Feb. 11 Pagosa Springs Photography Club assembly to characteristic ‘Iceland in Winter’

By Andy Butler/Pagosa Springs Photography Club

The Pagosa Springs Photography Club will maintain its subsequent assembly on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 6 p.m. on the Community United Methodist Church, positioned at 434 Lewis St.

Feel free to reach anytime after 6 p.m. to socialize; this system will start at 6:30 p.m. Our matter this month is “Iceland in Winter,” introduced by membership member Dave Anderson.

Anderson’s presentation will embody images and outline of a visit he took to Iceland final 12 months. Winter presents quite a lot of distinctive photograph alternatives in Iceland, facilitated by a relative lack of vacationers in comparison with the remainder of the 12 months.

In 2025 a usually snow-covered winter panorama in quite a lot of locations was naked or had spotty protection, revealing attention-grabbing textures. Normally frozen lakes now accommodated quite a lot of birds.

For this sparsely-populated volcanic North Atlantic island, among the most scenic locations had been coastal, included waterfalls, melting glaciers and ice caves, rural farms, small fishing villages, options alongside the mid-Atlantic rift, and moss-covered lava fields.

The capital, Reykjavik, has a combination of contemporary structure (e.g. the glass live performance corridor Harpa), extra historic buildings (e.g. the Hallgrimskirkja), Swiss chalet-style homes, rows of pastel homes and art-covered buildings.

The discuss will embody photos from a tour across the ring highway primarily on the periphery of the island.

Photography membership members are invited to carry as much as 5 current photos to point out and focus on with the group following the presentation.

This assembly can even be accessible on Zoom. Club members will obtain the Zoom hyperlink through e-mail. If you’re not on the record, you may request it by emailing abutler@mac.com.

February Virtual Shutter Therapy

For February, the membership’s on-line problem is summary.

In your summary, imaginative and prescient step away from the plain. Use gentle, shadow, colour, texture, movement or excessive close-ups to rework peculiar topics into unfamiliar shapes and patterns. Let your picture be a query for the viewer to reply.

Please take part within the problem by commenting on the publish about this matter on the membership’s Facebook web page: www.fb.com/PagosaPictureClub. All photographers are welcome to share as much as three photographs. Don’t neglect to love and touch upon the work of others.

For extra particulars in regards to the images membership and knowledge on becoming a member of us, see our web site (pagosaspringsphotoclub.org/about/) .