Hong Kong tomorrow!

I'm off on holiday tomorrow to Hong Kong and the outlaying islands of Lantau and Cheung Chau, where I hope to indulge in the first serious wildlife photography I've done in months. I expect to find a great variety of birdlife such as red whiskered bulbuls and fork tailed sunbirds around the city parks and also in the forest reserve of Tai Po Kau, which is reportedly the best place in HK to see forest birds and the feral rhesus macaques. I'll also be spending a whole day at Mai Po, which at this time of year is the absolute greatest birdwatching, and fingers crossed photographic, experience.

Back on the Committee!

I'm in Edinburgh all this week, not for photographic reasons though. However, I had a short but lovely meet up with the past year's committee of PhotoSoc (Edinburgh University Photographic Society). I'm now filling the exciting role of Trip Organiser for the 2012-13 committee, and aim to organise plenty of Saturday day-trips and a couple of bigger trips around Scotland with a good mix of people of all levels.

Another Competition Success with IGPOTY!

This morning I received an email from the judging panel of the IGPOTY (International Garden Photographer of the Year) to notify me that three of my photos reached the final round of judging in their 2011 competition! The three photos were 'Sunset Promenade', 'Rock, Paper, Mushroom' and 'Peeping Through Foliage', the latter which recently won the Edinburgh University Photographic Society's 2012 competition. Having been an IGPOTY finalist in 2010 with my photograph 'Three Chinese Swallowtails in a Line'  and a semi-finalist with 'Alien Encounter' and 'Hawker Nymph', getting this news is another huge confidence boost. But I must try harder!

Link to the IGPOTY website can be found here: www.igpoty.com 

Competition Win!

I received an email the other day from the Edinburgh University Photographic Society, of which I was a former committee member, to tell me that I have won their 2012 competition entitled 'Best of PhotoSoc 2012'! The photo that I submitted was 'Peeping Through Foliage', which seems to be a favourite with many people that I show it to. It is both a technically strong image and also a very cute one!

Link to the Edinburgh University Photographic Society (PhotoSoc) website can be found here: www.photosoc.com