Our first competition of the new season attracted a high number of entries and it was gratifying to see so many of our new members entering for the first time.
Our judge for the night was Trevor Gellard FRPS, a fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, Judge, lecturer and a member of the distinctions panel at the Royal Photographic Society.
Trevor has exhibited in International exhibitions and has had several one man exhibitions. He is an active member of the Brighton and Hove Camera club and a member of the Mirage group of Photographers.
Trevor examined each and every image minutely looking for flaws from photographic technique to quality of printing. At times, he was millimetres from the image identifying those images that suffered from grain, blown highlights and printer banding, offering advice from composition to image manipulation.
With such great scrutiny, it's a wonder how many of our images managed to score such high marks with some 30% of entries scoring 19 or 20 and that can only be put down to the quality of the entries.
The breakdown of scores was as follows
- 20 - 12
- 19 - 9
- 18 - 11
- 17 - 11
- 16 - 16
- 15 -5
- 14 -6
Normally we would list all the images that scored 18 and above, however, due to the high number of images scoring 19 20, I have decided to list only those images.
20s
- Urban Sunset Alf Taylor
- Rajasthani Worker John Gauvin
- In a Bubble Charmaine Hayes
- Taking Off Daisy Kane
- Scottish Wildcat Kittens Daisy Kane
- Hanging About Anne Nagle
- Kittiwakes feeding in Glacial Meltwater Ian MacWhirter
- Polar Bear on Iceflow Ian MacWhirter
- Sunday Afternoon Jane Coward
- An Anxious Moment Jane Coward
- Dijon Cereales Martin Tomes
- Blossom Martin Tomes
19s
- Camel Richard Profit
- Geranium John Gauvin
- Bleeding Hearts Liz Barber
- Urban Oasis Di Walker
- The Beggar, His Dog and the Cook Di Walker
- Stephanie Peter Michell
- Turkish Delight Peter Michell
- Perching Goldfinch Anne Nagle
- Several Touches of Red Tim Hulbert
Congratulations must go to everyone who entered, but especially Richard Profit who scored an admirable 19 for his 'Camel' in his first print competition.
And finally, a very well done to Jane Coward for her 'Sunday Afternoon' which was judged best of the night.