Last Friday’s meeting at Reading Camera Club was our annual Shoot A Theme competition. Members choose a them and submit up to 5 PDIs (projected digital images) on that theme to show on the evening. The competition is always very friendly and positive and the pictures are judged by the members themselves.
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The panels of images are judged as a whole so consistency and the relevance of each of the images to the panel theme are key. A wide range of subjects and treatments were shown from a minimalist interpretation of a Greek church to nature shots.
![](https://www.readingcameraclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Church-windows-1024x768.jpg)
Another was a very fine sequence showing kingfisher behaviour catching and eating a fish which proved to be the eventual winner.
![](https://www.readingcameraclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Kingfisher-1024x768.jpg)
Other panels featured travel (including a very atmospheric set of the Golden Gate Bridge), local scenes (with one of a steam fair in Reading), and some Prog Rock drummers in action.
![](https://www.readingcameraclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Golden-Gate-Bridge-three-perspectives-1024x768.jpg)
![](https://www.readingcameraclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/All-the-fun-of-the-Fair-1024x768.jpg)
![](https://www.readingcameraclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Drummers-1024x768.jpg)
Next week’s meeting is a talk “How to Break into Sports Photography with Rod Sloane”. Rod will be speaking at our usual meeting place in Earley but can also be followed on Zoom.