A great time was had by all, the one opportunity in the year that we can all become judges.
I was personally shocked by some of the comments made, lampooning some of the Judges we have had this year, showing a total lack of respect. Hopefully next season we can raise the standard of judging and have some more insightful comments to help us improve our pictures.
The fixed subjects this year, set by Tim, were Earth, Water, Fire, and Family. Seems quite a range on the surface, but that not easy when you came down to it. We had some interesting interpretations of "Family" with our twitchers showing pictures of groups of birds that we had no way of knowing were actually related!
Like last year the top of the pile had excellent scores all very close to one another.
- 1st Ian MacWhirter 366 points "Family"
- 2nd Peter Michell 364 points "Family"
- 3rd Derek Grieve 352 points "Water"
This result reveals that even with our relaxed approach to judging, we still recognised good pictures when we saw them. It's time we knocked these guys off the top, so next year we must pull out all the stops to defeat them, and more of us to enter this fun competition.
Special mention must be made of the "Judge" whose marks were as follows:
7-10-9-11-13-5-12-6-10-20
I know I said the range should be 1-20, but I feel 5,6,and 7 were harsh scores to say the least.
Interestingly enough the final two scores, were a 10 awarded to Ian Mac and a 20 awarded to Peter M. As they say, beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder, and still Ian came out on top!
Next year I am bringing my laptop to calculate the results, as the mental arithmetic my brain had to cope with after years of inactivity, stretched me to the limit.
Anyway, hope you all enjoyed it and are looking forward to more of the same next year.