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.