30th APRIL
With Lockdown still in place, the final club competition for this season was held completely digitally with the results posted on the club Facebook page.
The competition is to find the best of all the placed winning entries from all the competitions throughout the current season. As you can imagine the standard is exceptionally high, covering all genres. The judge performing the difficult task of picking out the best of the best was Leigh Woolford . Leigh is well placed to judge this standard of work as he is a very well qualified and an experienced camera club circuit judge.
All the top three placed winning prints were submitted to Leigh as digitals. This is not the normal procedure but the only way the competition could proceed.
There were 25 images from 13 photographers to be perused over . These were the winners of all the competitions including Landscapes, Creative, Mono, Nature, Macro (Gary Jenkins Memorial Trophy) and three Open. A stunning selection of quality photographic work.
Three images were Highly Commended, all scoring 19 points , they were Church Doors by Dave Marriott, Woodpecker on top of tree by Charlie Kidd and Clinging on by Roy Peters.
Gill Mackay was awarded second & third places with 20 points each. They were Quiet Moment getting third & second with Going Down, both being Street Photography which is a difficult genre to perfect .
The prestigious top print of the year was awarded to Dylan Harries. His “Daily Commute in India” image depicting two young lads on a speeding bike set in rural India , was awarded 20 points . This was a well captured travel/street style image capturing the connection between the boys and the photographer. A worthy winner .
The digitals, consisting of 27 images from 13 photographers & also like the prints, covered the full range of genres . Again the standard was exceptional, making critique & scoring difficult for Leigh.
Three images, each scoring 20 points, were Highly Commended. They were Liz Wallis and her Mountain Hare feeding on Heather , Dave Bolton and Extreme Mud Running and Charlie Kidd with Winchat with Grub .
In third place was Jo Wakeman scoring 20 points and an exquisite Long eared Owl in flight.
In second place was Liz Wallis, also scoring 20 points with The Quilt Maker . A super travel portrait of a craftswoman, capturing beautiful expression and colours.
The champion of the digitals was Charlie Kidd, scoring 20 points, with Sparrow hawk enjoying prey . A striking capture of this beautiful bird, with great feather detail, subtle toned background and a story to tell. A commendable winner amongst superlative images .
It is sad that this was the last programmed Competition of the season. Many thanks should go to our Internal Programme Secretary, Dave Marriott, for his organisation of all the competitions held this season.
Now that all the competitions have been scored, we have another award to be announced, that is the Photographer of the Year. This is the pinnacle of the achievements sought by the competitive members . This trophy is given to the photographer who has gained the most points throughout the 2019/2020 season. This is a significant award because the photographer who wins has to be accomplished across all the genres of photography . Charlie Kidd is proficient and skilled at his craft. A well deserved accolade for an experienced, helpful and active club member.
We are hoping that some normality will prevail when Tenby Camera Club resumes in September .
Club Members would like to wish everyone who follows the club’s activities in the press, on Facebook & on our website a safe & healthy summer.
The competition is to find the best of all the placed winning entries from all the competitions throughout the current season. As you can imagine the standard is exceptionally high, covering all genres. The judge performing the difficult task of picking out the best of the best was Leigh Woolford . Leigh is well placed to judge this standard of work as he is a very well qualified and an experienced camera club circuit judge.
All the top three placed winning prints were submitted to Leigh as digitals. This is not the normal procedure but the only way the competition could proceed.
There were 25 images from 13 photographers to be perused over . These were the winners of all the competitions including Landscapes, Creative, Mono, Nature, Macro (Gary Jenkins Memorial Trophy) and three Open. A stunning selection of quality photographic work.
Three images were Highly Commended, all scoring 19 points , they were Church Doors by Dave Marriott, Woodpecker on top of tree by Charlie Kidd and Clinging on by Roy Peters.
Gill Mackay was awarded second & third places with 20 points each. They were Quiet Moment getting third & second with Going Down, both being Street Photography which is a difficult genre to perfect .
The prestigious top print of the year was awarded to Dylan Harries. His “Daily Commute in India” image depicting two young lads on a speeding bike set in rural India , was awarded 20 points . This was a well captured travel/street style image capturing the connection between the boys and the photographer. A worthy winner .
The digitals, consisting of 27 images from 13 photographers & also like the prints, covered the full range of genres . Again the standard was exceptional, making critique & scoring difficult for Leigh.
Three images, each scoring 20 points, were Highly Commended. They were Liz Wallis and her Mountain Hare feeding on Heather , Dave Bolton and Extreme Mud Running and Charlie Kidd with Winchat with Grub .
In third place was Jo Wakeman scoring 20 points and an exquisite Long eared Owl in flight.
In second place was Liz Wallis, also scoring 20 points with The Quilt Maker . A super travel portrait of a craftswoman, capturing beautiful expression and colours.
The champion of the digitals was Charlie Kidd, scoring 20 points, with Sparrow hawk enjoying prey . A striking capture of this beautiful bird, with great feather detail, subtle toned background and a story to tell. A commendable winner amongst superlative images .
It is sad that this was the last programmed Competition of the season. Many thanks should go to our Internal Programme Secretary, Dave Marriott, for his organisation of all the competitions held this season.
Now that all the competitions have been scored, we have another award to be announced, that is the Photographer of the Year. This is the pinnacle of the achievements sought by the competitive members . This trophy is given to the photographer who has gained the most points throughout the 2019/2020 season. This is a significant award because the photographer who wins has to be accomplished across all the genres of photography . Charlie Kidd is proficient and skilled at his craft. A well deserved accolade for an experienced, helpful and active club member.
We are hoping that some normality will prevail when Tenby Camera Club resumes in September .
Club Members would like to wish everyone who follows the club’s activities in the press, on Facebook & on our website a safe & healthy summer.