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Feb: “Closed Landscape”: an image in which the land form and its natural features are the subject, but

not

including the sky within the frame of the image. A structure, animal or person may be included but must

not dominate the image.

Apr: “Low Light”: An image taken under candlelight, firelight, moonlight or other low light source. The low

light source or sources must be evident in the image but must not be the main focus of the picture. This

topic is designed to be a skills competition for handling the photography of objects in low light situations.

Sunlight (including at dawn and dusk), flash, or strong artificial lighting must not be used.

June: “Extreme close up”: The focus of the image must be a portion of an object photographed in such a

way that it creates a new identity of its own by virtue of its isolation from the original object. The end result

may or may not be identifiable, may be large or small, and the extreme close up effect may be achieved

with any type of lens (telephoto to macro).

Aug:” Portrait in the environment”: A portrait of an adult (not children or animals!!) taken in their

environment which says something about the person.  The subject must be the person but the image

contains enough additional information to explain what that person is doing, their interest, their work, etc.

Oct: ”Passage of Time”: An image or images portraying the process of something changing over time – eg

season to season; growth to decay to regrowth; birth to maturity to death, objects weathering or decaying

from “as new” to “ old, new designs of a product replacing the old.. This is a chance to try a Triptych (see

the rules for explanation).