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PHOTOGRAPHERS from Ross-shire – and at the very least one shot taken within the county – had been within the prize-winning body at a digicam membership competitors with a twist.
East Sutherland Digicam Membership found what members might do armed with simply the smartphones of their pockets, as secretary Andy Kirkby explains.
Everyone knows that statistics can not at all times be relied on however many sources recommend that worldwide 57,000 photographs are taken each second and 93 per cent of them are taken on a smartphone! It’s also a widely known saying in pictures circles that the perfect digicam is the one you’ve got with you and most of us at all times have one with us – the smartphone.
Any subject material was allowed so long as the picture had been captured on a smartphone.
Submit-processing was additionally allowed as it is a common characteristic of smartphones which have each inner apps and a few very subtle ones that may be downloaded from an app retailer.
The intention of the competitors was additionally to stimulate dialogue in regards to the options now out there on smartphones and make finest use of them. With over 50 submitted photographs members amply demonstrated their smartphone expertise.
Within the color class Duncan Meechan, Milton, got here fourth with New York College Bus. A really hanging picture the place the bus crammed many of the body however the avenue added perspective away into the gap. It additionally demonstrated the flexibility of smartphones to work effectively in metropolis night time time situations. Utilizing a conventional digicam would have been fairly troublesome to seize the identical ambiance.
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Third was Tessa Palmer, Dornoch, with 2nd Inexperienced. This was a really graphic picture which had simplicity at its coronary heart. In essence the one color was the yellow flag which stood out from the threatening sky. A wonderful instance of at all times having a digicam with you each time you might be out.
Second and first locations went to landscapes. Mountain Excessive by Jan Cost, Culrain, was a superbly peaceable shot of Loch Torridon. New member, Christine Brodie from Golspie scooped first prize with Stunning Colors of Luskentyre. A really effectively composed vast display picture which captured the delicate colors of a Harris seascape.
Emma Deeth from Tain got here fourth within the monochrome class together with her detailed shot of a mushroom. This picture demonstrated how low angles from close to floor stage could possibly be simply achieved by turning the telephone the other way up. She had chosen a sq. crop which additionally labored effectively.
Jen Holdsworth from Tain had additionally chosen a sq. crop for her delicate sepia toned portrait, Shoulder to Cry On. The entire picture had light and acceptable lighting.
Pathfinder by Jan Cost advised a winter’s story of farming and the widespread sense method of sheep! Like all good monochrome photographs it had a superb tonal vary from black to white with element within the snow which may so simply be misplaced.
First prize went to Andy Kirby, Dornoch, along with his Creature of the Sky. A momentary seize of superbly illuminated storm clouds over the Dornoch Firth.
A second that would not have been deliberate or repeated and required a few fast photographs earlier than quickly heading dwelling to keep away from getting moist!
East Sutherland Digicam Membership meets in Dornoch on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month and, as well as, is working primary digicam ability coaching over Zoom on different Tuesdays. All welcome. For extra particulars in regards to the membership see www.eastsutherlandcc.org.uk and www.fb.com/EastSutherlandCameraClub the place the wining competitors photographs may be seen.
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