| Ivybridge
& District Camera Club had a busy end to February
with an inter-club meeting at Saltash and an open subject
Challenge Cup Competition the following week. Seventeen
members visited Saltash Camera Club on the 20th for
an absorbing evening with members of both Saltash and
Liskeard camera clubs. The format was partially a competition,
decided by voting slips, but with an open critique on
all the photographs. The event proved a great success
and an excellent way to get together and open conversation
with other photographers.
The Challenge
Cup Competition Competition, held on the very last day
of the month, was kindly judged by Mr John Hawkins CPAGB,
from Newton Abbott. The number of entries for the Colour
Print section was so high that Competition Secretary,
Keith Mullin had to invoke a little-used club rule and
reduce the number of entries to a maximum of two per
person.
Judging was both
critical and constructive with Mr Hawkins taking time
to encourage and advise some of our novice entries.
It was good to see such a high standard of work, said
Mr Hawkins, although he had noticed the gradual increase
in Colour Print work in a number of clubs over the past
few years.
Ivybridge man
Graham Buckler won first place in the Black & White
section with a moody portrait entitled ‘Steven’,
while Geoff Miller, also from Ivybridge, took second
place with a close-up moorland scene called ‘Gated
Path’. Bob Pike from South Brent earned third
position with a panoramic river estuary aptly titled
‘Storm Brewing’.
The Slide category
was won by Keith Miller of Ivybridge with an airborne
motorcyclist image. Keith also took second place with
a slide depicting a close-up of a clematis. Colin Wilkins,
also from Ivybridge came in third with a image of a
colourful rock formation.
Bob Pike of South
Brent won the Colour Print section with an ‘Inquisitive
Robin’ image so full of detail that one thought
it might fly out of the photograph. Bob also took third
place with a picture of an otter ‘Eating the Catch’.
Second position was captured by Keith Mason of Ivybridge
with a liquid depiction of sailing boats in the Tamar
Estuary entitled ‘Misty Morning’.
Some of these
images and many more from our members are on Show in
the Corridor Gallery at South Brent Old School for the
whole month of March. Opening times are from 10.00am
to 5.00pm on Monday and Fridays, 10.00am to 8.00pm Tuesday
through to Thursday and 10.00am to 12.30pm on Saturdays.
Entry is free.
The next meeting
will be held on Tuesday the 14th March when we will
be pleased to welcome Mr Ernie King CPAGB from Dawlish
to judge the Portrait competition. Visitors are welcome
to attend from 7:15 pm at the Community Hall, Jubilee
Terrace, Bittaford. Further information and directions
are available elsewhere on this website.
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