Monthly Archives: November 2010

Collection of Landscape Images by Chip Phillips

Here is a collection of landscape images by Chip Phillips, an American photographer.  Chip took this shot for the front cover of Digital Camera Magazine in October 2010 and if you read his short biography on his website you’ll see he is talented … Continue reading

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Winner of the UK Wildlife Photography Competition 2010

You might think there would be only one ‘Wildlife photographer of the Year’ competition.  But they seem to pop up all over the place; each with a slightly different competition title and promoted by different organisations.  But not to worry – it means there are more … Continue reading

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Wildlife Photography Courses: Devon

Our website has received a request for the following link to be passed on to club members.  The company offers photography courses in Devon.  It is a long way to travel for a day,  but a good excuse to have a holiday in a … Continue reading

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Great British Landscapes: New On-line Magazine

Joe Cornish is regarded as one of the country’s leading landscape photographers and those of us who attended his talk and slide show last year in Buxton will be familiar with his work.    He has recently set up a new on-line photography magazine which … Continue reading

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How To Take Stunning Pictures

At the end of September, Channel Five began a new six-part series entitled, ‘How To Take Stunning Pictures’.  Each episode covered a different aspect of photography and the first four episodes were linked to from this blog. Somewhere between episode 4 and … Continue reading

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The Sky at Night – At Full Speed

(This link was kindly sent in by Bernard Fisher) Here is a short, but beautiful, time-lapse film of the night sky.  http://blog.warehouseexpress.com/movies-from-stills-time-lapse-and-stop-motion/ My own attempt at time-lapse photography has come to a halt for the moment.  I have several hundred shots showing the changing leaf … Continue reading

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Leonid Meteor Shower

Well, with the weather as it has been this last few nights, I doubt if anyone in Lancashire will have chance to watch the Leonid meteor shower this year.  Such a shame!  In the past I have spent many a fun hour lying on my back … Continue reading

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Kelechi Amadi-Obi: Portraits in Nigeria

Here is a link to some beautifully composed portraits taken in Nigeria by the photographer, Kelechi Amadi-Obi.  I came across the web-site and thought you might like to take a look. Looking out of my window into the grey, wet, half-light of a November day in Lancashire(UK), I … Continue reading

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Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize

Here are the 5 main winners in the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize Read about the winning entry in the link below.  To see the other 4 winning entries just click on the opening page where it says,  ‘In Pictures’.     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11720601 The full … Continue reading

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Nasa’s Deep Impact Probe Photographs Comet Hartley 2

This is Photography -but not as we know it!  Pictures of Comet Hartley taken 23 million km in space. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11674694

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