Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia

Victorian and botanical gardens; architecture – old and new; pastoral scenes; perhaps a photo journalism shot; all await in the Valley on June 27th!

Meet at Tim Horton’s in Wolfville at 370 Main Street at 8.30 a m.

If you are travelling from Halifax on Highway 101, take Exit 10 to
Wolfville.

Morning – 9 a m to 12.30 p m ( about an hour at each venue)

1. Gaspereau Vineyards – 2239 White Rock Road
2. Blomidon Inn – Victorian Gardens – 195 Main Street in Wolfville
3. Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens and KC Irving Environmental
Science Centre at Acadia University – 32 University Avenue (left
off Main Street heading west in Wolfville )

These locations are five or ten minutes drive apart.

Lunch in Wolfville or Port Williams

For those who are interested, a reservation will be made for The Port Gastropub in Port Williams for 12.30 p m. Please let Dean know before June 26th if you would like to be included in the reservation. This pub is busy and without a reservation, you may not get a seat.

Afternoon 1.30 to 5.30 pm (about an hour at each venue)

4. Prescott House Museum and Gardens – 1633 Starrs Point Road (The
Museum has an entry fee of $3.25)
5. The Lookoff -on Route 358 north of Canning
6. The Tangled Garden 11827 on Highway 1 (near Exit 10 off Highway 101) Admission Fee of $3.00.

Please bring your Field Trip Waiver Form which can be downloaded
off this (PGNS) website.

Sunscreen, fly repellant, waterproof footwear (for wet grass if
need be) and money for meals and admission fees are suggested.

Please call Dean Hirtle at 422-8164 (or email deanhirtle@ns.sympatico.ca )for more information.

To help ensure you receive notice of any changes or cancellation due to
weather, please contact Dean before June 27th if you plan to attend.
(Rain date is Sunday, June 28th)

Just received the February Make-Up returns as well as the May Returns for PSA’s Nature Division – Colour Slide Interclub Competition.

February Images:
“Tri-Colour Heron No.2″ by Keith Vaughn – Scored 12
“Alert Heron” by Eugene Mio – Scored 12
“Frost Lichen & Red Berries” by Joyce Chew – Scored 12
“White Egret” by Keith Vaughn – Scored 13 and received an Honourable Mention
“Mono Lake – Dried Up” by John Wm. Webb – Scored 12
“Emerald Spring Yellowstone” by John Wm. Webb – Scored 11

May Images:
“White Tailed Deer” by Marg Nolan – Scored 12
“Colours on Rocks” by Eugene Mio – Scored 10
“Sunset” by Hubert Boudreau – Scored 11
“Determination” by Eugene Mio – Scored 12
“Jack Pine Forest Foliage” by John Wm. Webb – Scored 11
“Mon. Valley Utahs” by John Wm. Webb – Scored 12

This concluded the competition for the 2008/9 season and leaves PGNS in 2nd place overall out of 13 clubs – 11 of which competed in every competition – 15 points behind the Greater Lynn Photographic Association.

Just received the scores from the May PSA Phototravel International Interclub Competition and without further ado here are results:

“Lucca Piazza” by Colin Campbell – Scored 12
“Havana Style” by Dean Hirtle – Scored 12
“Border Abbey” by Ken Renton – Scored 12
“Yi Festival” by Marg Nolen – Scored 12
“Four Women of Rajasthan” by Keith Vaughn – Scored 12
“Fall Travel” by Nanciellen Davis – Scored 13

Each image was judged by three judges who scored between 1 to 5 each for a possible total high score of 15. No images received awards from this round.

This was the final round of PT for the 2008/9 season which places PGNS in 2nd place overall out of 14 clubs. 2 points behind the West Cumbria Camera Club.

The May issue of the Bluenose Focus is now online. You can download it here.

Articles in this issue:

Symmetry Of Chaos by Stephen Scott Patterson
Cleaning Up Stray Hair by Mike Mccarthy
Cycling In Cuba by John Wm. Webb
Honouring Fred Joyce
A Tribute To George Ghiz
Profile Of A Photographer by Bob Deluca