Well that was it, the end of another season, and what a season it has been. We have had new faces, new judges, new evening activities and some cracking images to look at. All in all I think it has been a very productive season and I look forward to the next one.
The evening was for the members to submit their two best projected and printed images for a different judge to asses and to hope to win the best print of the year cup.
The nights judge was Glyn Edmunds ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP/b.
The evening was split into two halves with prints and then PIs being judged. We started off with the print section in which we had thirty to view, which is less than normal, but this was fine as Glyn had the prints from the Southampton Salon in his car for as to look at if there was time at the end of the judging.
Glyn gave fair judgement and scores to the prints, and, as they had been previously entered into other competetions it is always interesting to see what a diffrent judge has to say about the image good or bad!
None were scored under fifteen with, seven 17s, five 18s, four 19s and only two 20s given with Anne Nagle getting best print of the year for her White Ruffed Lemur.
A well done must also go to
- Jean MacWhirter for 'Great Spotted woodpecker Chick' - 20
- Martin Tomes, 'Still Morning' - 19
- Paul Hayward, 'Waiting For The AA' - 19
- Anne Nagle, 'Snow Leopard Cub' - 19
- Ian MacWhirter, 'Polar Bear With Cub' - 19
The second half of the evening was the juding of the PIs.
There were also only thirty images submitted.
Eleven 17s, five 18s two 19s and three 20s were given.
The PIs were more evenly marked than the prints, which I think shows how hard the printing proccess is compared with projection.
Well done to:
- Martin Tomes, 'Threatening Sky' - 19
- Liz Barber, 'When I Grow Up' - 19
- John Gauvin, 'Intense' - 20
- Ray Foxlee, 'I ain't Got No Job Satisfaction' - 20
- Alex Swyer, 'Summer' - 20 (PI of the year)
We were then treated to some fantastic black and white prints taken from photographers across the globe. Which gave us a lot to think about on how photos are taken and how the picture comes across to us from the photographers point of view. Just really good winning photos which may or may not be to your taste.
So lets all have a good summer and look forward to seeing some good images next season.