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Print Competition October 2017
The fifth and final round of this year’s print competitions took place on Thursday 18 October 2017 with guest judge Anthony Pioli FRPS FBPE making a very welcome return to our Club.
Tony said at the start that he would give more comments and helpful advice to the prints from members of the Club Level as he generally finds that the inexperienced and newer members need more encouragement than members in the more experienced groups.
The Club Level prints were first to be shown and after a run through of the 18 prints Tony did indeed give very helpful and constructive comments on all of these prints. He held back five he considered to be the best from this group, awarding top marks to three of them. These were “Emily” by David Miller, “Evening Sun on Coniston Jetty” by Derek Ainsworth, and “Victoria Hall, Bolton” by Dave Liggett.
“Emily” by David Miller “Evening Sun on Coniston Jetty” by Derek Ainsworth
“Victoria Hall, Bolton” by Dave Liggett.
The 27 Intermediate Prints were next, and after more helpful advice and comments, Tony held back seven, saying these were all very good images. He awarded the full 20 points to both “Bamburgh Castle” by John Durkin, and “Male Red Grouse” by Mick Stone.
“Bamburgh Castle” by John Durkin “Male Red Grouse” by Mick Stone.
The 17 Advanced Prints were last to be seen, and Tony was extremely impressed with the very high standard of these prints. This was reflected in his scoring, was very close and Tony admitted he had to be very picky and look for small details to separate them. He held seven of them for further consideration, giving top points to four of them. These were “Great Crested Grebe Feeding Young” by Richard Towell, “On the Way Home” by David Hawkins, “Scaleber Force” by Peter Thomasson and “The Black Cuillins from Elgol, Skye” by Mike Williamson.
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“Great Crested Grebe Feeding Young” by Richard Towell |
“On the Way Home” by David Hawkins | |
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| “Scaleber Force” by Peter Thomasson | “The Black Cuillins from Elgol, Skye” by Mike Williamson |
Our thanks to Tony for giving us the benefit of his insight and detailed comments throughout this competition.
The scores and titles can be seen on the pdf attachment below.
 Cumulative Score Sheet Club Level | [ ] | 188 kB |
| Cumulative Score Sheet Intermediate | [ ] | 191 kB |
| Cumulative Score Sheet Advanced | [ ] | 184 kB |
| Club Level Score Sheet | [ ] | 188 kB |
| Intermediate Score Sheet | [ ] | 189 kB |
| Advanced Group Score Sheet | [ ] | 180 kB |
Geoff Davies Mono Print Competition 2017
Our annual competition in memory of Geoff Davies, a Past President of this club and highly esteemed local photographer, was held on 12 October 2017. We were delighted to welcome Geoff’s widow Betty back to the club to join us at this competition.
We welcomed Alf Myers from Preston PS to judge the 30 mono prints all on the topic of Street Photography in honour of Geoff. As Alf specialises in mono street photography images we were keen to hear his views and comments.
During the initial run through Alf gave us his observations and the story as he saw it for each print. Alf was impressed with the wide range of different styles and said that several of the prints were very good. He looks for prints that show the environment and man’s touch, and he said the narrative, emotion, and story the print is trying to convey is more important than technique for street photography.
After giving his comments and views, Alf had held back 8 prints for further consideration. He explained that these in particular had a very good story, and something about each of them jumped out at him, catching his attention. Three of these held prints were awarded 18 points, and these were “A Secret Glance” by Brian White, “Love Birds” by Mike Hesp, and “Protest and Survive” by Don Isherwood.
A further three were awarded 19 points, namely “Cafe Conversation” by David Barker, "Facebook Friends” by Alan Bromiley, and “St. Mungo, Patron Saint of the Homeless” also by Alan Bromiley.
That left two prints that Alf said were both highly commendable and he awarded them both the full 20 points. They were “Manchester Bombing” by Ian Walker and “No Givers” by David Hawkins. Alf was aware that this competition must have just one winner (as a trophy is awarded at a later date), and he confirmed the overall winner was “Manchester Bombing” by Ian Walker.
“Manchester Bombing” by Ian Walker
“No Givers” by David Hawkins
Our thanks to Alf Myers for his very interesting, helpful, and informative comments, and our congratulations to Ian and David. This is the third year we have held this competition, and the third time Ian has won it - very well done Ian!
The titles, authors, and scores can be seen on the pdf file below.
| Geoff Davies Competition Score Sheet | [ ] | 187 kB |
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