“Such a lot of fun” was one response by those photographers who participated in the C3A Photography Group’s first ever treasure hunt.
Member Andrew Pepper has participated in photographic treasure hunts in the UK and offered to organise the group’s first in Cyprus. It was a treasure hunt with a difference, in that the clues gave indications as to the subject that had to be photographed and the hunters had to locate the “treasure” and photograph it in an innovative way. Being a competitive bunch of amateur photographers, each participant had to assemble panels of photos corresponding to the clues with Andrew being the judge.
The sting of the treasure hunt relates to the prize in that the winner of the treasure hunt gets to organise the next one!!
The clues took the members from a café in Avdimou to the Oleastro Olive Oil Museum in Anoygra where the majority of the clues were to be found e.g. photograph of moving water, a live non human animal, the inside of a cave and an olive tree. Each participant was allowed one “wildcard” which could be anything photographed during the day and made for an interesting selection of photos. The photograph of a shepherd riding a horse was only taken by one participant. C3A chair Sue Tsirikos and her husband Dan were driving along a road that no one else went on hence proving that good technique can be complemented by good luck, being in the right place at the right time.
The overall winner of the treasure hunt was the Photography Group leader Claudine Snell from Pissouri who now has the unenviable task of putting together the next “treasure hunt”, following on from a fantastic day out.
The group finished up with lunch at Nicolas Swimming Pool Restaurant where Claudine took a stunning photograph of a swallow – voted best picture of the day.
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