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SEPTEMBER 2013 ISSUE 65 RPS Travel Group Travel Log – Your Newsletter! perfect. Chairman Do you have images languishing in your Copy for articles can be sent on CD or Liz Rhodes computer, never to be seen by others by email in Word, RTF or TXT format. New Cottage, High Street save friends and family, or perhaps your Digital image files are preferred. Drayton St Leonard camera club? Now is a good time to Wallingford, Oxon OX10 7BA think about putting together an article Digital files should be in JPEG format, Telephone: 01865 890712 for Travel Log! There is nothing quite like minimum resolution 300dpi, and adjust- the sense of achievement of seeing your ed to produce an image file of not more Secretary work in print, and knowing that others than 5 megabyte (5mB). Many cameras Keith Pointon LRPS in the Travel Group can also enjoy the produce files of a lower resolution, ade- Temple Cottage fruits of your efforts. quate for many purposes including pro- Whitcott Keysett jection, but much lower than the resolu- Craven Arms, Shropshire SY7 8QE tion required for printing. Telephone: 01588 640592 All articles on travel photography, long or short, are welcome. Instructions for Treasurer submissions are to be found below. Users of Photoshop can find the neces- Chris Hammond ARPS sary option under the Image/Image Size 4 Launcelyn Close Travel Log is published by the Travel menu. If you are uncertain how to adjust North Baddesley Group of the Royal Photographic Society image properties, please contact the Southampton three times a year: in January, May and Editor for advice. Hampshire SO52 9NP September. Tel: 02380 731373 If you wish to submit prints, please con- Contributions are welcome on all tact the Editor before dispatch. Travel Log Editor aspects of travel and travel photogra- Colin Howard ARPS 11 Nightingale Way, Victoria Bridge phy. Full articles typically contain five to Travel Log accepts advertisements. Hereford six images selected from those submit- Advertisers should contact the Editor by Herefordshire HR1 2NQ ted, plus an accompanying text describ- email at the address opposite. [email protected] ing aspects of the journey and any tech- nical issues encountered. It is worth not- Receipt of all submissions will be sent by ing that a mix of landscape and portrait Postal Portfolio email. Unless specifically requested images is useful. The layout of the text Hazel Frost ARPS material will not be returned. 11 Wedale View and images in the publishing software Stow Galashiels, often means that it is necessary to crop Borders, TD1 2SJ pictures in order to balance the layout so Please send all material to the Editor, [email protected] images with a fair amount of open space Colin R. Howard, 11 Nightingale Way, surrounding the main subject work par- Hereford HR1 2NQ. Committee Members ticularly well. It is also worth bearing in Brian Brooks ARPS mind that images with much detail loose The deadlines are 1st April (May issue), Great Hollanden Farm impact on the printed page as the final 1st July (September issue) and 1st Underriver printed version is inevitably smaller November (January issue). Sevenoaks than a print. Kent TN15 0SG The small print …. [email protected] Many members are not comfortable with writing lengthy text: if this is the case, John Cucksey ARPS No payment is made for articles used please contact the Editor who will be Pinewood, Saxlingham Road and whilst every care is taken the Editor, glad to assist. All text is copy edited and Blakeney, Norfolk NR25 7PB Production or the Travel Group do not proof-read by another member of the [email protected] accept liability for any damage to photo- Travel Group committee. graphic material submitted. The views Aline Hopkins expressed in articles are those of the con- [email protected] Shorter submissions are also welcome as tributor, and not of the Travel Group or well as articles describing photographic Editor. Richard Lewis ARPS exhibitions with a strong travel theme or Chase House, West Chase reviews of techniques, etc. of particular The Travel Group and the Royal Mundon value to fellow travel photographers. Photographic Society do not recommend Essex CM9 6PD Both colour and monochrome images any tours or services nor accept any lia- [email protected] are acceptable. bility whatsoever for members who may John Speller make bookings with, or purchases from, There is always a need for strong images 42 Forest Glade any companies or individuals who for the front cover. It is not necessary to Basildon advertise in Travel Log or are mentioned submit an article for an image to be con- Essex SS16 6SX in published articles. sidered for the cover, although it should [email protected] be borne in mind that the cover image must have impact