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January 2018 PDI Competition
On January 18 2018 we welcomed back John Fletcher CPAGB from Longridge to judge our PDI Competition.
As a result of their success at our competitions in 2017 several members have progressed to a higher level within our competitions and face fresh challenges in the month ahead. We wish them every success and good luck in our competitions for 2018.
There were 17 entries for the Club lever and after a run through John commented on them and held three images back. These were “Central Pier, Blackpool” by Adam Hutchinson and “Mini Cup Cakes” by Claire Taylor, both of which John awarded 19 points. To the final held image, “Manchester Natural History Museum” by Stephen McDonald, John gave the full 20 points
“Manchester Natural History Museum” by Stephen McDonald
The 30 images from members of our Intermediate Group were shown next, and John commented and scored all but two of them. The two held images were “Nuts Whole Hazel Nuts” and “Harvest Mouse Scales”, both by Mick Stone. John gave 19 points to “Nuts Whole Hazel Nuts” and the full twenty points to “Harvest Mouse Scales”.
“Harvest Mouse Scales” by Mick Stone
The Advanced Group PDI were shown next and of the 26 images John held four of them. “Solitary” by John Durkin and “Dipper with Caddisfly Larvae” by Richard Towell both received 19 points, while “Tomboy” by Alan Bromiley and “Male and Female Kingfisher” by Blake Wardle both scored 20 points.
“Tomboy” by Alan Bromiley
“Male and Female Kingfisher” by Blake Wardle
Our congratulations to these members and our thanks to John Fletcher for his constructive and helpful comments.
The score sheets can be found by opening the attachments below.
 Advanced Group Score Sheet | [ ] | 338 kB |
| Intermediate Group Score Sheet | [ ] | 341 kB |
| Club Level Score Sheet | [ ] | 335 kB |
Days Out Competition 2017
We enjoyed eleven days out during 2017, and images taken during any of these are eligible to be entered in our Day Out Competition, which took place on 4 January 2018. We were delighted to welcome back Dave Bibby from North Fylde Camera Club to be our judge for the 12 prints and 23 PDIs.
For this competition we require one print and one PDI to be the top scorer, as the winning authors will be presented with a trophy at our presentation evening. The prints were shown first, and after a run through Dave awarded 18 points and third place to “Ironbridge” by Ken Tebay, and “”Tea for Two” by Dave Liggett came second with 19 points. The eventual winner in the print section was “Inside Victoria Halls” by Gordon Hartley.
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“Inside Victoria Halls” by Gordon Hartley.
The PDI were presented to Judge Dave, and he held back eight of them for further consideration. “Putting on the Power” by Alan Bromiley and “Beetlejuice” by Frank Green both were awarded 18 points. Dave awarded 19 points to “Old Enemies” by Don Isherwood, and gave the full 20 points to “Peaky Blinder” by Alan Bromiley.
“Peaky Blinder” by Alan Bromiley.
We thank Dave Bibby for his comments and scoring.
The full list of images can be seen by clicking on the link below.
| PDI Score Sheet | [ ] | 26 kB |
| Prints Score Sheet | [ ] | 11 kB |
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