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A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to add some of my photos in a local exhibition of photographs taken in Yorkshire. I don’t know what came over me but I said yes. Never done this sort of thing before but nothing ventured, nothing gained. And so on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th August I found myself exhibiting seven photographs along with about 30 other members of the Strictly Yorkshire Photography group at the Corn Exchange in Leeds.

The group rules are simple, all photographs must be taken in Yorkshire and the photographs should not contain any offensive or illegal material.

The Exhibition

The group membership is diverse and as with all groups, some members are more active than others. The range of skills and interests are varied. My own particular fields of interest are wildlife and technology as you can see by the photographs I exhibited:

Mark Stevens Display at Yorkshire Photography Exhibition

Spirit of Yorkshire

This image was taken at a vintage Rolls Royce and Bently gathering at Castle Howard on 1st June 2014. The weather was brilliant and I could not resist taking this image of the Spirit of Ecstasy against and almost clear blue sky.

Spirit of Yorkshire

Three Months

This photograph was taken in April of 2014 in the gardens around the York Museum.

Three Months

This is one of the few images I have actually modified to any degree. I wanted to bring out the contrast in the wall at the back of the image whilst highlighting the right-hand headstone. This was achived by using a black and white conversion in Paintshop Pro along with HDR.

Doe at Studley Royal Park

This doe was captured early in the morning on 9th April at Studley Royal Park.

Doe at Studley Royal Park

Sonny and Charlie

Sonny and Charlie are both resue dogs owned by a friend. I took a series of over 200 images of the two dogs when out walking in mid-April this year.

Sonny in Bluebells

Sonny in Bluebells

Where’s the Ball?? WHERE’s THE BALL!!!

Where’s the Ball?? WHERE’S THE BALL!!

Tornado Leaving York

Tornado is the last locomotive to be built in the UK as of the time of writing. This locomotive first steamed in 2008.

Tornado Leaving York

This is also an example of of an image which I manipulated. For this image I converted the image to black and white and then used this to mask off all of the original image except for Tornado itself.

Just Grabbing a Takeout For the Kids

This last image shows a Robin feeding in our garden. This was taken early in the year when the young robins had just hatched.

What Did I Learn?

I have always enjoyed photography being an enthusiastic amateur. Looking at the images that were on display gave me some ideas about perspective and angles to improve the quality of the photographs I take.

Looking back I think I over prepared and I could have made my display just as effective but with a simple change such as not using frames and just using mounts.

I felt that the day was an overall success. Would I do it again? Yes, without a doubt.

Finally, I’d just like to thank everyone who took part, a great bunch of people.

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