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PDI Competition, September 2017
The fifth and final round of our PDI competitions this year took place on Thursday 21 September with guest judge Darrell Oakden DPAGB BPE3* EFIAP from Alsager Camera Club.
The 35 Club Level PDI were shown first, and Darrell gave us some insightful comments as he scored the images. He was very impressed with the overall quality of all the images, and he held back seven images. The full 20 points went to “Follow the Leader” by David Miller, which was “a very sharp and detailed image.”
“Follow the Leader” by David Miller
The 26 images from our Intermediate Group were next, and Darrell held seven back. After further consideration Darrell awarded top place to “Grim Reaper in the Loop” by Don Isherwood. He admitted this was the first time he had every judged an aeroplane image to be in top place.
“Grim Reaper in the Loop” by Don Isherwood.
The Advanced Group was last, and after a run through Darrell held six of them. He gave the full 20 points to “Bob, Manchester” by Ian Walker, praising this “powerful and very detailed image.”
“Bob, Manchester” by Ian Walker
Our thanks to Darrell for his very helpful and informed comments and scores.
All the details and scores can be seen on the relevant attachment below. The cumulative score sheets will also appear below as soon as they have been checked and verified.
 Cumulative Score Sheet Club Level | [ ] | 187 kB |
| Cumulative Score Sheets Intermediate PDI | [ ] | 187 kB |
| Cumulative Scores Advanced PDI | [ ] | 182 kB |
| Club level score Sheet | [ ] | 348 kB |
| Intermediate Score Sheet | [ ] | 241 kB |
| Advanced Score Sheet | [ ] | 239 kB |
August 2017 Print Competition
Thursday 17 August saw 71 prints entered in our monthly Open Print Competition with guest judge Bill Preston ARPS DPAGB BPE5 from Ellesmere Port PS.
Bill had the opportunity to see all the prints before each round and he said that all the prints are of a very high standard. This comment was backed up by the high proportion of prints that scored 18 points and above.
Our 20 Club level prints were shown first and Bill scored four of them 18 points, and six of them 19 points. The winner on 20 points was “The Wooden Cross” by Dave Liggett.
“The Wooden Cross” by Dave Liggett.
The 29 Intermediate Level prints were nest, and after a run through Bill awarded 7 of them 18 points. A further 13 scored 19 points and three scored the top marks of 20 points. These were “Grey Heron with Fish” by Pat Berry, “Vanitas Style” by John Morris and “XX 119” by Alan Bromiley.
“Grey Heron with Fish” by Pat Berry “Vanitas Style” by John Morris
“XX 119” by Alan Bromiley
The 22 Advanced group prints were shown last, and Bill gave 18 points to three of them, and 19 points to 8 more. The full 20 points was awarded to “Delphinium” by Peter Maddock, “Great Crested Grebe with Young” by Richard Towell, and “The Five Sisters of Kintail, Glenshiel” by Mike Williamson.
“Delphinium” by Peter Maddock “The Five Sisters of Kintail, Glenshiel” by Mike Williamson
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“Great Crested Grebe with Young” by Richard Towell
Our thanks to Bill for his helpful comments and scores, which can be seen by opening the pdf files below.
| Advanced Level Leader Board | [ ] | 180 kB |
| Intermediate Level Leader Board | [ ] | 186 kB |
| Club Level Leader Board | [ ] | 185 kB |
| Club Level Score Sheet | [ ] | 189 kB |
| Intermediate Group Score Sheet | [ ] | 191 kB |
| Advanced Group Score Sheet | [ ] | 186 kB |
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