21sts March: Annual Projected Sets judged by David Gibbins ARPS APAGB EFIAP/b BPE5* CPAGB AV

This competition, unlike most, is not anonymous;  photographers are invited to give a brief commentary about their images before hearing the critique from the judge.   Grateful thanks to David for judging our sets of up to eight images last night.  He appreciated hearing from each of us and his critiques were erudite, helpful and kindly delivered.

Congratulations to John Draper for winning (and retaining!) the Trophy with ‘Kings Cross Regeneration’.  Trevor Alexander came second with ‘The Elizabeth Line’ and Judith Gimber’s ‘Male Ruffs Displaying’ third.  Peter Polkinghorne’s ‘Camargue Nets’ was highly commended.  Three sets were commended and these were ‘Smoke Signals at Dawn’ by Avril Candler, ‘Street Windows’ by Sanjay Mistry and ‘Tough Guy Race’ by Alan Colegrave.

 

Projected Sets Winner by John Draper

Many thanks to everyone who entered the competition and very special thanks again to David Gibbins for making the evening so enjoyable.

Next week we are back in the Guide Hall, Hatch End for a print competition which will be judged by Chris Drury LRPS.  Our meeting time is 8.15 for 8.30pm.  although we advise arriving earlier to secure a space in the car park!

In the meantime, have a good week and head over to Facebook to view some of the other projected sets.

 

14th March: Quiz Night, with Alan and Jenn Graham

Many thanks to Alan and Jenn for a thoroughly enjoyable evening.  We appreciate the hard work, time and effort that went into the questions and hosting the event over Zoom.

Congratulations to team Peter Polkinghorne.  Thanks to everyone who joined in the fun and special thanks to our family and friends guest quizzers.

Next week we are back on Zoom for our annual competition – Sets of Projected Images which will be judged by David Gibbins ARPS APAGB EFIAP/b BPE5* CPAGB/AV.

In the meantime, have a good week.

 

7th March: Open and Projected of the Year Competitions, judged by Terry Hewitt

Many thanks to Terry Hewitt from Stockport PS for judging our Open and Projected of the Year competitions this evening.  Terry’s critiques were constructive and kindly delivered which made for an informative and very enjoyable evening.

The Open section was won by John Draper with ‘The Jump’,  Avril Candler’s ‘The Fly’ was second and Dave Martin’s ‘Fruit Cocktail’ third.  Terry awarded eight images highly commended and nine images were commended.   Congratulations all.   These and all the entries may be seen on Facebook.

Open Winning Image by John Draper

 

The Projected Image of the Year was won by Alan Colegrave for ‘Some Water on the Tough Guy Race’, Alan Graham’s ‘Gatekeeper on Petunia’ was second and Avril Candler’s ‘Emperor Tamarin in  Steamy Clime’ was third.  John Draper’s ‘New Arrival’ and Judith Gimber’s ‘Bookworm’s Frugal Muse’ were highly commended.  Peter Polkinghorne’s ‘A World of Her Own’, YC Wei’s ‘Big Ben’ and Ron Churchill’s ‘Queue II were all commended.  Congratulations to them all.

Winning Projected of the Year by Alan Colegrave

Thanks to everyone who entered the competitions and came along to support the evening.  Special thanks to Terry for his excellent judging.

All the images are on Facebook.

Next week we have our Members Only Quiz Night over Zoom, with thanks to Quizmasters Alan and Jenn Graham.

On the 21st March we have our annual Set of Seven competition which will be judged by David Gibbins ARPS APAGB EFIAP/b BEPE5* CPAGB AV.

Have a good fortnight and stay warm.