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Park updatesonline
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WORKINGwithFuji lm,ParkCameras
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foundin itsBurgessHillandCentral
Londonstores.
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New photo-organising
tool for Mac
ACDSYSTEMS has released ACDSee
Photo Studio for Mac 7, a photo-
organisation tool for MacOS. As well as
being able to sort, rate, label and keyword
your images, it enables you to compare
images, nd duplicates, copy and paste
metadata and edit non-destructively, with
full Raw support. ACDSee Photo Studio for
Mac 7 costs £74.99 or you can download
a free trial today from the ACDSee site –
visit bit.ly/acdseemacnew.
Young entrant wins with
curious deer image
THE WINNERS of the RSPCA Young
Photographer of the Year competition
have been announced. ‘Mind your head’, the
winning image, was taken by 17-year-old Jake
Kneale from Pewsey, Wiltshire, during
lockdown in June, and was singled out from a
record 11,000 entries this year. Jake entered
his winning image into the new Small World
category which was launched speci cally to
recognise how measures to control the
pandemic will have limited how far young
photographers could travel to take their
photos. He was also awarded rst prize in the
competition’s Portfolio category for his series
of striking swan images.
‘During lockdown I set up a camera trap on
an area of farmland close to my home withthe hope of photographing wildlife passing
through the gate,’ Jake explained. ‘I was
delighted when I captured this roe deer buck,
seeming to duck its head to pass underneath
an overhanging bush. I like how this image
conveys the idea of wildlife having areas more
to themselves during lockdown.’
This year’s awards were blind-judged online
by a panel of experts in wildlife photography,
including photographer, TV presenter and
RSPCA Vice President Chris Packham. The
panel also included award-winning wildlife
photographer and lmmaker, BBC drone pilot
and new judge Sam Rowley, and wildlife
photographer and former competition winner
Catriona Par tt. Well done to all the winners- see young.rspca.org.uk/ypa/home.
Jake Kneale was the
overall winner for
this photograph he
took of a roe deerRICHARD Caplan Photographic, a
well-established independent Leica and
Hasselblad specialist in central London, is
sadly closing for good after 25 years. Richard
Caplan (right) himself has been in the camera
retail business since 1961, starting out as an
assistant at retailer Wallace Heaton. ‘It has
been wonderful to serve generations of
photographers, often in the same family,’
Richard told AP. ‘We’ve also served some
celebrities, not only famous photographers
like Bailey and Lord Snowdon (and his son
Viscount Linley), but also actors and
musicians. I wanted to produce a shop like
Wallace Heaton and make service the biggest
priority.’ When it comes his all-time favouriteLondon Leica specialist retires a er 60 years
Leica gear, Richard cites the original M3 and
M6 – ‘They are so well made, they go on
working for years and can always be repaired’- and the 35mm f/2 Summicron lens. We
wish Richard a very happy retirement.