A Final Reminder About The Camera Clubs Breakup for 2008

A pigeon Pair

Noisey Minor. I'm inundated with the pests.

A Topknot pigeon having a feed. There aren't many birds about because the Noisey Minors drive the smaller birds away.

I took this outside the window. There were butterflies everywhere.

Quad Competition

Here is a quick update on the Quad Comp held at Maryborough on the 15/10/08

It was a great night with Gary Paterson, Peter Eury and Boyd attending. The standard was quite high. Here are the results.

PRINT SECTION

Bendigo 114 points
Maryborough 101 points
Castlemaine 106 points
Macedon 114 points

First Place Flame Robin Cynthia Watkins
Third Place Riding High Andrew Leed

PROJECTED IMAGE

Macedon 114 points
Castlemaine 113 points
Bendigo 103 points
Maryborough 101 points

Overall Macedon 228
Castlemaine 219
Bendigo 217
Maryborough 202

As you can see we did exceptionally well in the Print Section but not so good at the Projected Image section.

Harvest Moon Festival

Harvest Moon Festival

Ribbon Dance

Korean Dancer

Nail Dance (As In Finger Nails)

Harvest Moon Festival 2008

All images taken with my new Sony a700 @ ISO 800

Bendigo Cemetery - 9 Sep 08

Great Club Night @ the Bendigo Cemetery - 9 Sep 08

Just a few snaps

The Chapel

It is amazing what you can find in a cemetery at night - now where did Mark go!

The Professor!

Smooth Bokeh

Night turns into Day

Gone but not forgotten

Cold Starry Night

Rugby - Bendigo Fighting Miners

Hanging on

Watch my ear

The pass out

Going for a try

Where is that ball!

Eat my dust !!!

Gotta come down sooner or later.

Literally flying through the air. Can't believe how high these kids get up in the air.

Tooleen Motor X

Some of these kids can really fly.

Baseball

The Inaugural Country Women's Baseball Championships was held earlier this month in Bendigo.

West of Devonport. Near Penguin.

Strahan Waterfront early morning. Too early.

Beauty Point Marine Training Station.

Red Cap Toadstools on the way to Strahan.

Just before sunrise The Great Lake.

Small Harbour near Strahan west coast Tasmania

Sunset Great Lake Tassie

Set subject - Fire, smore or steam

This is the result of my experimenting with fire for the set subject entry, although I didn't want quite as much fire as this. Turps is harder to light than I thought, but it does burn well once you get it going.

The red jacket.

Early lunch at Wandiligong !

Persistence pays
off to get that
'meal on the run'.

Ralph Densworth - no longer with us.

Val has asked me to inform everyone that Ralph passed away this morning (Monday 28th April).

Ralph was a highly regarded and respected member of the club, who was well known for his exceptional darkroom skills. Although, unable to be as active as he would like, Ralph took up the digital challenge a few years ago and was still producing high quality work until recently.

Ralph was presented with his Life Membership badge last year as recognition for the work and support to the Bendigo Camera Club.

I believe Ralph had been a member of the club since the early sixties. The club has lost a very valued and talented member.

He will be missed.

Update: Graveside service 10am at Runnymede Elmore, then a service(11:30am) at Holy Trinity Church, Keck St, Flora Hill, Bendigo.

Mark....
(I have adjusted the date of this post so it stays as the first entry for the next week)

Ralph, camera and coffee in hand. Taken on a club outing to Healsville in May 2003.

Video from Bright

Images from Bright Weekend

"The Cathedral" and "The Hump" with "The Horn" in the background Mt Buffalo National Park.

"The Cathedral" and "The Hump" Mt Buffalo National Park.

"Ladies Bath Falls" Eurobin Creek.

Buffalo Creek.

Buffalo Creek.

Boyd at "The Horn".

View from "The Horn" Mt Buffalo looking towards "The Cathedral" and "The Hump".