Judge Graham Smith ARPS
What an improvement! Graham managed to achieve an incredible 50% increase in the percentage of images he marked in the 18-20 range. On his last visit he marked 36% of our images in his range, this time a whopping 53% achieved our top scores. An improvement on this scale will mean we all achieve those elusive big scores. More seriously, Graham is always generous in his marking and a look back at the previous competitions he has judged will bear testimony to this.
For external competitions we usually choose between all those images that scored 18 or more. Last season we had 30 images to choose from, this competition alone has provided the selection team with 27 images.
20s
Daisy Kane image of 'New Forest Foals at Play' was evaluated as best of the evening. Daisy also scored 20 with 'Early morning boatman on the Ganges'.
Other 20s were Paul Hayward with 'Reflection', two from Derek Grieve 'Golden Eagle with Hare kill' and 'Last birds in from the Wash', Charmaine Hayes, our newest member, achieving 20 for the second competition in a row with 'Kyle's Eyes'
19s
12 images scored 19. Paul Hayward with 'What IS the NHS ???', 3 from Anne Nagel, 'A Helping Nudge!'; 'The Interlopers'; 'A Long Tailed Tit', also 3 from Jean MacWhirter, 'Pass of Glencoe'; 'Lichen on old stump'; 'Small Tortoiseshell Bee', Roy Powell's 'Short eared Owl', Di Walker's 'Delicate flower' Peter Michell with 'Maria', and finally 2 from myself, 'Trouble Ahead' and 'Small Island'
18s
9 images score 18. Paul Hayward with 'Thinking', Charmaine Hayes with 'R.I.P', Roy Powell with 'peace tranquillity', Peter Michell, with 'Through the almond trees', James Heath with 'After A Shower' and 'Orchid Cymbidium', Peter Picthall with 'Arab', Martin Tomes with 'The train arriving...' and Robert Mitchell with 'Chick'