinerary work well. Either a few hours amfor PP and then preparation for Kent Estuary/Arnside sunset shoot, or wintersunrises at Windermere/Grasmere, breakfast then back home for PP session..
I will also be prepared to offer a good price for a Club group outing. If there isany interest in this then just get back to me for a price per person.
E-Mail [email protected]
Members Offer
We hope that by producing What's On we introduce younot only to the activities provided by the club but also toother opportunities to get out and about to takephotographs or to see exhibitions or listen to interestingspeakers.
However we can only do this if we know what is goingon outside the club.
The website now includes two additional features thefirst is a calendar which incorporates not only thesyllabus but other events and the second is a guide tolocal events provided by an outside source, and ournew Weather Forecast Gizmo.
We need input from you to keepWhat's On and the calendar up-to-date.
If you learn of anything which might be of interest toother members whether it be somewhere to go orsomething to see please let us know.
For general events and photo opportunities pleaseemail the details to our events coordinator StewardElliott. [email protected]
For other stuff please e-mail it to [email protected]
Finally you will see that for the second weed running Ihave provided this week’s cover.
However I am sure that there is someone else out therewho would like to have their image on the cover and ifyou would send me an image you have every chanceof it being used next week.
The image should be about 1500 pixels wide. What'sOn is landscape format and therefore landscapeimages are preferred you will also note that type isplaced to the bottom right-hand corner so please takethat into account when choosing the photograph.
How You Can Help
