Marwell
In 2008, we have made good use of our membership of the Hawk Conservancy in Andover. For 2009, we have decided to join Marwell.
The tigers are magnificent.
In the photo competition that I am participating in, the theme for this month (the last month in the year) is "simply the best". They simply want your best picture - there is no specific theme. Whilst many people have appreciated this, I have been finding it rather tricky. First, I figured that "Simply the Best" might refer to my camera/lens combo, so I submitted a picture of that:
That was a bit desperate, so I replaced it with an image from Leadhills, on the way down from Scotland:
This still seemed to lack something, so I tried a shot of Pete Dobbing bearing all, with a knife pointing between his eyes in Covent Garden:
But it still didn't feel like a competition picture. In Marwell, I think we hit the jackpot. A classic portrait of a tiger. It isn't very original but the "No theme" rule means that I get 10 out of 10 for Theme and Originality :-)
