Last night we had the pleasure of welcoming Diane Seddon from Lincolnshire to judge our two projected competitions.   Many thanks Diane for your erudite and helpful judging.

In the Montage competition,  congratulations to Sanjay Mistry who was awarded first place for  ‘The Chase’  – a creative idea and an excellent monochrome conversion;  Avril Candler’s ‘Smoke Signals’ was second and Dave Martin’s ‘Vortex 2’ third.  Highly commended were Avril’s ‘Tree Feller’, Dave’s ‘Splash’ , Judy Buckley-Sharp’s ‘At the Window’, YC Wei’s ‘Graffiti’ and Peter Polkinghorne’s ‘People Moving’.  Commended were Judith Gimber’s Junior Watchman’, Alan Colegrave’s ‘Hannah Times Three’ and his ‘Taking a Dip’.

Montage Winner The Chase by Sanjay Mistry

The Open competition congratulations go to Dave Martin for his winning image ‘Spring Blossom Ikebana’ – a beautiful image perfectly captured;  ‘Chinese Lanterns’ by John Draper was second and ‘Love is in the Air’ by Judith Gimber, third.  Five images were highly commended: Avril’s ‘Angry Hummingbird’, Sanjay’s ‘ Making the Cut SQ’, John’s ‘Poppies’, Peter Keeble’s ‘Reflections of Vermeer’ and ‘Trees of Frost’ by Peter Polkinghorne. Commended were John’s ‘French Mastiff’, Judith’s ‘Hole in One’ and Trevor Alexander’s ‘Riverside Cottage’.

Open Winner Spring Blossom Ikebana by Dave Martin

Many thanks again to Diane for her excellent judging –  good points and suggested improvements delivered in a helpful and gentle way!  Thanks to everyone who entered and who supported the evening.  All the images will be on view on Facebook.

Next week we return to Hatch End for a Members’ Evening:  People pictures with Judy Buckley-Sharp and Alan Colegrave.  We look forward to seeing you there.

In the meantime have a good week.