World Image Issue 45 June 2017

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National and Regional Management 

Gordon Longmead - England - CEO 

Peter Hogel - Uganda - Deputy CEO 

Scott Hurd - Namibia 

Tom Coetzee - South Africa 

Paul Welch—Australia 

Steve Cook - USA 

Robert Murray - Scotland 

Tina Andreasson - Sweden and Mexico 

Jack Glisson - Kentucky USA 

Rodger Lee - Steam Punk Events 

Contents: 

3 Wildlife of America - ‘Flying In’ by Larry Hitchins 

4 The Supermarine Spitfire pictures by Kevin W. Moore 

6 The Messerschmitt 108 & 109 pictures by Kevin W. Moore 

8 People of Uganda by Gordon Longmead 

12 Natural Light Portraiture- Paul Welch, Australia 

18 Langford Lowfields RSPB Site - Geoff Bowers 

20 Kazinga channel and hot air ballooning … Peter Hogel 

26 Pixel Count. How important is it? - Geoff Bowers 

28 Wildlife of Tanzania - Lions at the Kill by Paul Nanyaro 

29 Vervet Monkeys - Peter Hogel 

30 Flowers in My Garden - Gordon Longmead 

34 Candid New Orleans pictures by Louise Bradt 

36 A World of Abstractions by Gordon Longmead 

40 A Study in Nature - Bluetit - Pictures by Scott Latham 

41 A Study in Greyscale - Landscapes - Pictures by Alan Griffiths 

42 "Hey Dad, I Found a Shell On The Beach" 

43 Wildlife of America - Woodpeckers by Larry Hitchens 

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Cover picture - He is coming by Kevin W Moore 


A Study in Nature 

Wildlife of America - ‘Flying In’ by Larry Hitchins 

Mallard Male 

Mallard Female 

American Oystercatcher in Flight 

Black Skimmer 


There were two planes that stirr 

but only the Spitfire became the 

The Spitfire was designed as 

interceptor aircraft by R. J. Mitch 

Aviation. 

During the Battle of Britain, 

Spitfire was seen by the public t 

the more numerous Hawker 

proportion of the burden against 

Spitfire units had a higher victo 

Hurricanes because of its higher 

In June 1940 Britain stood alone against the might of the German armed forces. 

At that moment in time any military commander or historian would have said 

that Britain would have fallen if attacked. 

The German strategy was a simple one, defeat the Royal Air Force, then invade 

and defeat the country as they had defeated every other country in Europe. The 

British officially recognise its duration as from 10 July until 31 October 1940 , 

but this was only one part of a major battle for survival. 

During the Battle the Spitfires 

Luftwaffe fighters, mainly the 

aircraft which were a close matc 

of Britain, the Spitfire supersed 

backbone of RAF Fighter Comm 

Of the 2,936 aircrew who fough 

their lives and of the remainder 

of the War. 

The Battle of Britain Monume 

London, records the names of t 

who flew for Britain in the Battle 


-range, high-performance 

-to-loss ratio than those flying 

In the present day we still have an affinity for the Spitfire and the Hurricane. 

The sight and sound of the aircraft flying overhead still conjures up images of 

the heroes of our youth (well for those of us who grew up with the battle 

comics). 

In our modern society our children have new heroes and new wonders of 

technology to admire, but none will ever replace the love affair we have with 

the Spitfire. 

Our thanks to Kevin W. Moore for this selection of images taken at Duxford 

in 2015. 


Developed in the mid 1930’s 

service with the Luftwaffe in spr 

By the time of the Battle of Br 

Command had one major advan 

fuel injection system that allo 

conditions of negative-g. 

This meant that a pilot could div 

opponents could do and escape 

major disadvantage. 

The 109 had a restricted range an 

over Britain protecting their bo 

Messerschmitt 109 in tight formation 

Messe 

Spitfires and Hurricanes could la 

for the 109. 

Some variants of the 109 had a 

nose cone, but most 109’s were 

and two machine guns mounted 

through the propeller arc. 

The Messerschmitt 108 was dev 

record-breaking sports aircraft, a 

German pilots in preparation for 

Messerschmitt 109 

The 108 was the basis for the M 

the Supermarine Spitfire during t 

Pictures taken at Duxford in 201 


Messerschmitt 108 with a 109 zipping past her 

-fuel, this was not an option 

-mounted cannon 

Messerschmitt 108 






A lot of photographers like to do lighting and set ups with lights and backdrops of all kinds of shapes and 

sizes, but I find there is nothing better than setting your shots up in natural light, giving you the kinds of 

lighting you want. Nature provides the very best backdrops when you blur them with a lowered depth of 

field. 

I organized an interview and portrait shoot with a very special lady who has an amazing talent. Now before 

I go into detail, I will first let you know a few things I have found with portrait photography. 

