| Light
on Water was the subject for photographs entered into
Ivybridge Camera Club’s Challenge from the Chair
Competition on Tuesday 8th November, and as you might
expect, a good proportion of entries featured sunsets
from our local coastline.
The competition
was internally judged by members using voting slips,
which normally works well for the occasions we don’t
have visiting judges but on this occasion the voting
clearly reflected the difficulty many of our judges
tell us - member’s best images are of a uniformly
high standard and very difficult to separate.
Nearly 70 images
were offered between the three sections, a record number
of entries for the Challenge from the Chair competition
and it was encouraging to see a number of submissions
from new members.
Voting for the
Colour Print section was close but clear winners emerged,
Keith Miller of Ivybridge gaining first place with an
entry called ‘Sunset over Bolbury Down’.
Second place was won with a stunning image of a lighted
candle floating on water taken by new member, Geoff
Brimblecombe from Ivybridge. Another seascape, full
of vibrant colour and movement from Bernard Howley of
Saltash, took third place.
For the Slide
section however, the voting awarded a dead heat between
three entries with seventeen points each, a most unusual
event! Colin Wilkins, David Rayner and Keith Mullin,
all from Ivybridge, shared the first place. A further
strange result soon transpired. The rules of this particular
competition allow second and third places to be awarded
even if more than one person wins first place. When
this was taken into account it became clear that Keith
Mullin not only gained a first place tie, but had taken
second and third places too!
Voting for the
Monochrome Print section went a little more smoothly
with David Rayner gaining first place with an image
entitled ‘Winter on the Beach’. David Rayner
also took second position. Bernard Howley of Saltash
and Peter Pearce of Bittaford gained equal points for
a third place tie.
The next two
meetings will only be a week apart at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesdays
the 15th and 22nd November at the new Community Hall,
Bittaford. Members will view the Western Counties Photographic
Federation Slide competition entries first and the Print
competition the following week. As always,
visitors are welcome to attend and further information
plus directions are available elsewhere on this club
website.
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