| Members
and visitors of the Ivybridge & District Camera
Club enjoyed a highly competitive Challenge Cup competition
on the 10th October. Teignmouth photography expert Mr
Ken Holland APRS DPAGB kindly judged the open subject
event and so close were the winning entries he chose
to award several prints the Highly Commended accolade.
Although this runner-up
award may, in some respects, be disappointing for the
photographer and scores no points in the league table,
it is always welcomed as an expression of how close
the image has come to winning. Open subject competitions
often prove difficult to judge as the subject mater
in one image may well balance against a minor quality
or preference in another and this was not overlooked
by Mr Holland in this very close competition either,
who confessed to “going with his heart”
to decide between first and second places in the Black
and White section.
The Colour Print
class was won by Ivybridge member David Rayner with
a letterbox image of Smeaton’s lighthouse on Plymouth
Hoe silhouetted against the sun. Second place was taken
by Keith Miller, also from Ivybridge with a photograph
of a bear ‘keeping cool’ in an amazingly
colourful pool of water. Third position was captured
by another Ivybridge member, Geoff Brimblecombe with
an action-packed shot of powerboats racing on Plymouth
Sound. Two Highly Commended awards were made by the
judge, both to Bernard Howley from Saltash.
The Slide section
was won by Keith Mullin of Ivybridge with a gold glowing
image of a row of fish laid out on a fish stall. Second
place was awarded to David Rayner for an image of fireworks
on the Hoe and Colin Wilkins from Ivybridge took third
place with a shot of a waterfall taken from the inside.
Bittaford member
Peter Pearce gained first place in the Black and White
category with ‘I See You’, a clever image
of a face-like sculpture juxtaposed with a photographer
taking a portrait photograph – three faces in
one! Second place was given to a view of St Michael
of the Rock on Brentor taken by David Rayner who also
took third position with a night-time Barbican scene.
Peter Pearce also gained a Highly Commended honour for
a photograph of a Kaffir lily.
The next meeting
is on Tuesday 24th October when we shall hold a rule-breaking
photograph contest entitled ‘Against the Grain’
as well as an unmounted 5x7 competition. Visitors are
welcome to attend from 7:30 pm at the Community Hall,
Jubilee Terrace, Bittaford.
Further information and directions are available elsewhere
on this website
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