Gordon Does it Again
A year or so ago Gordon Robson entered a picture of Chrome hill into a competition in a Walking magazine and won £500 worth of Anquet Mapping (1;25000 OS). So he bought an Etrex GPS system which allowed him to plan/record walks in Derbyshire and beyond.
More recently he was shown an advert in Walk Magazine inviting the public to send in images of Snow and Ice with the prospect of winning a Nikon D5000 digital SLR camera so he decided to try again. His entry this time “3 Men and a Dog” was the one we saw in the Exhibition this year. He explained that the photograph was taken from the summit of Mam Tor in Derbyshire looking down the road from Mam Nick into Edale. He had been waiting for this winter`s opportunity for several years and finally was lucky with the right combination of snow, lighting and composition, which was enhanced by the 3 walkers and their dog (taken as seen). He decided that a monochrome image simplified, and emphasised, the composition avoiding distracting colour casts.
He was surprised and of course delighted to discover that his image had won the competition. His only problem is that he is a Canon man with all-Canon lenses. I have explained to Gordon that the D5000 would make an excellent first prize in the next Exhibition Raffle. He has it in mind the sell the camera, at a discount, to any interested party.
I urge you all to refuse all tempting offers (on Gordon’s part) so that the camera can really be a Raffle prize.