Hello everyone,

Here is the link to the story about the green comet passing by the Earth over the next few days. It’s called “45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova”.

http://news.spaceweather.com/green-comet-45p/

If you are lucky enough to photograph it, the Planetary Science Institute are looking for amateur images.

George has received disappointingly few entries for the Wildlife set subject competition. I’m going to extend the deadline by a few days to allow time for some last minute entries. Please search your images and find some wildlife shots. Even if you can enter only 1 or 2 images, it’s better than none. If you don’t have any shots yet, you don’t have to spend the weekend on safari. A macro shot of a snail in your garden or an insect on a flower is just as valid.

Please send up to 3 JPEG’s to George by Wednesday 25th January at the latest.

Best of luck,

Steven.

The closing date for the “Wildlife” set subject competition is this Thursday, 19th January 2017. If you would like to enter, please email 3 JPEG images (sized to a maximum of 1400 pixels on the longest side) to George Todd, or bring the images on a CD or data stick this Thursday. Please remember to name the files with your member number and title (such as “56_ThisIsMyTitle.jpg”).

This Thursday, 19th January, we are also hosting the 4-Way Inter-Club competition at the Fisherrow centre. You will find us in the large ground floor room at the back of the building. Go to room G3 as normal but keep walking down the corridor, and you’ll find us on the left.

Happy New Year to all members of Musselburgh Camera Club!

Our club meetings will restart at 7:30pm on Thursday, 5th January 2017 at Fisherrow, when some bloke called Steven Beard will be telling us how photography is used in astronomy. 🙂 I will bring along my telescope and astronomy binoculars in case the sky is clear. (Light cloud with good visibility is forecast at the moment, so fingers crossed…)

A reminder that this Thursday, 13th October, is the submission date for the Colour Print competition. Please bring 3 mounted prints. Prints must be accompanied by digital versions of your images. Please email these to George Todd (georgetodd1957@me.com) or bring them on a CD or data stick.

George will be judging the “Transport” set subject competition this Thursday, and will then be hand-delivering our prints to the judge on Friday. This gives him only a matter of hours to make up the score sheet. You can help George by sending him your digital images as soon as possible. Don’t wait until Thursday. If your images are not ready yet, just letting George know the titles will help him start making up the score sheet.

We are still looking for volunteers to show their work at the 10th November Members’ Evening. Please email Ken Sharp if you are interested.

Some news in case you missed it on Thursday:

• Ken Sharp has now received the notes that Libby Smith said she would send to us. If you would like a copy, please email Ken at the email address on the front of the syllabus. This copy is for you own use. Please do not share it outside the club or publish it.
• The presentation I gave last week is now available on the web site.
• We are also looking for some volunteers to present their work at the Members Evening on 10th November. Please let Ken know if you have some interesting photographs to show us. Perhaps you have been on a recent holiday, visited a special event or have tried something new?
• Next week is Photo Advice Night.
  • Please bring along a print you would like to share – perhaps something interesting or something you would like feedback on? The print doesn’t need to be mounted (although you can mount it if you’d like feedback on the mounting).
  • If you would like feedback from everybody in the room (rather than just the people sharing your table), please write a title on the back of your print. We’ll use the titles to identify the prints and write down the feedback.
• The submission date for the Colour Print competition is 13th October 2016. Please remember this time you need to provide 3 digital JPEG copies in addition to the prints.

See you on Thursday,

Steven.

Here are some up and coming events in the coming week which might offer some photographic opportunities:

• 24-25 September: The Edinburgh Doors Open Day is taking place this weekend. About 120 different buildings will be opened to the public (see the web site for details). As part of this event, the Royal Observatory Edinburgh will be open from 10am-5pm on both days.
• 25 September: Services Race Day taking place at Musselburgh Race Course from 12pm to 5:15pm.
• 28 September: A homecoming parade for Scotland’s Olympians is taking place in Festival Square in Edinburgh at 3pm.

Other news:

• If you haven’t yet sent your images for the “Transport” set subject competition to George, please do so now.
• Our first competition of the year (Digital Projected Images) takes place next week on 29th September. I look forward to seeing you there.

Steven.

Hello everyone. If you just entered your email into the “Follow” box on the club web site and have received this message, congratulations, you are now on the Musselburgh Camera Club web mailing list.

My “Competition Requirements” presentation is now available on the web site as a downloadable or viewable PDF. You can find it in my “Chairman’s Comments” page.

Some news from our meeting:

• The maximum size for a digital projected image will be changing from 1400 to 1500 pixels in the near future. George will let us know when this happens. For now, our club competitions will still be using 1400.
• There is Caledonian Brewery Race Day happening at Musselburgh Race Course as I write this, Saturday, 10th September 2016.
• The Battle Of Dunbar reenactment takes place at Dunbar 17th-18th September 2016.
• The Scottish Half Marathon takes place on Sunday, 18th September 2016.
• The Edinburgh Charity Kiltwalk also takes place on Sunday, 18th September 2016.

Next Thursday we have our first speaker of the session. Libby Smith will be talking to us about Black and White photography. The last time we invited her to the club she gave a fascinating presentation of her work, and a long list of useful hints and tips, so I am looking forward to it. See you there.

Steven.

Please see below a message we have received from Beeslack Camera Club advertising their evening with Colin Prior on Thursday, 3rd November 2016. Musselburgh Camera Club members will be able to purchase tickets before they go on sale to the public. Thursday, 3rd November is also our Colour Print Competition night.

Also please remember to send your 3 images for this year’s Digital Projected Images to George Todd (georgetodd1957@me.com) by this Thursday, 8th September. Our competitions start earlier than usual this year.

I hope to see you this Thursday, when we can talk about the club competitions. If you don’t know how to resize your digital images, bring them along on Thursday and we’ll resize them on the night.

All the best,

Steven.

Dear friends

Beeslack Penicuik Camera Club warmly invites you to an evening with renowned landscape photographer Colin Prior, on the 3^rd of November 2016 at Penicuik North Kirk from 7.30pm.

Tickets for this event will go on general release in the next couple of weeks, however, we are opening our invite to fellow camera clubs first to give you a degree of priority. Audience numbers will be limited to 200, and although tickets will be available at the door on the night, our ticket sales are based on a first come first served basis.

Tickets can be purchased online via our secure payment facility at www.bpcc.photography/events

We look forward to welcoming you at this exciting event.

Kind regards

Stephen Ball, LRPS

Vice President

Email: vice.president@bpcc.photography

Web: www.bpcc.photography | Facebook: / beeslackpenicuikcameraclub.co.uk

Address: Edinburgh Road, Penicuik, Midlothian. EH26 0QF

There are a number of events happening this weekend which members might be interested in (especially as we have a “transport” competition coming up soon):

1. Mike Clark is organising a trip to the 2016 Scottish Air Show in Ayrshire on Saturday 3rd September. Please contact Mike if you are interested.
2. Simon Wilkinson has drawn my attention to the 2016 Bo’ness Hill Climb event, which takes place this Saturday 3rd  and Sunday 4th September, which includes a classic car show.
3. There is a Roman battle re-enactment taking place at Hadrians Wall on Saturday 3rd  and Sunday 4th September.
4. A kite festival is taking place at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune on Saturday 3rd  and Sunday 4th September.

It’s all happening at once this weekend. See you at the club opening night this evening.

Steven