I work in quite a un-orthodox way with a lot of my photography, especially when it comes to people. 

Through the years of photography, I can tell you that having your subjects relax is most important. Take 

your time and make them comfortable!! 

The lovely lady I did a shoot with is a renowned and very popular and amazing artist named Wendy Binks. 

Wendy who is highly respected in Western Australia with her bright and beautiful art of some pretty crazy 

characters for about 35 years and is still going strong. 

The main character that has given her a nick name as “The Emu Lady” is of course some outstanding 

Pottery, paintings, cups and kids’ Books of … yes you got it, Emu’s. Her Emu’s aren’t just your average 

emu though and you can see her work on line all over the world, http://wendybinks.com.au/ . You can even 

order your pictures, books etc. signed by Wendy too. 

I couldn’t help myself; I had to pick Wendy’s brain on a few things about her success as a self-publisher as 

well as an artist. This of course was a great way to settle in and let Wendy know the way I would be doing 

the shoot and help her to relax with a nice cup of tea. 

I find with most people they hate getting their picture taken and doing the whole robot style shoot with 

lights and backdrops and expensive equipment, it all usually ends up with the same result with each person, 

a grimmis rather than a natural smile. 

The start of backdrops for us… 

Now going back a bit my wife and I recently moved to a new place and the house we picked out has some 

great little spots through and around it to get natural lighting and enables you to get some great shots of 

people in portraits along with natural backdrops… Just how I like it… El Naturel. 

Working things in your favour is important with portraits but working with the light you have and setting up 

the camera is most important to turn out some great portraits as natural as possible. Don’t forget you are an 

artist too, and YOUR paint brush is a camera. Your imagination is the tool. 

I thoroughly enjoyed doing the shoot with Wendy, I asked a few questions and wrote some info down 

before settling into doing some shots. Once Wendy had talked about the things she is passionate about, 

which was a whole lot more than just art. We were good to get into doing some nice shots, relaxed and in 

the right frame of mind. 


The first spot I had picked was the back veranda which has some shade cloth across the whole area so any 

bright light was filtered making it nice, flat and just right for some wonderful front on shots. It really didn’t 

matter which way Wendy faced, the light was beautiful. The backdrop was the wood at the end of the 

veranda which has some awesome markings and was perfect to set the scene I wanted to show off Wendy 

and her fantastic art. 

This kind of backdrop with browns and beige was perfect to compliment the brightly coloured paintings and 

books as well as Wendy being bright and blonde too. 

I particularly liked the shark portrait which not only with the background being simple yet different, it 

bought some real warmth to the shot overall. 

I had to have a play with these shots and it turned out that the shark shot is really nice in black and white 

too. Don’t be afraid to experiment with portrait shots. Some people suite black and white… but be aware, 

some don’t. 

As artists we can see differently to others and can pick out the pictures that work in black and white. I loved 

the way Wendy had painted the shark and how when it was put in black and white, the white on the shark 

stood out and really made the picture pop. 

I could have gone further with it but this was poppin enough for me… I see many photographers over 

saturate or do way too much to pictures which I think spoils what you actually see. I say keep it as real as 

possible… especially with Portraits. 

Wendy was a true sport with this shoot and besides our conversation with Painting I found out through the 

shoot that Wendy has a part in helping the WA museum and a part in the help for the endangered Ground 

Parrot, an endemic bird to Western Australia and the numbat also endangered. 

So besides the art, books, mugs etc. etc. Wendy is as passionate as my wife and I with wildlife. 

But of course I should have known that anyway, as Wendy’s art is wildlife. 



When Wendy told me she liked snakes and lizards I 

figured this would be a great opportunity to 

introduce her to Rango our pet bearded dragon. So 

with this in mind I had to do some shots with the 

light from behind. 

This was a good chance to show how no matter 

where your light comes from, you can work with it. 

I had some nice shots from the light behind, like this 

one of Wendy with one of her emu tea cups. 

Not too much light but enough for a nice profile 

shot that had a sense of cosy about it. I used defused 

light with a nice warm backdrop, once again beige 

and brown colours. 

This was just in our living room. If you want to 

have more light on the face, you still don’t have to 

have lights, just a reflector will do the job. I didn’t 

use mine so that I could show the low light profile 

can work well, besides… I liked the lighting as it is 

here. 

Notice the tea cup is also Wendy’s work. 

While in this room I took the light to a new level and 

adjusted the camera slightly with a faster shutter speed 

so that I let less light in. This created a cool black and 

white profile shot with a dark side. Not that Wendy has 

a dark side, but this was a shot I had to try. 

