Well I never...

I never expected anything when I joined a camera club last year, but a particular Blipper had been "advising" me that I ought to join the local group as they had some good speakers and I think she thought  I might learn something.  She was right.  But not as much as I learn from Blippers.

Anyway, this evening something totally unexpected happened.  It was the Awards Night for the Annual Members' Competition.  And in the spirit of having a go, I had put in a rather rushed entry at the last minute working on my normal principal of if it isn't a reasonable shot straight out of the camera I haven't got much time or expertise to do much about it, and in the novice class, in the PDI pictorial open category, my South African ostrich won!

My gast is till flabbered.  And I got second and highly commended in the novice nature PDI class too.

I have a little warm glow of satisfaction inside.  Thank you Blippers for all your encouragement.  You  know who you are.