Sociable weaver birds often have large nests around campsites, and are friendly little birds, a bit like our sparrows. They turned out to be good friends as well as good photo subjects! We'd been camping in the same spot for a couple of days and the birds often came to clear up our crumbs, but one day they started to mass beside a log and make a terrible racket. Looking more closely we saw there was a horned viper very well camouflaged under it. We'd collected kindling from that area so we were glad our little friends had given us the warning. The snake soon got fed up with the noise and moved on, and we were a little more careful picking up wood from then on.
LISABukalders LRPS CPAGB EFIAP
nature and wildlife photography
Lisa Bukalders LRPS
10 of my photos were assessed at The Royal Photographic Society. After intense scrutiny by 5 judges I was awarded ‘Licentiateship of The Royal Photographic Society’ (LRPS) – a distinction of photographic merit.
It might sound relatively easy to present 10 good photos, but they have to be presented in a panel which hangs together as a display in its own right, the panel itself represents the so called "11th image". All the 10 images must look in harmony with each other, symmetrically, colour and so on and the order of photos and quality of printing and absence of processing faults is as important as the images themselves. The images need to be of a high technical standard, portray a variety in approach and technique, and show evidence of creative ability. Some of my favourite photos just wouldn’t have worked in the panel. I finally got the results I wanted, and luckily the judges agreed!
Royal Photographic Society (RPS) - Digital Imaging group
The Digital Imaging Group is the largest Special Interest Group within the RPS.
The image 'Ostrich Family Outing' has done very well in International Salons, and also achieved a Gold medal in the 2018 Digital Imaging Group annual projected image competition.