For the style of shot I was after it worked out well. All 

I did was adjust the shutter speed from 1/200 sec to 

1/160 sec so you can see how much a slight adjustment 

can make with low light situations. 

As the time went on Wendy talked about her property 

in the south of Western Australia where she is doing a 

fairly large project in her studio. Dwelingup is a lovely 

little town with about 4-500 people populating it. 

I have only been there once or twice but it’s a beautiful 

spot to be around nature for those wanting to shoot 

things… oops, Photograph things. 

Once we had done with the living room it was time to 

go outside where the trees made a beautiful natural 

backdrop for the remainder of shots I took. 


I can’t point out enough how important a good backdrop is during a portrait shoot. I have a couple of lovely 

trees growing in the front yard to have as back drops and one of which I found would be totally appropriate 

for Wendy and her Art being a nice gum tree… very Australian and perfect for this shoot. 

With the sun high in the sky it was 

hard not to have the squinty look, so 

having Wendy laugh was the trick. 

Quite unintentionally I got spiked by a 

palm tree in the butt cheek but this 

enabled me to capture the funny 

moment with a nice giggle from 

Wendy. 

The final shots were with another tree 

and showing her very popular emu 

painting Wendy finished the shoot 

with style. 

An added bonus from Mother Nature was a slight breeze and with a nice shadow in place to stop the squinty 

look, I got several more shots. 

During the shoot the continued conversation 

revealed Wendy did more to add to her talents. 

Wendy does workshops for people who want to 

publish their own books, (this I will have to look 

into more I think) at just $110 per session. 

I think it would be well worth the knowledge to do 

something like that. I know from personal 

experience that writing books is one thing, getting 

them published is totally another. 

I am working on a couple of books on differing 

subjects but of course one of them is Photographic. 

At the end of the shoot it’s always nice to continue 

conversation for a bit and make sure you explain to 

the customer the steps to follow and when and how 

they will receive the shots. 

A shoot like this should only take an hour or two. To 

sort out the shots and edit them will take at least two 

to three hours making sure the camera settings are 

sorted from the start, checking and changing as you 

go. 

Many photographers I have heard about that rush 

things end up spending more time in the editing 

suite than needed. 

So a very simple thing to do is RELAX take your time and get it right the first time. 


Now just to recap a touch, this shoot cost nothing but a bit of time. The model (Wendy Binks) was great, the 

lighting and backdrops were natural, the mood was relaxed and friendly and all in all the shoot went 

smoothly. 

The next shoot you do whether it has to be in a studio or in the open. 

Make the person comfortable. 

Explain some of the shoot to them before, during and after. 

Don’t rush the shoots this only makes people stiffen up. 

There were no robotic stances, no grimmises and the end result… well you can see for yourself. 

If you would like to see more of Wendy Binks art, just check it out on the link in this article… You won’t 

be disappointed and your kids will love it too. 


Langford Lowfields resides in a working quarry on 

the banks of the River Trent, Nottinghamshire, 

England, which has been created by bulldozers and 

excavators in partnership with Lafarge Tarmac, 

who own the land. The site currently covers about 

180 acres and will continue to be developed. Once 

the quarrying operations are finished, the site will 

provide about 247 acres of reedbed which will be 

the largest such area in the East Midlands. 



Hot air balloon is a truly amazing way to see the 

scenery, and if you are lucky, wildlife from above. 

The car with the balloon pulls over and they roll out 

the balloon and position the basket, after filling the 

balloon with air, heating it up with the burner we all 

jump in to the basket, and take of. 

We start up early…early in the morning to head out 

to the starting point, it still dark while we pass the 

lioness with her cubs, a few minutes later we stop. 


The heat from the burner hits you and the noise is loud but just a few seconds later we have reached heights 

and the burner goes quiet it is amazingly tranquil, as we see the sun rise over QE, and the scenery is 

stunning. 


After about one hour of “breathtaking” we land and 

sit down for our luxury breakfast in the bush, with 

elephants on a safe distance we can peacefully enjoy 

the whole continental luxury. 

On the boat, with proper refreshments, in shade and 

with a soothing breeze we quietly cruise along the 

channel, comfortably sitting, watching the wildlife 

of Uganda pass us un the shore, hippos yawning 

each other to say I'm bigger than you, back off 

After the early morning adventures and a day in the 

park we head down for the boat…we are cruising 

Kazinga channel, to me its probably the best way to 

see the wildlife and you really haven’t done QE 

without the channel. 

Elephants coming to drink, we are so close but still 

they don’t seem disturbed by our presence …a heard 

of buffaloes are rolling in the mud, cooling of and in 

the shadows the crocodile is watching. 


The African Water Buffalo , otherwise known as the Widow Maker and the Black Death 


And there are so many birds, even if you didn’t 

think you were interested in birds. 

