Tuesday 3 December Interclub Competition Round two

 On Tuesday we welcomed Kings Lynn and North Norfolk camera clubs for the second round of the inter club competition.  It was good to see some familiar faces and new ones. We also welcomed David Steel to judge the competition.

A look at David’s web site shows that he works in a wide range of genre but has a particular interest in people photography. 

David explained that he would be extra critical to try and separate the clubs and would be expecting that extra something from the authors.

There was a wide variety of images both in print and DPI.

When critiquing the images, he commented first about the positives and offered simple suggestions such as choosing the correct paper to suit the image or making sure that the mount fitted correctly over the image.

The standard was very high from all three clubs and David held back several images from both print and DPI.  These images were given scores  between 18 to 20.

A big thank you to Robin Orrow our competition secretary for displaying the images on the screen and keeping the score for all three clubs.

Here are the competition results:

Tuesday 26 November Competition Print round 1 Theme: Open

 On Tuesday we welcomed Paul Radden to judge our first print competition of the season. 

Paul has been a judge for over twenty years and has many awards to his name.

Paul likes to have interaction with his audience. A perfect way to ensure that the audience is listening.

He also explained what he looks for when judging an image: stunning composition, superb exposure and oomph.

Paul gave each image a considerable amount of time when critiquing them. He looked for a story line and how the author used the light that was available.  He mentioned about using the depth of field to make the image sharper.

He gave tips such as changing position and looking for different angles before pressing the shutter button. Another very valuable tip was to print the image, put it away for a few days or a week then revisit it, and even hanging it upside down.

He held back five images in the advance group. Three received the top score of 20.

Here are the top scoring image.

Members:

SENTINELS by Sue Baldwin (20)

SNOOZING by Sue Baldwin (19)

Advance Members:

SNOW BUNTING WITH INSECT by Dawn Osborn (19)

                                 GOLDEN PLOVER by Dawn Osborn (20)

                            GREY WOLF ALPHA MALE by Robin Orrow (20)

                                         VICTORIA by Carol Martin (20)