Abandoned cars; a cyclist snapped in watery winter sunshine; a bowler caught in the midst of a downpour, his face a picture of concentration.

All human life is there in the latest batch of photographs from the York Photographic Society.

Society secretary Morris Gregory's 'Bowls in the Rain' was taken during a mixed pairs bowls tournament at the Wakefield Sports Centre.

"The day started off very sunny but by mid afternoon there was a downpour during the finals match," Morris writes.

"They played on gamely though the rain but were eventually called off until it subsided."

It is the look of determined concentration on the bowler's face as the water pours down that makes this such a great image. Little surprise that he ended up in the winning pair.

Harry Silcock's photograph of abandoned cars was taken in infra red. It shows two derelict Morris Minors at Market Weighton, and was part of a photographic project on dereliction in the landscape.

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Picture: Harry Silcock

It is wonderfully atmospheric and just a little eerie, with the nettles - oddly pale in the infra red light - growing up through the rusted hulk of the cars, and just a shed and a thicket of trees in the background.

Society president Allan Harris's picture of a cyclist on Terry Avenue, meanwhile, has a peace and clarity all its own.

It was taken on a sunny winter's day last December using a telephoto lens as Allan was walking towards the Millennium Bridge.

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Picture: Allan Harris

The other photographs shown today are:

* Loch Na H-Achlaise on Rannoch Moor near Glencoe in winter, with the Black Mountains in the distance. It was taken in February 2013 by Harry Silcock.

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Picture: Harry Silcock

* Kittiwake, by Morris Gregory. "I made a few visits to Bempton Cliffs during the summer to try and capture the behaviour of the Gannets that mate and breed there. Various other types of seabird also take up residence on the cliffs and I took the opportunity to track this Kittiwake with a long lens as it passed by. I was fortunate to get a slightly more unusual shot of it as it bent its head down and backwards."

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Picture: Morris Gregory

* A lamplit Shambles, twisting and curving in a way that might surprise you, taken by Allan Harris on November 5 last year during a club evening out.

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Picture: Allan Harris


• York Photographic Society (YPS) meets at The Poppleton Centre, Poppleton, York every Wednesday from September to May at 7.30PM. "We always welcome new members, " says the club's president, Allan Harris.

"People can come along on the night as guests and pay £4 or join for the whole season for the relatively small amount of £40, for which they get really good lectures, projects, competitions and general advice."