You cant help to be amazed by their colours shapes 

and sizes, from the tiny ones to the mighty fish eagle 


Tomorrow we will go back to Kampala, to plan our 

next adventure… 

Peter Hogel 


So many of us are obsessed with the pixel count of new 

cameras and always want more. I had a look back at what I 

took back in 2004 and 5 recently and was surprised at the 

picture quality. 

I started my Olympus journey in 2004 with a small 5 mega 

pixel compact with a viewfinder and a 5 times zoom. It had 

no manual controls but several good scene modes and a 

panorama stitch function. 

My previous cameras had always been basic film ones 

from Box Brownie to APS and I was not so interested in 

photography back then. I mainly used a video camera to 

record holiday stuff, not liking the wait for film to be 

developed. 

Gradually I became more interested and moved up in 

2008 to an Olympus E410 DSLR. This had 10 Mega 

Pixels and I thought “wow now I've arrived”. This 

brought a new learning curve and I forgot about my point 

and shoot down there at 5 mega pixels. 

Here are some examples of the older pictures. I’m now 

quite proud of them and they print very well at A3+ so to 

me the lesson is, as so often, it’s not the quantity but the 

quality that counts. 


Interesting question this one, and the answer is 

actually quite easy. For the professional 

photographer he must produce the best possible 

quality of image for their customer. The more pixels 

the more defined will be the final image enabling it 

to be enlarged to a much greater size without losing 

quality. It also gives a sharper image at the smaller 

sizes such as A4. 

Most modern cameras, regardless of the number of 

pixels per inch, will produce excellent quality up to 

monitor size. Ed. 



Vervet monkeys, Frequent safari goers would probably say “but they are everywhere” and matter the fact 

they are, Vervets are most likely THE most numerous monkey in the world, besides humans (scary music 

playing) yes we are primates as well…There are 21 species of Vervets described, Troops of 140 

individuals (wait, hold, that was 1,2,3,4, wait 1,2,3…) have been registered, but normally they hang out in 

troops of 40-60 of their closest relatives…. 






A street vendor on Bourbon Street - selling poetry. 

Delivery time on one of the streets around Jackson 

Square 

The bar in The Court of Two Sisters, which is a must see venue if 

View from hotel balcony 

Orleans. It has a beautiful open courtyard and they have a wonderfu 

Looking down Iberville towards Royal St. 

running buffet and you can sit and eat and enjoy the jazz band that 

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place and experience.

One of the many Bourbon Street Bars 

View from the St. Charles Street Car, 

looking down Canal 

Homeless lady wanders Bourbon Street 

clutching her bottle of whiskey. Her eyes 

were closed, but she never bumped into 

anyone or anything. 

Panning shot of a Streetcar on St. Charles in the Garden District 

with Rayne Memorial Church behind. 








I can not speak for those living outside of England, and perhaps it is 

just a coastal joke from the southern and eastern coast of this fair land, 

but I wonder how many of us are at that certain age when we can recall 

the true meaning of the statement? 

Although I have almost reached the age of 63, it was still floating 

around during my childhood and for some strange reason has stuck 

with me, recalled to mind every time I visit the coast. 

Of course the meaning has changed since the last war when 

finding a shell on the beach referred to the exploding kind and not 

the mussel shells we find today. 

When we visit the seaside it is 

almost guaranteed that the 

pictures we naturally take are 

the views. 

The beach / water / sky 

pictures being the prime subjects. We may even turn our attention to 

the nearby town or cliffs, but what about the beach? Is it just sand and 

stones? 

Stones on the beaches may 

not even originate there, so 

we end up with a large 

variety of stone from the 

granite and schist, to various agates and even amber. 

Driftwood can also be found on the beaches, but get up early as most 

is removed by the local councils who like nice clean beaches. 

Well this one is at Hunstanton in Norfolk, England, and yes it is 

mainly sand and stones. But as you look closer there are the 

reflections and shadows, closer still and the stones themselves 

display both form and colour. No two are alike, just like 

fingerprints. 

That jelly like mess we avoid may be the key to a small fortune if it really did come from a whale, and yet 

we turn up our noses at it. Not so the very expensive perfume that is made from it. 

There are other forms of life 

in the rock pools and even 

the seaweed on the stones 

and rocks, this one reminded 

me of the early, and very 

badly made, wigs, albeit well 

a well groomed stone. 

GL. 


Red Bellied Woodpecker 

Yellow Shafted Flicker 

Pileated Woodpecker 

Red Bellied Woodpecker 


Kuyimba means 'to sing' in the 

Zambian Chinyanja language and 

this site is a celebration of the sights 

and sounds of southern Africa. Join 

us to experience it for yourself. 

Derek & Sarah Solomon 

www.kuyimba.com 


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