January 2024
Club Meeting
When: Tuesday 1/9, 2024 @6:00pm
Topic: "Fisheye Lens Photography" by Ed Ogle
Meeting Slides - Member Slideshow Submissions
Where: ONLINE using ZOOM - Link to Join our meeting
Club Outings
Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Denver on 1/18.
Transferred from the United States Air Force to a group of volunteers in 1994, Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is located in Hangar 1 of the former Lowry Air Force Base in eastern Denver, Colorado. Today, the museum boasts more than 100,000 square feet of exhibit space dedicated to displaying iconic aircraft, space vehicles, artifacts, military uniforms and much more.
Topic: Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum
URL: https://wingsmuseum.org/
When: Thursday January 18 at 10am-5pm (drive time ~1.5 hr)
Where: Former Lowry Air Force Base (Hangar 1) at 7711 East Academy Blvd Denver, CO 80230
Carpool: Let's meet at the Harmony Transfer Center at 8:25am and leave at 8:30am
Cost: Adult $19.95; Senior $15.95
Lunch: local restaurant
Parking: The best place to park is at the museum
Contact: Mike Barry (mike@fortcollinswebworks.com)
The museum has helicopters, airplanes, hang gliders, space craft, missles, rockets, "Little Boy" replica, T-65 X-Wing Fighter (Star Wars) and other aviation related exhibits. There should be a lot to photograph. Tripods, Monopods and flash are OK if they don't bother other guests. I will probably bring a 24-70 wide angle zoom and a monopod as there might not be a lot of space.
Let's meet at the Harmony Transfer Center at 8:25am and leave at 8:30am. It will take about 1.5hr to drive to the museum, and it opens at 10am. We will probably shoot until 12pm or 1pm and then go out for lunch. If we haven't had enough time with the exhibits we can come back for more in the afternoon, but I expect that we will leave for Fort Collins after lunch.
Please contact me if you are interested in this outing so I will know to look for you.
mike@fortcollinswebworks.com
Thanks, Mike Barry
Coffee Meeting
Tue 1/16 @9:00am - Meet at Panera Bread Co in Front Range Village
SIG Meetings/Outings
Drone SIG - TBD
Events SIG - TBD
Infrared SIG - TBD
Fine Art Photography SIG - Tue 1/16 @6pm - ONLINE using ZOOM
Landscape SIG - TBD
Macro SIG - TBD
Mobile SIG - TBD
Night Sky SIG -TBD
Photography 101 SIG - TBD
Portrait SIG - Sun 1/7 @1pm-5pm at Mike's studio "Rockstar theme"
Post Processing SIG -TBD
Video SIG - Thu 1/23 @6:30pm - ONLINE using ZOOM
Wildlife SIG - TBD
Challenge Topics
Email your challenge topic images to Jim Limburg for the January meeting slideshow
1. Celebrations
2. Best Image Taken/Processed Since the Last Meeting
Interesting Links Found by our Members
Content Credentials Leica is implementing content credentials in their new cameras
Contributed by Paul Marcous
Meet the first Spanish AI model earning up to 10k Euros per month
Contributed by Rich Roberts
SAP Spheres (SAP === Super Absorbent Polymer)
Link to purchase SAP Spheres Contributed by Jim Limburg
Another more affordable link to purchase SAP Spheres Contributed by Ed Ogle
PhotoPills Friday Ep 5: Learn How to Plan a MOON Image (even when not on location)
This site does a good job teaching the use of Photo Pills for anyone learning this program.
Contributed by Paul Rulon
Winners of the 2023 Close Photographer Year Of potential interest to the macro photographers in the club: The Atlantic has an article on the 5th Close-Up Photographer of the Year contest (link to contest source: https://www.cupoty.com/).
Contributed by Richard Gonet (posted on the FCDCC Facebook page)
Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) Photo Challenge! Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) asks us to see and experience the world differently, whether that be close to home or while traveling.
Register for the Webinar Tuesday 1/16 @12pm CT
Contributed by Jim Limburg
Photographic Events
Sat 9/30 - Sun 1/14 Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams (museum exhibit) Loveland Museum Note: there is an extra charge to view this exhibit, most of the rest of the museum is free.
Sat 1/6 - Sun 1/21 National Western Stock Show, Denver
Notes: please read details on their extensive web site. Camera policy on FAQ indicates that a media credential (intended for professionals) is required to use a lens more than 100 mm or even a camera with interchangeable lenses. Satellite parking available at Coors Field.
Fri 1/12 - Sun 1/14 First Peoples Festival - Estes Park
Fri 1/12 Dinner and Ceremony at Twin Owls Steakhouse, Estes Park
Sat 1/13 to Sun 1/14 Indigenous Vendor Market and Workshops - Estes Park Events Complex (indoors)
Sat 1/20 Polar Bear 5k Run and Plunge (10:00 am for run, 11:00 am for plunge)
Horsetooth Reservoir
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