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Open Print Competition, April 2022
On Thursday 21 April we held the second round of our print competition, and invited John Howard to be the judge.
John has been a judge for many years in the Southern Counties area as he formally lived in Devon, but he currently lives in Oldham. After a run through, he gave each print the score he felt it deserved.
Our Club Level section was first to be presented, and John awarded two prints 19 points. They were “The Singer” and “Bee Eater” both by Yvonne Casselli.
Out Intermediate group were next, and John awarded 17 points to “Receding Glacier” by Sheila Wicks and to “Pylons - Iceland” by David Barker.
To the final section by our Advanced Group John awarded 6 prints the full 20 points. These were “Morning Mist, Badachro Bay” by Mike Williamson, “Tawny Owl in Flight” by Richard Towell, “Kingfisher Rising” by Richard Towell, “Seed of Hope” by Pete Corser, “Bellowing Red Deer Stag” by Brian White, and “Red Fox” by Mick Stone.
Here are the digital versions of the prints that scored 20 points:
“Morning Mist, Badachro Bay” by Mike Williamson, “Seed of Hope” by Pete Corser
“Bellowing Red Deer Stag” by Brian White “Kingfisher Rising” by Richard Towell
“Tawny Owl in Flight” by Richard Towell “Red Fox” by Mick Stone
Our congratulations to these members, and our thanks to John Hawkins, who said all the prints in this competition were the best sets of prints he had seen in a long while.
All the scores and leader boards can be seen by clicking on the relevant pdf link below.
 Advanced Level Print Score Sheet | [ ] | 255 kB |
| Advanced Level Print Leader Board | [ ] | 355 kB |
| Intermediate Level Print Score Sheet | [ ] | 169 kB |
| Intermediate Level Print Leader Board | [ ] | 166 kB |
| Club Level Print Score Sheet | [ ] | 239 kB |
| Club Level Print Leader Board | [ ] | 168 kB |
Theme Competition, "Rust" March 2022
Our first Theme competition of 2022 took place on Thursday 31st March. The theme was “Rust” and it was judged by Daryl Giles from St. Annes Photographic Society.
There were 11 prints, and these were shown first. After the initial run through, Daryl gave his constructive and helpful comments and scores, holding back four for further review. He awarded the full 20 points to “Rust – Shapes and Textures” by Richard Towell.
“Rust – Shapes and Textures” by Richard Towell
The 40 PDI were shown next, and Daryl awarded the full twenty points to two images as he could not separate them, they were “Sea Otter R.A.6 - R.I.P” by Mike Williamson and “We Buy Any Car” by Pete Corser.
“Sea Otter R.A.6 - R.I.P” by Mike Williamson
“We Buy Any Car” by Pete Corser
Our thanks to Daryl for his judging, and our congratulations to the winners.
The score sheets and the leader board can be viewed by clicking on the PDF attachments below
| Themed Competitions Leader Board | [ ] | 242 kB |
| Print Score Sheet "Rust" | [ ] | 179 kB |
| PDI score sheet "Rust" | [ ] | 246 kB |
A photograph taken by one of our members
