Last week's meeting at St. Florence Village Hall was an illustrated talk, given by wildlife photographer, Melvin Grey. He showed photographs of his wonderful trip on Tanzanian Safari. His audience delighted in seeing pictures of many different types of wildlife, from birds, such as kingfishers, starlings, sunbirds, and lovebirds, to hippopotamus, elephant, lion and cheetah.
Most of the pictures were from the area around the Ngorongoro Crater, with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background.
He told an amusing story about Mount Kilimanjaro, which used to be in Kenyan territory, but is now within the Tanzanian borders. It was given as a birthday present by a British monarch to a German Kaiser!
He warned that the hippopotamus were the most dangerous -never get caught between them and water. The lion, baboon and monkey were also a dangerous proposition, not to mention the hyenas, cheetah and colonies of dwarf mongoose.
Everyone was delighted with his photographs of these and other wildlife, such as the secretary bird, kori busted displaying, and the plover family.
He moved on to the environment, showing Masaai villages, and the Masaai people.
After his talk, he answered many questions, both about his travels and the equipment he uses. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed his talk and look forward to seeing him again.
The next meeting on October 9 will include the results of the first open competition, with judge, Brian Coleman AWPF.
For further information about the camera club and future meetings, visit the website, http://www.tenby-camera-club.co.uk">www.tenby-camera-club.co.uk.