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The Outlaws contested another battle last night at Newark.

We managed to pull together 10 prints to take part in this unique event, Newark, as hosts do not take part, they provide 2 judges from their membership (Ralph and Gary) and the venue and refreshments.

Anyway after the frantic rushing around we duly arrived at Newark at 7.40 (deadline 7.30) to an already filled room awaiting us (talk about late entry causing a stir!). We then had to select our prints ‘on the table’ in front of everyone, 1 or 2 had to be excluded due to them not being titled etc on the back.

Battle commenced with 3 other clubs (4 were invited but the weather claimed one), Us, RB CC (Lincoln)-the trophy holders, and the only club invited back from last year, Axeholme and Keyworth. Our 10 prints got some very good comments from the paired judging and certainly did not let us down. It is also fair to say that there was some stunning images from the other clubs but also a few weaker images, at this stage it was not possible to know our (or any clubs) progress as images are not marked. At the end of the run through we were then evacuated from the room to let the judges cogitate whilst we enjoyed a very nice cup of coffee and a mince pie.

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The Outlaws contested another battle last night at Newark.

We managed to pull together 10 prints to take part in this unique event, Newark, as hosts do not take part, they provide 2 judges from their membership (Ralph and Gary) and the venue and refreshments.

Anyway after the frantic rushing around we duly arrived at Newark at 7.40 (deadline 7.30) to an already filled room awaiting us (talk about late entry causing a stir!). We then had to select our prints ‘on the table’ in front of everyone, 1 or 2 had to be excluded due to them not being titled etc on the back.

Battle commenced with 3 other clubs (4 were invited but the weather claimed one), Us, RB CC (Lincoln)-the trophy holders, and the only club invited back from last year, Axeholme and Keyworth. Our 10 prints got some very good comments from the paired judging and certainly did not let us down. It is also fair to say that there was some stunning images from the other clubs but also a few weaker images, at this stage it was not possible to know our (or any clubs) progress as images are not marked. At the end of the run through we were then evacuated from the room to let the judges cogitate whilst we enjoyed a very nice cup of coffee and a mince pie.

After some 15 minutes we were back in and all the ‘panels’ were assembled for us to see. The judges made their individual awards and it was great that Scott got Ralphs individual award (trophy to follow) for his excellent ‘Tim Burton’s New York’, this was thoroughly deserved and after many indifferent comment from the Outlaws comps it finally got its just reward, It attracted the most interest of any print on the night by a long way.

We didn’t triumph on the overall club award but came in just outside the top 2.

Once again congratulations to Scott for his award and I’m glad we made the effort to get the Outlaws name out there again.

Last week’s print battle with Melbourne was an astonishingly close fought contest with the high standard of entries from both teams keeping competition tense to the finish line… Indeed, the outcome couldn’t have been closer with The Outlaws narrowly edging victory by 313 point to Melbourne’s 312.

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Last week’s print battle with Melbourne was an astonishingly close fought contest with the high standard of entries from both teams keeping competition tense to the finish line… Indeed, the outcome couldn’t have been closer with The Outlaws narrowly edging victory by 313 point to Melbourne’s 312.

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Apologies Outlaws, the last few competitions have gone undocumented on this site. Here’s a quick catchup!

4th Print competition – ‘Architecture’

After a mix-up over judges the 4th print competition was changed to be a members choice format. Everyone ranked their top 6 photos, the totals were tallied and points awarded.

The winner of the Open section was Scott with ” ‘Say sorry’…’No way, you say sorry!’ “
Winner of the Theme section and overall winning photo was also Scott with “Toronto Skyline”

4th Projected competition – ‘Letters and Numbers’

Winner of the Open section and overall winning photo was Anne with “Sombre”
Winner of the Theme section was also Anne with “To My Darling”

4th Print competition – ‘Transport’

Winner of the Open section was Les with “A New Hair-do”
Winner of the Theme section was Ben with “Express Tram to Station Street”

Well done to everyone who took part, apologies again for the late update. Some great comments from the judges as always!

The photos I could find quickly on flickr are below.

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Lots of photos up on flickr of this year’s (rather damp) trip to Wales!

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Two short slideshows of last year’s trip are now available in the about section. Thanks again to Chris for putting these together. If you like castles and sunrises it’s well worth a watch!
Click here to take a look

The third projected competition of the year saw Scott take first place in the open section for his photo, “Survival of the Fittest”

Winner of the themed section, which this month was “Monochrome” and overall winner on the night was a very pleased Stella Newman with her photo titled “Attitude”.

Congratulations to all who entered, another top competition with some very good entries. Keep it up!

Nottingham Outlaws Photo Soc. needs your participation in upcoming events!

On 22 July we will have a mini lecture evening. An opportunity for you to show us your pics. Anything is acceptable- your favourite shots- your trip to Blackpool-your portraits-your urban shots- your anything. Come on let’s see them. Prints or projected images. We want to see it!

On 5 August we have a tips and tricks evening. We already have requests for explanations of how to photograph water drops, slices of lemon falling in a glass, fast moving subjects (cars etc.) and a request for a back to basics session covering such stuff as

• Fieldcraft-setting up the shot/composition/lens choice etc
• Using a filter system-basic intro to using filters
• Setting up the camera, which settings to use?
• Breaking the rules, thirds/over or under exposure etc

If you want to add your vote for any of the above topics or if you want to request another topic to be covered please email John or leave a comment below!