Many thanks to Paul for judging our two competitions last night.  It was a bumper task with almost seventy images which Paul managed admirably giving every image a considered and helpful critique.

Open:  First place went to Avril Candler for ‘Emperor Tamarin in Steamy Clime’ ;  Dave Martin’s ‘Raindrops on Tulip’ was second and ‘The Platform Bond Street’ by Trevor Alexander was third.  Highly Commended were Trevor’s ‘ Canary Wharf Reflected’ and ‘Look Up’ by Peter Polkinghorne;  Peter’s ‘Hazel Catkin’ and Dave’s ‘Snakeshead Fritillary 2 ‘ were Commended.  Congratulations to them all.

Winning Open Image by Avril Candler

Portrait & People:  First place went to Judith Gimber for “The Bookworms Frugal Muse”, second was Judith’s ‘God Rest The Queen’ and Sanjay Mistry’s ‘Brenden’ third.  Highly Commended were awarded to Judith for ‘Laying Down The Law’ and ‘Scottish Fashionista’ and Peter Keeble for ‘He Stoppeth One of Three’ and Alan Colegrave for ‘One Wet Wetneck’.  Three Commended awards went to YC Wei for ‘Backstage’ and to Avril for ‘Mariana’ and ‘Tree Feller’.  Congratulations all.

Winning Portrait & People Image                           by Judith Gimber

Once again many thanks to Paul and to everyone who entered the competitions – so many images nearly made the cut in both competitions and all the images will be on view in our Facebook page.  Thanks too to everyone who supported the evening.

Next week we have a Members’ Evening on the subject of ‘Photographing Strangers’ – it promises to be an interesting and thought-provoking session.

In the meantime stay safe and well.

Last night’s well supported competitions were judged by Alan Copeland from Whitchurch Hill (Pangbourne) Camera Club.  Our definition of ‘Landscape’ is  ‘images depicting the external environment and including, either singly or in any combination, the elements of land, water and sky. Other elements may be included but must not be the principal subject’.   Open means anything that is not ‘landscape’;  Alan’s critiques were based on these definitions.

Landscape: Congratulations to Trevor Alexander for his winning image of ‘Cliveden Parterre’,  Judith Gimber’s ‘Gale Force’ was second and Avril Candler’s ‘Vancouver Island Sunset’ third.  Highly commended wee ‘Basalt’ by Ron Churchill, ‘Bluebell Woods’ and ‘Hunstanton Cliffs’ by Dave Martin and ‘Dawn After Light Snow’ by YC Wei.  Commended were ‘Farmsteads’ and ‘View From old Man of Storr’ by Peter Keeble and ‘The Road From Leh to Manily, India’ by Alan Colegrave.  Very different ‘takes’ on this specialist subject.

Winning Landscape by Trevor Alexander

Open:  With a vast array of subject matter Alan awarded first place to Alan Graham for his ‘Gatekeeper on Petunia’  – many congratulations to him.  Avril Candler’s ‘Long Wait for a Nibble’ was second and Alan Colegrave’s ‘Some Water on the Tough Guy Race’ third. Five images were highly commended:  ‘Corn Snake’ by Dave Martin, ‘Horned Treehopper’ by Peter Elton, ‘Spotted Woodpecker on High Alert’ by Judith Gimber and ‘Market Trader Uzbejustan’ and ‘The Pterified Trees of Deadvlei’ by Alan Colegravee.  Alan also commended three images – ‘Confrontation with an Ostrich’ by Avril, ‘Starling’ by Dave Martin and Peter Elton’s ‘Meadow Pipit with Food’ and ‘The Old Mill Cenarth’.

Many thanks to Alan Copeland for his erudite judging and thanks to everyone who supported the evening.

All our competition entries may be seen on our Facebook page.

Next week we are hosting a Chilterns Association of Camera Clubs (CACC) Rosebowl round over Zoom.  A great opportunity to see work from competing clubs Croxley, Field End and Oxford.

Have a good week and stay dry!