May 2024
Club Meeting
When: Tuesday 5/14, 2024 @6:00pm
Topic: "Birds of the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest" by Dawn Wilson
Meeting Slides - Member Slideshow Submissions
Where: ONLINE using ZOOM - Link to Join our meeting
Club Outings
Details for each outing
Coffee Meeting
Wed 5/22 @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 - Tue5/21 @6pm - ONLINE using ZOOM
Fine Art SIG outing to the Fort Collins 1883 Water Works
I am inviting you to join us and photograph the Water Works.
WHAT: Fort Collins 1883 Water Works
WHERE: 2005 N. Overland Trail in Fort Collins
WHEN: Saturday 5/11 at 10am
URL: https://poudrelandmarks.org/water-works-tour
The historic Fort Collins Water Works will open this Saturday for the 2024 season. They have an open house with free tours on the 2nd Saturday of each month (May-October) from 10am to 3pm. The building and grounds have interesting artifacts to photograph, and the volunteers will show us around and tell us all about water and early life in Fort Collins. Accuweather is predicting a couple thundershowers in the afternoon, but the morning should be dry. This is a good opportunity for Fine Art SIG members or anyone to practice "seeing the beauty in ordinary things".
Let's meet at 10am at the Water Works, take a tour, photograph interesting things, and if anyone is interested we can go to Vern's for lunch about 11:30am or 12:00pm.
-Mike Barry
Landscape SIG - TBD
Macro SIG - TBD
Mobile SIG - TBD
Night Sky SIG - Thu 5/23 @6:30pm Milky Way and Night Sky Photography Refresher
Ralph Smith will host a meeting on how to shoot the Milky Way and the night sky. This is in preparation for the Milky Way expedition outing to the Paint Mines on June 7 led by Pam Jordan, but this is open to all club members who have an interest in the topic.
Photography 101 SIG - TBD
Portrait SIG - Sun 5/5 @1pm-5pm Masonville Park "Steampunk"
Post Processing SIG -TBD
Video SIG - Tue 5/28 @6:30pm-8:00pm
Travel SIG - Thu 5/16 @6:30pm
Wildlife SIG - TBD
Challenge Topics
Email your challenge topic images to Jim Limburg for the May meeting slideshow
1. Action
2. Best Image Taken/Processed Since the Last Meeting
Interesting Links Found by our Members
Wikipedia: Amorphophallus titanum - Description of the corpse flower
contributed by Albert Wang
Watch live: CSU’s rare corpse flower poised to bloom for first time
There is a report that a rare “corpse flower” at a greenhouse in Colorado State University may bloom over Memorial Day weekend. While it has been on campus since 2016, it has never bloomed. Please see the link below and note that CSU will probably send out more details if the flower actually blooms. Credit to Joan Sayre for notifying us. (The link she found was a different one, but much of the text was copied from CSU’s original link that we have referenced here.) CSU’s link shows the expected open hours for the greenhouse should the flower bloom, as well as the address and parking information.
The Art of Photography - insightful photography critiques
contributed by Richard Gonet
See What's New In The May 2024 Adobe Photography Release!
contributed by Richard Roberts
THE 2024 MILKY WAY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
contributed by Joan Sayre
Is it Legal for Street Photographers to Take Photos of People?
Contributed by Richard Gonet on the club Facebook page on April 16. The April 15 general meeting discussed intellectual property issues and this link discusses legal issues around street photography.
How Can You Tell if a Photo is AI Generated... Here are Some Tips (BEHIND PAYWALL)
Contributed by Albert Wang. Warning: National Geographic is behind a paywall, although you might be able to get access to a limited number of articles. The title is admittedly somewhat clickbait and is lacking in example images, but does have some interesting information.
Photographic Events
Sat 5/4, 12:00 noon Fort Collins Trolley begins weekend and holiday service
City Park to Old Town, Fort Collins
Sat 5/11 12:00 noon to 3:00 PM Rocky Mountain Raptor Program Open House
on World Migratory Bird Day
Rocky Mountain Raptor Program, 720 E. Vine Dr, Fort Collins https://www.rmrp.org/event/open-house-celebrating-migratory-bird-day/
Sat 5/11 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM World Migratory Bird Day
Pineridge Natural Area near Dixon Reservoir, Fort Collins
There will be birding walks every 30 minutes starting at 7 AM with the last leaving at 10 AM. Parking is limited, please see link details.
Sat 5/11 Water Works Open House
Water Works, 2005 N Overland Trail, Fort Collins
Sat 5/11 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM Longmont Cars and Coffee
Einstein Bros. Bagels, 2311 Clover Basin Dr, Longmont
There does not appear to be a Loveland event this year.
Sat 5/11, 8:00 am to 11:00 am Storm Mountain Motors Cars and Coffee
4270 Byrd Dr, Loveland
Sat 5/18 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Town of Timnath Safety Fair
Timnath Community Park, 5500 Summerfields Pkwy, Timnath
Sat 5/18 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM FoCo Roller Derby vs. Boulder
Thomas McKee Building, The Ranch, 5280 Arena Cir,
It’s not entirely straightforward to see prices, but it appears that if you drill down from the link below, it’s $15 beforehand and $20 at the door. However this page also indicates that you can contact the roller derby to try to get a press pass. https://focorollerderby.org/schedule/tickets/
Sat 5/18 10:00AM to 4:00PM "Blues & Cruise" car show and music festival in Loveland
3rd, 4th, and 5th streets between Lincoln and Cleveland in Downtown Loveland
Sun 5/19 8:00 AM 38th Annual Wheels for Meals Car Show
Location is not clearly spelled out, but appears to be the Ed Carroll car dealerships (Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche), 3003 S College Ave, Fort Collins
Show appears to be free to attend (this information comes from one of the sub-pages)
Fri 5/24 to Sun 10/20, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM RMNP Timed Entry Starts
Timed entry is in effect for Rocky Mountain National Park
Reservations can be made in advance, for example, a 5/24 entry can be reserved as early as 5/1. See web page for full details.
Fri 5/24 to Mon 5/27 4th Annual Fields of Honor American Flag Display
Spring Canyon Park, 2626 West Horsetooth Rd, Fort Collins
This will be a display of 500 American flags for Memorial Day. I didn’t find indication of any specific ceremony times. The web page also seems to indicate that there will be a Civil War re-enactors camp (C Company, 6th US Infantry Regiment).
Sun 5/26, 8:00 am to 11:00 am Northern Colorado Cars and Coffee
Centerra (next to On the Border restaurant), Loveland
Thu 5/30, Thunderbirds flyover at the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony
Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs
The Thunderbirds will fly over Falcon Stadium, but I presume it would be better for most club members to try to watch from off Academy grounds.
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