Well this post has been much delayed, partly as I have been busy with other things (even a photoimaginator has to cook, pay bills, clear out junk etc) and also because I was not sure if I wanted to include these next two images in my blog. They are not great images and I generally want to restrict the images I publish to ones that I love and that I hope will inspire or move you in some way. Yet they do complete the series on what photographic club judges limit their imagination to; cuddly animals, cute kids, ugly critters and funny foreigners. Well the first two were quite easy. Mmmm … ugly critters, well I don’t have any close-ups of spiders or snakes, much loved by the judges, but I do have this little beauty (well I suppose it’s mother loved it) taken by the Chobe river in Botswana.

And as for funny foreigners, well this makes me uncomfortable at two levels. Firstly, it is too easy to make fun of people from other cultures and other traditions, Ii prefer to find human differences fascinating and a cause for wonder. Secondly I really don’t have the shear nerve of pointing my camera at other people who may well not want to be photographed.  So I confess, I didn’t take this next picture of a couple of cool dudes; Muse&Mentor did that whilst we were out on the Great Ocean Road (Victoria) with some dear friends, and I had popped into the gas station.

So now I have explained whilst I don’t like photo clubs, too many competitions with boring judges and the same boring images, with those few daring to innovate being derided. So if you have had the same experience then take heart, you are not alone. Equally if you have found a better club then I hope you get much more out of it than I did.