3rd February
The Gary Jenkins Memorial Trophy for Macro and close up Competition was held via zoom on the 3rd February. Gary Jenkins was an award winning & experienced photographer, specialising in macro /close up images as well as all forms of wildlife. He was a valued member of the club serving on the committee and sharing his skills and knowledge of wildlife and photography. This competition is our way of remembering him .
With 43 images entered Johnnie Rogers from Newport, Gwent was tasked with critiquing and scoring . Johnnie is very experienced with this genre of photography, as well as having a superb knowledge of the wildlife presented before him . All manner of subjects were entered from dragonflies to gannets, frost to butterflies and even an ironman cyclist !
He commended 7 images from Dave Lewis, Cheryl Hewitt (2), Dave Bolton (2) and Nicky Rhodes (2).
Six images were highly commended from Paul Richards (2) Johne Whitehurst (2) and Liz Wallis (2).
The Gold award was given to Liz Wallis for her “Mating Common Darters” entry.
The Silver award was won by Paul Richards with his “Mating Banded Demoiselles” and he also won the Bronze for “Under the Clover”
All three were stunning quality images, as were the runners up .
Next week, on the 10th February, we have Mike Bennett with his presentation ‘Capture the Moment”. This covers Street, Documentary, Projects and Creative …..something for everyone.
With 43 images entered Johnnie Rogers from Newport, Gwent was tasked with critiquing and scoring . Johnnie is very experienced with this genre of photography, as well as having a superb knowledge of the wildlife presented before him . All manner of subjects were entered from dragonflies to gannets, frost to butterflies and even an ironman cyclist !
He commended 7 images from Dave Lewis, Cheryl Hewitt (2), Dave Bolton (2) and Nicky Rhodes (2).
Six images were highly commended from Paul Richards (2) Johne Whitehurst (2) and Liz Wallis (2).
The Gold award was given to Liz Wallis for her “Mating Common Darters” entry.
The Silver award was won by Paul Richards with his “Mating Banded Demoiselles” and he also won the Bronze for “Under the Clover”
All three were stunning quality images, as were the runners up .
Next week, on the 10th February, we have Mike Bennett with his presentation ‘Capture the Moment”. This covers Street, Documentary, Projects and Creative …..something for everyone.