Carmarthen 4 Way Battle
On Thursday 9th March Tenby and District Camera Club members travelled to the Carmarthen Indoor Bowling club where Carmarthen Photographic Society held a club 4 way battle. This battle entails each club submitting 10 digital images to be judged.
The competing clubs were the hosts Carmarthen, Cardigan, New Quay and Tenby and District Camera Club. Kevin Thomas, MA, FRPS is a member of Gwynfa Camera Club and was the judge for the evening. Kevin became interested in photography in the late 60’s and his hobby soon became his job, being a dark room technician and then an assistant photographer at the National Museum in Cardiff.
Kevin gave each image his critique, telling the audience that in these battle competitions the composition needs to jump out at you and photographers should look at the composition from low view points, crop as necessary to focus attention on the main body of the image and that with Natural History images it is important that the photographer knows his or her subject allowing you to focus on the important details.
At the interval with 5 images shown Tenby were in the lead with New Quay in second place. Following a very enjoyable buffet Kevin continued his judging again giving a comment to each image. Kevin awarded three maeks of 20 points, all to TCC, during the evening. Tenby and District Camera Club came out as clear winners with 183 points, 2nd place New Quay with 168 points and joint third Cardigan and Carmarthen with 164 points.
Thank you to Carmarthen Photographic Society for an enjoyable evening.
Below are the three images that scored 20 points.
The competing clubs were the hosts Carmarthen, Cardigan, New Quay and Tenby and District Camera Club. Kevin Thomas, MA, FRPS is a member of Gwynfa Camera Club and was the judge for the evening. Kevin became interested in photography in the late 60’s and his hobby soon became his job, being a dark room technician and then an assistant photographer at the National Museum in Cardiff.
Kevin gave each image his critique, telling the audience that in these battle competitions the composition needs to jump out at you and photographers should look at the composition from low view points, crop as necessary to focus attention on the main body of the image and that with Natural History images it is important that the photographer knows his or her subject allowing you to focus on the important details.
At the interval with 5 images shown Tenby were in the lead with New Quay in second place. Following a very enjoyable buffet Kevin continued his judging again giving a comment to each image. Kevin awarded three maeks of 20 points, all to TCC, during the evening. Tenby and District Camera Club came out as clear winners with 183 points, 2nd place New Quay with 168 points and joint third Cardigan and Carmarthen with 164 points.
Thank you to Carmarthen Photographic Society for an enjoyable evening.
Below are the three images that scored 20 points.