What we have
We are participating again this year and we’re taking a slightly different approach. You’ll be able to upload 3 images in any of the categories. Also, voting will be open until early November and you will be permitted to vote for your own image. Since only one image per member may be submitted, there will be some additional judging to choose the top 8 images.
As a club we did well in 2016 and placed third in mammals. We’ll try to do better this year.
The categories are:
- – Birds
- – Mammals
- – General (not 1 or 2)
Look through your shots and be certain there is no ‘hand of man’ in the image. Images have a maximum width of 1400 pixels and maximum height of 1050 pixels. Images have to be uploaded by October 21st.
Lions Gate Camera Club of Vancouver, British Columbia
When the current year rules are prepared, they will be added. Click on the image or here to see the rules
This is a unique opportunity for the photography produced by your members to be judged by some of the best nature photographers in Canada.
The Results are In
Click on Wayne’s image to see the Lions Gate Results
Photos taken by Vina Johnson
The Raptors offers a compelling interactive experience with amazing birds of prey. Get closer than you ever imagined to these exciting, intelligent birds and learn about their world and how we all benefit when they survive and thrive. This will an opportunity to see and photograph some of those birds you have never seen or have never been able to get close enough for that one good photo.
There may be some carpooling available.
Lunch will be at the Shipyard Restaurant and Pub about 8 minutes from the Raptor Centre
6145 Genoa Bay Rd-Maple Bay Marina
Directions via Herd Rd and Genoa Bay Rd
Head east on Herd Rd toward Pioneer Rd – 4.1 km
Turn left onto Maple Bay Rd- 120 m
Turn right at the 1st cross street onto Chisholm Trail- 550 m
Turn left onto Genoa Bay Rd – Destination will be on the left -1.9 km
This is a reminder to vote for the current assignment. Voting usually starts on the 21st of the month and continues until the 28th of the month. Vote in the member database and check the dates for the specific assignment.
Our major exhibit of the year opens officially on November 1st with a reception at 2:00 pm. There are about 40 images on display from our members.
Ron Hadley, who is a regular with Tosh’s Sunday music, will be playing piano during the reception.
Encourage your friends and neighbours to come out and visit this very exciting exhibit for the club.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MEETING IS ON NOVEMBER 8th!
Our speaker for November is Gordon Howe. His presentation is “From Sea to Sky- A natural history journey from British Columbia to the high deserts of the American southwest.”
Gordon is a prize-winning photographer who has lived all over British Columbia. He currently resides near Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.
He attended the School of Modern Photography and has worked professionally as a Portrait and Wedding Photographer. Throughout his life Gordon has always had a camera in hand but his love of photography was shared with a love of horticulture and landscape design. Both of these disciplines share a need for a comprehensive understanding of light, colour and composition. Training in both fields has served to complement each other.
We will be showing our Favourites from October, our field trip outing to the Raptor Centre and the Fall Colours assignment
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
This is a reminder to vote for the current assignment. Voting usually starts on the 21st of the month and continues until the 28th of the month. Vote in the member database and check the dates for the specific assignment.
This month is our Christmas social evening. We are repeating last year’s approach and assisting the Food Bank.
You know that we are trying to be more connected to the community and with that in mind we are asking that you, if you are able, bring a donation for the Food Bank. The Food Bank prefers receiving money and they have excellent buyers. Nick Bosma will have a collection box for cash and cheques. Please make cheques to the Food Bank.
The club is providing coffee, tea and snacks.
We do not have a speaker and will have a short business review followed by slideshows of the field trip to the Bowser Antique Yard, the Emotion assignment. We will also show the Best of 2017 images that our members have sent in.
Cabela’s is a sporting goods store that has lots for everyone. You will see taxidermied animals (I asked and none were killed just for the display), sporting good items of all shapes and sizes, Christmas displays and you may even see Santa Claus. The only request they have is that you don’t take photos of the employees or prices of items.
Lunch will be at 12:30 at Lantzville Village Pub
7197 Lantzville Road | Lantzville
from Cabela’s Nanaimo
23 m Turn right at the 1st cross street onto Dover Rd
100 m Turn left at the 1st cross street onto Dickinson Rd
2.2 km 7197 Lantzville Rd.
This is a reminder to vote for the current assignment. Voting usually starts on the 21st of the month and continues until the 28th of the month. Vote in the member database and check the dates for the specific assignment.
Slideshow Night – The new year meeting is going to be quite exciting with slideshows from many of our members. This past year our members have traveled and will be sharing their memories. The last slideshow night was a huge success.
If you are planning to add a slideshow, please contact Jack Harynuk – technical.opc@gmail.com
You can send your slideshow in using wetransfer.com
To submit a slideshow, you pick the + sign to locate the file, fill in the fields and click Transfer. It can take up to 10 minutes to send the show, depending on its size and your upload speed to the Internet.
Before the show gets going, we’ll get the club business out of the way, then see the results of the assignment, the field trip and our favourite shots from December.
There will be coffee and tea at $1 but bring your own popcorn!
loonie for coffee
