16th January
The 16th January saw the inaugural Macro and Closeup Competition with the Gary Jenkins Memorial Trophy being the sought after prize.
In January 2019 ,Tenby Camera Club members were very saddened with the loss of the valued and liked member, Gary Jenkins . It was decided to have a Memorial Competition in his name, with the choice of subject matter being easy, as Gary was a master of close ups of wildlife.
We were then extremely fortunate to have judge this new competition Dr Julian Cremona . Julian had visited the club on several occasions to give talks on macro techniques, flora & fauna from around the world. It was felt he would be perfect to critique and comment on all the entries . The criteria he used to identify the best images was simple, 1. Sharpness, 2, the difficulty in capturing the image, 3. Depth of field, and 4. Composition.
In the prints section the subjects ranged from insects to creative droplets. The winner was Ray Hornett scoring 19 points with a “Broad bodied Chaser on gravel”. In second place was John Whitehurst with 18 points for his image “Short winged Conehead”. In third place with 18 points was Gary Mayhew and “Droplet explosion”.
In the digital section there were more images to judge, 22 in all. Insects dominated the subject matter but the winning Image by Lizzie Wallis was a bird close up “Gannet Detail” scoring 20 points. In second place was Cheryl Hewitt, scoring 20 points with “Poppy Pollination” and in third also scoring 20 points , Paul Richards and “Norfolk Hawker” .
The overall choice from both sections to win the Inaugural Gary Jenkins Trophy was Lizzie Wallis. A worthy winner.
Many thanks were given to Julian for his constructive and forthright comments from which members would be able to learn and develop further skills and techniques in this difficult field of photography.
The next meeting on the 23rd of January we have our own Chris Warren showing us his presentation on Long exposure and Twilight. Guests welcome .
In January 2019 ,Tenby Camera Club members were very saddened with the loss of the valued and liked member, Gary Jenkins . It was decided to have a Memorial Competition in his name, with the choice of subject matter being easy, as Gary was a master of close ups of wildlife.
We were then extremely fortunate to have judge this new competition Dr Julian Cremona . Julian had visited the club on several occasions to give talks on macro techniques, flora & fauna from around the world. It was felt he would be perfect to critique and comment on all the entries . The criteria he used to identify the best images was simple, 1. Sharpness, 2, the difficulty in capturing the image, 3. Depth of field, and 4. Composition.
In the prints section the subjects ranged from insects to creative droplets. The winner was Ray Hornett scoring 19 points with a “Broad bodied Chaser on gravel”. In second place was John Whitehurst with 18 points for his image “Short winged Conehead”. In third place with 18 points was Gary Mayhew and “Droplet explosion”.
In the digital section there were more images to judge, 22 in all. Insects dominated the subject matter but the winning Image by Lizzie Wallis was a bird close up “Gannet Detail” scoring 20 points. In second place was Cheryl Hewitt, scoring 20 points with “Poppy Pollination” and in third also scoring 20 points , Paul Richards and “Norfolk Hawker” .
The overall choice from both sections to win the Inaugural Gary Jenkins Trophy was Lizzie Wallis. A worthy winner.
Many thanks were given to Julian for his constructive and forthright comments from which members would be able to learn and develop further skills and techniques in this difficult field of photography.
The next meeting on the 23rd of January we have our own Chris Warren showing us his presentation on Long exposure and Twilight. Guests welcome .