Julia's lampshade and reflections on competitions

Replacing the lampshade was the first thing I did in the morning, but then had to wait until dark for the full effect.

Tai Chi in the morning - I managed better this week than last, but was still dosed with ibuprofen, as were several other members.  I felt tired in the afternoon but picked up later and had a video chat with GG.  Got the timing of my washing wrong - it was a lovely day here, but I was too late to hang it out, so had to rely on the dryer.  Something I haven't done for a long time.

I watched the camera club judging on Zoom (though I think most people had made it into the club room).  It's quite interesting to do this as a non-participant as it enabled me to see what kinds of images our judge liked. What seemed to be favoured were landscape/ cityscape images that were sharp throughout and also a few creative unconventional photos, which was good to see, but I sometimes think that the criteria applied to creative photography is not as clearly developed in judges minds.  I loved tthe Jackdaw portrait with the blue eyes (the theme was blue) which didn't make it into the final `top' images.  Selection is such a personal tthing and I'm not totally sure what people learn from it apart from the fact that different people make different choices.