27th February
It was a busy and interesting night on the 27th February for Tenby Camera Club.
The evening started with the results of the Hexagon Competition . This competition, held the previous week, has six categories, this year being Nature, Landscape, Portrait, Creative, Sport and Architecture. Members enter a digital image for each genre . They are then scored by the audience present, out of 20 . An interesting competition illustrating cross genre skills of the photographer.
The winner of Nature was Dylan Harries, Creative by Charlie Kidd, Cheryl Hewitt won Architecture and Sport and Dave Bolton won Landscape and Portrait.
The overall winner was Dave Bolton , with Charlie Kidd in second place and Cheryl Hewitt in third.
Following on, members and many extra guests were then enthralled with the stunning presentation by club member Mike Cullis “My Falkland Islands Adventure”.
From the very start the audience was transported to a very different world to Wales. Mike took us with narrative, stills and video on his journey starting in Brize Norton and then across the interesting and beautiful landscapes of the Falklands. The scenery was very exotic and Caribbean like but Mike assured us the temperatures were appreciably different!
With over 420 islands and a population of around four thousand (similar to Tenby), Mike brought to life the lifestyle, houses, gardens and facilities.
Then it was time to explore the incomparable wildlife. Journeying around the Islands we were treated to stunning observations starting with the Black browed Albatross. Mike sat so close to these majestic birds who pair for life. He gave an insight to their diet, breeding habits and behaviour .
Then we took a walk to discover elephant seals, King Cormorants and five species of native Penguin. Again Mike,using video and stills, captured special moments of the behaviour of these special creatures. Rock Hopper, Macaroni, Magallanic, Gentoo & King Penguins……who knew all their distinctive and individual characters ? Well we did by the end of Mike’s Talk ! From cute chicks to aggressive territorial behaviour, sad moments when a Southern Sea Lion captured a weak penguin. All the emotions were covered .
Mike said he took over 12,000 images in 2 weeks with his equipment being the Panasonic G9 , Canon 5D and a GoPro.
There was a lively question and answer session and everyone left feeling they had actually been there ! Many thanks to Mike Cullis for his hard work in making an exceptional presentation .
Next week it is the Carmarthen Battle held by Carmarthen Camera Club .There is no meeting in St.Florence .
The evening started with the results of the Hexagon Competition . This competition, held the previous week, has six categories, this year being Nature, Landscape, Portrait, Creative, Sport and Architecture. Members enter a digital image for each genre . They are then scored by the audience present, out of 20 . An interesting competition illustrating cross genre skills of the photographer.
The winner of Nature was Dylan Harries, Creative by Charlie Kidd, Cheryl Hewitt won Architecture and Sport and Dave Bolton won Landscape and Portrait.
The overall winner was Dave Bolton , with Charlie Kidd in second place and Cheryl Hewitt in third.
Following on, members and many extra guests were then enthralled with the stunning presentation by club member Mike Cullis “My Falkland Islands Adventure”.
From the very start the audience was transported to a very different world to Wales. Mike took us with narrative, stills and video on his journey starting in Brize Norton and then across the interesting and beautiful landscapes of the Falklands. The scenery was very exotic and Caribbean like but Mike assured us the temperatures were appreciably different!
With over 420 islands and a population of around four thousand (similar to Tenby), Mike brought to life the lifestyle, houses, gardens and facilities.
Then it was time to explore the incomparable wildlife. Journeying around the Islands we were treated to stunning observations starting with the Black browed Albatross. Mike sat so close to these majestic birds who pair for life. He gave an insight to their diet, breeding habits and behaviour .
Then we took a walk to discover elephant seals, King Cormorants and five species of native Penguin. Again Mike,using video and stills, captured special moments of the behaviour of these special creatures. Rock Hopper, Macaroni, Magallanic, Gentoo & King Penguins……who knew all their distinctive and individual characters ? Well we did by the end of Mike’s Talk ! From cute chicks to aggressive territorial behaviour, sad moments when a Southern Sea Lion captured a weak penguin. All the emotions were covered .
Mike said he took over 12,000 images in 2 weeks with his equipment being the Panasonic G9 , Canon 5D and a GoPro.
There was a lively question and answer session and everyone left feeling they had actually been there ! Many thanks to Mike Cullis for his hard work in making an exceptional presentation .
Next week it is the Carmarthen Battle held by Carmarthen Camera Club .There is no meeting in St.Florence .