Results of 2013 Phototrek Challenge

At last night’s meeting the results of the Club’s first Phototrek Challenge were announced accompanied by lots of applause and the odd boo and hiss!

The Phototrek Challenge is a portfolio competition for images taken in Norfolk over the summer months.  There were 12 different categories/themes for entrants to pick from.  Each portfolio consisted of 8 images from different categories.  The images in each category were projected and given a score from 1-5 by three judges which were totalled to give a score for each image.  The entrant with the highest score for their 8 images was declared our Phototrek Champion.

With a total of 108 points, the WDPC 2013 Phototrek Champion is Keith Mountford.  In second place with 96 points is Di Jackson closely followed by Caroline Tillett on 95 points.  Although this was a portfolio competition, it’s interesting to see that the top scoring images in each category came from 9 different photographers.

Well done to all 27 club members who took up the challenge and congratulations to Keith.  

Take a few moments to enjoy the top three portfolios and also images from other photographers which gained top scores in their categories.

Phototrek Champion Keith Mountford's winning portfolio

Animal/Bird by Keith Mountford

Architecture by Keith Mountford

Boats by Keith Mountford

Close Up by Keith Mountford

Flower by Keith Mountford

Landscape by Keith Mountford

Transport by Keith Mountford

Trees by Keith Mountford

2nd Place Portfolio by Di Jackson

Action by Di Jackson

Boats by Di Jackson

Close Up by Di Jackson

Flowers by Di Jackson

Landscape by Di Jackson

Lowlight by Di Jackson

Seascape by Di jackson

Trees by Di Jackson

3rd Place Portfolio by Caroline Tillett

Action by Caroline Tillett

Transport by Caroline Tillett

Animal/Bird by Caroline Tillett

Architecture by Caroline Tillett

Close Up by Caroline Tillett

Flowers by Caroline Tillett

Landscape by Caroline Tillett

Seascape by Caroline Tillett

The other images that top scored within their categories

Action by Jan Murphy

Architecture by Diana Graham

Architecture by Roy Scrivener

Norfolk Broads by Francesca Shearcroft

Close Up by Keith Sultano

Landscape by Jan Murphy

Transport by Roy Scrivener

Trees by Sarah Pymer

Sunday 7th July - East Anglian Trophy Trial

The last Event of the Season and what a scorcher it turned out to be!  Not only the high temperature but all the high action photography to capture - quite tricky, contrasty conditions with some of the action taking place in the surrounding woodlands.
Sarah quickly spotted our arrival and showed us round the site pointing out the different sections and possible good view points to capture some great images.  David Wilkin quickly spotted the essential ingredient to make his perfect day out... the bacon roll wagon!  Later reports confirmed that the rolls were "excellent".
It was amazing seeing riders of all ages, genders and skill levels attacking what seemed to be virtually impossible obstacles and terrain - some of us could barely keep our footing just walking the course!

Thanks again Sarah for inviting us to your Event.

Some images from the day are shown below.

by David Wilkin

by Andy Caws

by Geoff Lingwood

by Keith Mountford

by Caroline Tillett

by Andy Caws

by Di Jackson

by David Wilkin

by Geoff Lingwood

by Keith Mountford

by Caroline Tillett

by Di Jackson

by David Wilkin

by Keith Mountford

by Di Jackson

by David Wilkin

by Keith Mountford

by Di Jackson

by David Wilkin

by Keith Mountford

by Di Jackson

Tuesday 2 July - Focus On ... People

Last night’s Focus On … People session attracted 44 images showing people in many different ways.  Club members at the meeting voted for their favourite three images - it’s never an easy task.  Many images had an ‘aah’ factor, some featured people we knew, some were understated, others were ‘in your face’.  After three reviews of the images everyone had their 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites.  Just to remind you, images voted 1st by members get 3 points, those in 2nd get 2 points and those in 3rd get 1 point.  When all the votes were counted, just three points separated your favourite three images.

1st with 19 points TETE A TETE by Di Jackson

2nd with 18 points BE HAPPY by Robin Orrow

3rd with 17 points AFTER DARK by Andy Caws

4th with 12 points CHALLOIT by John Boekee

5th equal with 11 points DAVID BELLAMY by Roy Scrivener and SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES by David Wilkin

Scroll down to see these images.  Thank you to everyone who entered images and to those who voted on the night.

Our meeting also included an opportunity to see the RPS Creative Group’s DVD kindly supplied by David Ryland, LRPS, who had three images included in the featured digital exhibition.  It was interesting and thought-provoking to see the images that received the top awards in the RPS Creative Group’s digital and print exhibitions. 

TETE A TETE by Di Jackson

BE HAPPY by Robin Orrow

AFTER DARK by Andy Caws

CHALLOIT by John Boekee

DAVID BELLAMY by Roy Scrivener

SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES by David Wilkin