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Following presentations by speakers in recent weeks – like Douglas Annan and our own Robert Quig, the club syllabus brought us back to our programme of competitions. An Open competition allows members to enter images of any subject of their choosing.

Our Second Open Competition of our season attracted a high-standard of entry.  Andy Stark, our judge for the evening, then chose Jim Stevenson’s “Fly Fishing” as the overall best image. This astonishing capture was of a swallow, skimming the surface of the water, about to capture a flying insect. Congratulations, Jim, this photograph was a worthy winner, and thanks to Andy Stark for very fair judging of the high-quality entries. Just a few more of these images are presented below.

You don’t actually need anything other than your smartphone to enter any of our club competitions. But as arranged last year, we arranged an informal session where we could show off only our favourite smartphone images – no fancy cameras and lenses allowed. Some smart guy once said, “the best camera for photography is the one you’ve got with you when you see a photo opportunity”. Nowadays, that smartphone is nearly always handy.

Well done to Alan Stewart, our Syllabus Secretary for setting up an outstanding autumn session at Kilmaurs this year.

This period included a night of presentations by David Moulds, a winner of awards in the “Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year” competitions. David gave us a great show of landscape photography and then described his work in “Encaustic Fine Art,” selling his work on-line and at craft fairs.

Jim Stevenson retained the trophy in our first League competition of the 2024/5 season. His winning digital image, was this superb shot of a tiny blue tit taking a drop of water from a tap, its beak open and its little tongue catching the water. Congratulations, Jim!!

A couple of other successful digital images are also shown here too, both sharing second place in the digital category – thee were “Male Kingfisher” by Dale Powell – one of Dale’s specialist subjects, and the atmospheric “Dawn Raider” by Martin Clark. Well done to both!!

Our Exhibition of Prints has now been set up in the main corridor of University Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock. A great selection of 45 framed prints has been provided by club members. The display certainly brightens up the corridor, provides the club with a bit of exposure in the local community, and gives members a chance to sell their prints at reasonable prices. The exhibition runs until the 13^th December 2024. It is really worth a look if you are in the area.