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Conclusion of the Seasons PDI Competitions- Street Photography

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The Final PDI members competition of the year was held on 13th March 2024. The theme was Street Photography, which resulted in some funny images alongside images with social commentary.

Thanks goes again to Cat Humphries, who is becoming a regular judge at the club, for her helpful and considered comments on the images. Cat held 8 or more images back in both the colour and monochrome sections.

In the Colour Section 20 points went to ‘Man Talk’ by Ann Dallaway, which was the ultimate winner, ‘Eye Eye’ by Bill Pickard and ‘The Crossing’ by Dave Nelson.

Bill and Dave both finished the Colour Section at the top of the leader board with 39 point from their two submitted images. Congratulations to Ann for her winning image on the night.

In the Monochrome section Kim Rigg was the ultimate winner on the night with a total score of 40 points for her images ‘Drivers Mutt’ and ‘The Newsreader’.

Dave Nelson also received 20 points for his image ‘When we were young’.

Thanks to everyone for taking part this year’s final competition. Every member’s contribution to the competitions is valued.

The images are available to view in the members section of the website along with the score sheets.

The club will be closing this season with the Annual PDI and Annual Prints competitions in the next few weeks. If you are interested in seeing the best of members images from this year, remember you are welcome to visit the club on a Wednesday evening at 7.30. See website for more programme information.

The club will also be displaying at an exhibition on 12th-14th April

Members Print Competition Three and Final Prints Results of 23/24.

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The final prints competition of the 23/24 season was held on February 14th. The competition was judged by Carol and Gordon Watson of Lytham St Ann’s Photography Club. Carol and Gordon have many years experience of entering club, federation, national and international competitions and the club appreciates them driving up the M6 on a wet, foggy night to offer advice to members on their images.

Carol judged the colour images first. Nine images where held back into her final selection for the top scores.

David Poole was leading the season’s league table going into the final competition having only dropped one point in the first two print competitions. David finished the season with another win for his image ‘Aggressive Buzzard’. David completed the season with 118/120 points, a truly impressive score. Well done David for winning the 23-24 Colour Prints Trophy.

Congratulations also go to Kim Rigg who scored 20 points for her image ‘Pretty in Pink’. Kim took joint second place in this season’s Print Competition along with Bill Pickard and Laurie Thurlow all achieving a total of 108/120. Well done to all three members.

After the coffee break Gordon judged the monochrome images. Gordon offered advice on images and held back eight into his final selection. At this point Gordon needed to give careful consideration to the detail of images as he worked towards his final winning image.

Gordon awarded first place to Kim Rigg for her image ‘Georgia’. Kim achieved maximum points on the night having also achieved 20 points for her image ‘Out of Luck’. In addition, David Poole scored 20 points for his image ‘Christian Iddoni’.

When the final scores were totalled the overall winner for the Monochrome Print Competition for the 23/24 season was Kim Rigg with 112/120. Second place went to David Poole and third place to Jeff Bagnall.

Full competition results are in the members area of the website.

Thank you to all members who entered the print competitions this year. Nineteen members took part with eleven members have an entry in every competition. Your images are always appreciated and enjoyed by the membership and we hope you had fun. Please keep entering your images next year.

A reminder to members that the Annual Prints Competition is on 27th March and will be judged by Sheila and Daryl Giles.  

Please bring your prints to the hall on the evening to 13th March, the closing date for entries. Entry form and rules are on the club website. 

Next week our speaker is Barbie Lindsay with her talk on “Creative Photography” available on Zoom or at the Hall. Visitors always welcome see the membership page for details.