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2018 May Theme Competition No.2
2018 May Theme Competition No.2 "Macro / Close-Up"
On Thursday 24th May th eclub held its second themed competiton of the year with the theme being Macro or Close-Up photography.
There were quite an assortment of images entered and they were ably judged by Toni Pioli. Our judge Toni commented on each image as it was shown and as to what determined his score for that particular image that was being shown.
The competition is in 2 parts, Prints and Projected Digital Images, with all levels of club members competing together in one pot.
In the Print Competition the top mark of 20 points were awarded to 3 photographers, and they were:
"Clematis Seed Head" by Peter Maddock "Hoverfly" by Mike Williamson
" 3 1/4 mm " by Nina Thomasson
In the Projected Digital Image Competition top Maks of 20 points were awarded to 2 photographers;
"A Bee Does a Flower" by Jian Huang "Fuse from the Somme" by Stephen McDonald
 May Themed Print Score Form.pdf | [ ] | 28 kB |
| 2018 May Theme Competition No 2 Macro Results.pdf | [ ] | 71 kB |
| 2018 Leaderboards May .pdf | [ ] | 126 kB |
May 2018 Open PDI Competition
May 2018 Open PDI Competition
On Thursday 17th May the Club held its 3rd Open Projected Digital Image Competition of the year with our judge for the evening being Kenneth Geddes.
The competition has three levels of entry designated as Club, Intermediate and Advanced Levels.
In the Club Level Competition two images scored the maximum 20 points and these were:
"Two Elephants" by Isobel Prause "Busy Crossing" by Isobel Prause
In the Intermediate Level competition 3 images scored the maximum of 20 points.
"Girl on a Train" by Margaret Edwards
"Walk on the Snow Mountain" by Jian Huang "Cold Day at Blackpool" by John Morris
The Advanced Level of Competition also had three images scoring the maximum 20 points. They were:
"Partners in Crime" by Alan Bromiley "Wild Badger" by Ian Walker
"Golden Sunset" bt Peter Thomasson
| May 2018 Advanced PDI Competition Scores and Points.pdf | [ ] | 81 kB |
| May 2018 Intermediate PDI Competition Scores and Points.pdf | [ ] | 84 kB |
| May 2018 Club Level PDI Competition Scores and Points.pdf | [ ] | 84 kB |
| 2018 Leaderboards .pdf | [ ] | 116 kB |
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