LONG EATON CAMERA CLUB

What a treat the camera club members had when they Nat Coalson gave the latest lecture at the club. Nat born in raised in Colarado, and now living in Leicester, gave us photographic tour of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and the South of California. Nat started off by showing some photographs of abandoned mining towns in Colorado, the towns were abandoned when the gold and silver ran out. Next we were treated to pictures of the Rocky Mountains. Over the course of the lecture, we moved from Colorado to Arizona to Utah. Each state has different landscapes and al photogenic. Nat’s, penultimate showing was the spectacular White Sands Dessert which is located in the north New Mexico, the pictures were both amazing and stunning as he captured images of the glorious white sands. The lecture finished up in southern California, where the rocks in the desert move under their own power. Apparently the movement is caused by a combination of rain and wind power, the rain makes the desert surface light and fluid thus allowing the wind to move the rocks. Some of the photographs of rock structures appear to be manmade, but in actual fact are eroded by the wind. On such example was castle rock, which looks like a manmade castle but is in actual fact, been shaped by the wind over the centuries. Nat likes to challenge conventional photograph by having more than one focal point in his photographs each focal point leads you to the main image that he has capture. A well worthwhile lecture and well received by all club members.

 

Bonfire and fireworks night  2017 sent in by Ian Clifford member of Long Eaton Camera Club