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2019 Projected Digital Image Competition
PDI Open Competition No 1 January 2019
On Thursday 21st January 2019 the club held its first competition of the year.
On this occassion members were invited to enter images in Projected Digital Image (PDI) format for their Advanced, Intermediate, or Club Level of membership competition status.
The judge for this event was Rob Hockney who is a photographer of high regard and qualifications, who with his comments and thought provoking advice on images keeps his audience engaged.
The competition is in 3 parts with the Club Level images being displayed first. In this level our judge awarded 2 images the top score of 20 points and these were;
"Two Boats on Loch Rusky" by Margaret Irwin "Three Boats on Loch Rusky" by Margaret Irwin
In the Intermediate Level of competition the judge awarded 3 images the top mark of 20 points, and these were;
"Magnet Fishing" by Chris Evans
"Castlerigg" by Dave Bell "Iron Man" by Ken Tebay
The final competition of the evening was for the Advanced Level of members and the judge awarded 4 images the top mark of 20 points, and these were;
"Great Crested Grebes Courting" by Richard Towell "Foggy Evening on Rydal Water" by John Durkin
"Steetley Pier" by Phil Durkin "Passion Flower" by Peter Thomasson
2018 Days Out Competition
2018 Days Out Competition
On Thursday 3rd January the club held its first competition of the year which was for members who attended the clubs days out and/or weekend away.
The Clubs Annual Weekend away in 2018 was in Hull and members took photographs in and around the city.
Club Days Out were at events in Manchester, Oulton Park, Bolton Food Festival, Bury 1940s weekend, and quite a few other local events.
The images for this competition could be in Print format or Projected Digital Image (PDI) format as there was a trophy to be won for each format.
Our judge for the evening was Mike Stanley who also treated us to tales of his experiences in photographic film processing establishments.
Entries for both competition formats were of an excellent standard but Mike awarded First Place to
"Last Dance before you leave" by Derek Ainsworth
The Projected Digital Image awarded First Place was to
"The Spiv" by Derek Ainsworth
Congratulations to Derek Ainsworth in winning both competitions
 2018 Club Days Out Competition Results.pdf | [ ] | 8 kB |
| Days Out Print Score Sheet.pdf | [ ] | 413 kB |
A photograph taken by one of our members
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