and be technically Cover picture: The Helping Hand by Len © 2013 Copyright of all articles and images is strictly reserved worldwide on behalf of the authors.Banner Shipley image of the Earth courtesy of freewebphoto.com 2 Travel Log September 2013 Travel Log September 2013 Issue number 65 In this issue: 4 Chairman’s Chatter - Liz Rhodes 5 5 Ludlow, the Capital of the Marches - Colin Howard ARPS and Keith Pointon LRPS 8 Lanzarote, the Volcanic Island - Paul Bather, ARPS, AFIAP 10 The Takeway People of Hong Kong - Brian Pearce FRPS 13 Obtaining a Fellowship in Travel - James Frost FRPS 8 16 Trip Report, Costa Rica - Aline Hopkins and fellow travellers 19 Forthcoming Trips - Aline Hopkins 20 Digital Forum - the Result of Round 24 10 Note from the Editor Members may note that the publication schedule for Travel Log’s three issues a year has been changed slightly to January, May and September. The deadline for the January 2014 issue is 1st November 2013. Apologies ... 13 “Bronze medal winner Keith Pointon’s evocative image of the Aurora Borealis ...” to Jonathan Ratnage and Keith Pointon. In the May issue I incorrectly labelled the medal winning image on page 18. This should, of course, have been Travel Log. The text is correct, in that of course Jonathan won the Silver medal with his image taken at O’Hare Airport, Chicago, featured on the back cover of the January 2013 issue of 16 Dates for Your Diary 10th - 11th May 2014 Travel Group Spring Weekend, Ludlow, Shropshire 7th - 14th June 2014 Trip to Northumberland Issue 65 Travel Log 3 Chairman’s Chatter Liz Rhodes elcome to this issue of Travel Log. Both Plans are well advanced for the Spring Colin, the Editor, and I hope that you find it Weekend 2014, which will be held in the beautiful mar- worthwhile reading as it is one of the few ket town of Ludlow: Colin and Keith have written a ways in which we can communicate with you, the piece on Ludlow (page 5) for you to enjoy and entice members. To this end, I have taken to yet again won- those of you yet to come to a Spring Weekend to make W your plans as early as possible. dering what it is members want from the Travel Group and can only surmise that since there are no complaints As for further afield in 2014, Aline Hopkins is we must be doing something right! busy planning for travel group trips to Yellowstone But I can’t help thinking that there are more Park in the USA and, nearer to home, a week next June things that we should be doing and so I am delighted in Northumberland. More details on page 19: please let to say that I have recently had discussions with the Aline know whether you would be interested in joining Organiser for the South East Region, Terry McGhie either, or even both! about putting on some joint events in that Region, Thanks to all who have submitted articles for this including an Exhibition. Plans are still being finalised issue. There is always a need for more and it is an but information will be sent out via e-mail and will opportunity for you to share your travelling experi- also be on the website and in the Journal. In this con- ences with others, not to mention your photographs. text, a trip to Rye is planned for 20th October. Nor does it have to be about somewhere far away: I believe one of the things that members want to some would say that you start to travel the moment achieve is a Distinction. You will see in this issue, you set foot outside your door and who knows what therefore, a successful ‘F’ panel by James Frost and it is you might discover just beyond your doorstep! intended that subsequent issues will feature a success- Happy Travelling! ful ‘A’ or ‘F’ panel so that you are able to see what it takes to put one together. In this context it gives me great pleasure to congratulate Colin Howard and Remnants of the Berlin Wall, by Tony Cutler - more in Richard Lewis on successfully gaining their ARPS in January 2014 issue of Travel Log recent months. 4 Travel Log September 2013 Ludlow, the Capital of the Marches Colin Howard ARPS and Keith Pointon LRPS ur venue for the Spring Weekend in 2014 is as it flows around the old town centre. Ludlow, situated in the south of Shropshire and The early history of Ludlow was dominated by a a few miles to the east of the Welsh border. We burgeoning cloth industry, taking full advantage of hope this short article will entice as many members as available water-power provided by the Teme. But its Opossible to plan on joining what is anticipated as being importance as a trading centre increased over the not only a feast of travel photography, but also a years, and today Ludlow has a thriving market bor- chance to capture photographically this charming and dered by narrow streets with many individual shops thriving town.
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