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Martin Harris

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Allan (Mac) Black

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Duncan Pickard

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Graeme Hogg

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Bill Bowman

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Next Meeting...

Wednesday

8th July 2026

10.00am

'Prostate Cancer'

Presenter - Kevin Thompson

Club News

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It was our Deputy Chairman, Martin Shaw, who was in charge of our meeting on Wednesday 24th June held in the Castlehill Community Hall. He introduced today's speaker, Chris Reekie. Chris is a Professional Photographer who lives at Blebocraigs, near Cupar, a Fifer and a rugby enthusiast who both coaches and plays but today he will be presenting a selection of his animal and bird photographs and telling us how he achieves them. His talk is called 'Wildlife Photography'.

Would you like to join us?

New members will be very welcome, so, if you are someone who has retired and you are looking for something to do on Wednesday mornings, please contact our Secretary or, better still, pop-in to one of our meetings. If you know of someone, encourage them to attend.

Our next meeting will be on 24th June and the speaker will be Kevin Thompson. His talk is entitled 'Prostate Cancer'. We hope to see you there!

Wildlife Photography - From Garden to Game

This week’s presenter Chris Reekie gave an absolutely wonderful photographic exhibition of wildlife pictures taken during his travels around the world. Chris is a Member of the Royal Photographic Society and his passion for his subject was evident from the superb quality of his pictures. Chris prefaced his exhibition by explaining his thought process behind getting the sometimes-elusive shots of various species. He summarised his technique as: A waiting game, anticipating the moment, position, subject behaviour, shot creativity, light, moving in close, and the environment. With these factors taken into consideration Chris showed us a wonderful range of pictures. There were Fox Cubs in Banchory, Pine Martins in Bridge of Cally, a Golden Eagle chick, Otters in Shetland and on the Isle of Mull. Throughout his pictures Chris’ emphasised the importance of fieldcraft. He went on to show us Giraffes, Rhinos and Lions in Namibia and Kenya, Black Herons and Hippos in Botswana and even Humpback Whales off Madagascar. Nearer home there were Badgers by the River Eden, Ospreys near Kemback, Gannets on Shetland and beautiful shots of boxing Hares and even some Ptarmigan. Plus numerous shots of our local coastal birds in and around Fife. Chris described the need to ‘know your camera’ and fully appreciate the interaction of light levels, aperture and shutter speed to obtain the best results. The majority of his pictures were in colour, but he also displayed some stunning black and white shots of a Leopard. Chris explained how he sought creativity  or his shots by seeking the right combination of background, individual wildlife activity, light levels including sky and colour to obtain the best results. Some of the final photographs were composites, bringing separate elements together to create a striking image. All his composites coming from original photographs with no AI input as is starting to appear nowadays. Altogether this was a visually striking presentation which drew much praise from today’s audience and several questions.

Jim Lawrence