Five people made it to the meeting. We welcomed back Pam and Mike Liberson – it was the first outing for Pam after her long course of treatments.

The theme was ‘Architecture’ which prompted a wide and well-photographed selection ranging from the 11th Century Winchester Cathedral to 21st Century Titanic Museum, Belfast. The overall best picture was of Winchester Cathedral flying buttresses taken by John Hawke.

The main topic for discussion was about editing through post processing. It was noted that, if the cameraa settings produce a well-exposed picture, there was little difference before and after processing. However if lighting conditions were challenging then one can change a poor picture into one that ‘pops’. Subsequent topics included the need for focus stacking (macrophotography), disadvantages of using HDR, and correcting camera body/lens corrections for RAW images using DXO Photolab.

The Group took part in an outdoor photoshoot on 9^th June – venue Winchester. We met by the statue of Alfred the Great at 2 p.m. and separated to take local pictures for future themes – street photography, architecture, landscape …. We reconvened in Café Nero at 3:15 to discuss what we had taken accompanied by a general gossip with excellent coffee and cake.

The Group met at 10:15 a.m. on 16^th June  with the theme ‘Street Photography’.

Only 3 people attended – Brenda Bishop sent her apologies.

Best picture was awarded to Anjie Sargeant for a well-composed photograph of Andover Centre. As only 3 folios were submitted John Hawke decided to populate the web page with two photographs from each folio.

The new July theme is ‘Architecture’.

The Group met at 10:15 a.m. on 21^st May  with the theme ‘Odd Angles’.

Only 3 people attended – Brenda Bishop sent her apologies but had posted her pictures to Anjie Sargeant so that they could be reviewed.

Best picture was awarded to Ann Hawke for a distant view of the cranes’ angle in Felixstowe docks with contrasting angles of yachts in Bawdsey marina.

June’s original theme was ‘Golden Hour’ but, after some discussion, it was decided  to put that back to October when a later sunrise and an earlier sunset would be more sensible (as the proposed venue was Winchester we three were not happy taking our cameras there at about 9 p.m.!) The new June theme is ‘Street Photography’. The group will go on an outdoor shoot in Winchester on the 9^th and hold the meeting on the 16^th to review results. The outdoor shoot should provide bonus fodder for themes later in the year.