Tuesday 23rd April – Macro/Close-up PDI Competition

It was good to welcome an "old" friend to be our judge tonight, namely Roy Essery, MPAGB, who had travelled up from Colchester.
There were 15 images in the Members class and 49 in the Members Advanced. 
Roy spent some time providing helpful critique on the images in Members group. Then after the break he had the difficult task of judging the Members Advanced images. He was very complimentary about the high standard and said it would be difficult to judge this category. None the less his comments along the way were constructive and helpful for all the audience.
Roy then awarded his judges' award, a box of Maltesers, to Christine Frost for her image entitled "Caught in the Web".

All the high scoring images are shown below.

Brimstone on Scabious by Liz Akers 20

Caught in the Web by Christine Frost 20

Drone Fly on Teasel by Christine Frost 20

False Oil Beetle by John Kerr 20

Golden Bloomed Grey Longhorn by Andy Lowe 20

Just Plane Leaves by Roy Scrivener 20

Northern Brown Argus by Maureen Campbell 20

Raft Spider on the Water by Robin Orrow 20

Raindrops on Alchemilla Mollis by Di Jackson 20

Small Asian Tree Frog by Jan Murphy 20

Wood White by Geoff Lingwood 20

Backlit Lenten Rose by Andy Caws 19

Cabbage White Butterfly by Caroline Tillett 19

Dew on Moss by Tim Leonard 19

Fly by Andy Caws 19

Key Notes by Sue Baldwin 19

Nigella Seedpod by Pam Rutty 19

Nut Allergy by Graham Frost 19