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Online Exhibition 2010
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St Botolph’s church, Swyncombe, Oxon.
Copyright C Ormonde.
An image from the Online Exhibition 2010.
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Chairman's Introduction
and Your Comments
In this year's Exhibition we present a variety of pictures from near and far. We have purposely widened the field of operation so as to place the Chilterns within the wider context of the world at large: my congratulations to all who have participated in producing this display of 178 pictures.
The categories are the same as before: Buildings, Flora and Fauna, Landscape, and Heritage; this last being left somewhat unspecific, so that 'quirky' yet interesting subjects could be included. Pictures within each category are arranged in alphabetical order of authors.
The exhibition is not competitive, so there are no winners, or losers (the Editor has seen to that), but comments are welcome through the usual channel of webphotos@chilternphoto.org.uk.
Guy Patterson - Chairman
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Your comments
We welcome comments about any of the photos for possible online publication. Please email them to the ChilternPhotos Editor, Quiller Barrett: webphotos@chilternphoto.org.uk.
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Stan McCartin LRPS, CPAGB, a well-known camera club judge in the Chilterns, has sent us his comments on a few of our exhibition photographs that he has picked out. You can see some of Stan’s own pictures in all four exhibition categories.
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Buildings |
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B010JAC
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Caption |
Little Green Lane, Croxley
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Author |
J Carter
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Comment |
This has a good composition with the edge of the road and the tyre
tracks leading in from the bottom left and then swinging round to take us back to the house. The little "toadstools" are interesting
with the snow on top and the house gate helps to break up the hedge line.
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| Photo code |
B013PD
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Streatley post office
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Author |
P Davis
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Comment |
Pleasant scene of the post office, which could have been taken many years ago, especially with the postman's old bike outside. Covering the right hand side enough to hide the car boot and the Biffa bin helps to emphasise the red telephone box, which is an excellent feature to finish the scene as it is viewed from, left to right.
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Flora & Fauna |
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| Photo code |
F009CB
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Caption |
Near Flaunden
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Author |
C Bartram
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Comment |
The Chilterns is well known riding country and it is good to see a
picture of some horses. The two on the left are well caught at just
the right moment, and are strong enough, with the tree in the
background, to make a picture even without the third horse. Give it a try by cropping the picture from just the start of the third horse, right. Then the pair of horses really stands out and dominates the picture.
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F022CH
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Caption |
Migrating wheatear in the Chilterns
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Author |
C Humphrey
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Comment |
A good example of an alert little brown bird which we might hear but is difficult to see, at least for me anyway. The colours look natural and show the disguise of the bird. Appropriate to have the grasses in the background, reminding us of wheat, presumably reflecting the main colour of the bird. And, as is needed in this kind of wild life shot, it is sharp most of the way from beak to tail.
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Heritage & Others |
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H004WA
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Caption |
Bedford Chapel in Chenies parish church
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Author |
W Arthurs
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Comment |
What is quite striking about this shot is the light airiness feel to
it, and the reflections on the tiles. The use of monochrome, black
and white here, is very effective in showing the shapes and the
"chequer board" floor tiles. Sometime it is nice to see just a part
of a church interior instead of the more usual full length from
entrance to altar.
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| Photo code |
H021JF
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Caption |
Guinot at Fairford
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Author |
J Fitzgerald
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Comment |
Great action shot with not just the bi-planes, but the dare devils on
top! Well caught with full views of both characters in the same pose and both planes fully in the picture. It is also interesting because of red being the only colour and the rest white or grey. Very effective
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Landscapes |
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L010AJB
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Caption |
Ashridge
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Author |
A Beck
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Comment |
Very typical of a walk in these parts but in this case an unusual
leaning tree with similar bough angles above it. The image also makes good use of the light spilling across the path in front. Composition is good with all lines of interest radiating from the bottom left and carrying the eye over all parts of the image.
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L032BH
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Avenue of lime trees near Penn House
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Author |
B Hunt
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Comment |
The appeal of this image is the line of trees, like a row of soldiers,
and the strong trunk to the right looking like the inspecting officer! Good use of low angle photography to help emphasise the
height and strength. Well composed and maybe slightly improved with a little trim off the bottom; but not too much.
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L039CO
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Old Man of Storr, Isle of Skye
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Author |
C Ormonde
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Comment |
Although not in the Chilterns, what a fine example of traditional
landscape photography which I would happily hang on my wall. It has all the elements that the famous landscape painters would have introduced: lighting, colour, composition, sky, simplicity and drama. From the bottom left lead-in across and up to the two peaks is an absolute joy to view. It will inspire others who like landscape to go out and try.
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From John Taylor, Chairman of the Chiltern Society
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B010JAC
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Little Green Lane, Croxley
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Author |
J Carter
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Comment |
Your exhibition seems to be going well and the overall tone of the collection is very high. Before I read the comments from Stan McCartin, out of all the local pictures I too liked the view of Croxley; particularly as it is not the first place I would associate with such a rural scene.
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From Cic Upcott who says “My comments stem from being a trained artist (such a long time ago!) and an illustrator by preference. One of the most difficult subjects is surely landscape - rarely can the camera capture the grandeur of the sweep of hills etc, and what is so often breathtaking becomes dull. A walk in the woods is a thrill - but the finished pic has almost lost it and can be disappointing. It's good to see several really good landscapes in this show therefore.”
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H021JF
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Caption |
Guinot at Fairford
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Author |
J Fitzgerald
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Comment |
At last, time to sit and look at the Exhibition pictures – fabulous, most of them. We loved the daredevils and thought that was the star item.
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| Photo code |
B030CO
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Caption |
St Botolph’s church, Swyncombe, Oxon
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Author |
C Ormonde
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Also the Swyncombe church photograph was unusually lovely, as good light showed the interior, one of the most attractive of its kind in the Chilterns, to perfection – such colours.
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From the PhotoGroup’s website editor, Quiller Barrett
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Uncoded
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Caption |
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Copyright W Eggleston
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Comment |
I was greatly encouraged by the quality of the entries we had this year.
Stan McCartin has given us an excellent assessment of some of the photographs from the point of view of a very experienced camera club judge. I just want to emphasize that the categories now include ‘Others’ which opens the door to quirkier, non-traditional pictures that don’t necessarily have to relate to the Chilterns.
A thought from the American photographer William Eggleston, often called the father of colour photography and recently featured on BBC2:
“I am afraid that there are more people than I can imagine who can go no further than appreciating a picture that is a rectangle with an object in the middle of it which they can identify. They don't care what is around the object as long as nothing interferes with the object itself, right in the centre. I am at war with the obvious."
If you want to enter next year’s exhibition why not consider a few less obvious subjects which I, for one, am sure to enjoy?
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