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A
three-way competition between some of the region’s
photographic clubs resulted in a resounding win for
the Ivybridge & District Camera Club on the evening
of February 26th. Ten of the club’s members travelled
to Saltash to see the annual event which was held in
the Burraton Community Centre and were jubilant when
the result was announced.
Ivybridge scored
117 points for the print battle while Saltash came second
with 111 points and Liskeard scored 106. The Digitally
Projected Image battle was also won by Ivybridge with
128 points. Saltash came second with 124 points and
Liskeard third with 120 points.
The judge, Mr Ron
Eaton from Plymstock Camera Club, kept us humorously
entertained while evaluating the work, but did disappoint
some of the audience, saying, “The quality of
print work was not as high as the digital work and this
was reflected in the scores.”
On the following
evening Ivybridge & District Camera Club held their
first Challenge Cup competition of the year, judged
by Mr Nigel Cheffers-Heard from Topsham. Nearly 40 members
and visitors turned up for a very busy evening and a
most enlightening critique of over 70 prints and slides.
Nigel cleverly disguised his comments and kept the winning
photographs a secret until after he had judged all the
entries.
The Slide competition
was won by Ivybridge member, Clive Brown with a superb
and vibrant image of a fly agaric fungus. David Rayner,
also from Ivybridge, took second and third places.
Keith Miller (Ivybridge)
took first place in the Colour Print competition with
‘Exposed Headland’, a dazzling primary colour
rendering of a lighthouse in New Zealand. Norman Simpson,
also from Ivybridge, came second with an array of chemical
bottles, while a square-faced gorilla in a square tight-cropped
mounting took third place for Bernard Howley from Saltash.
First place in
the Monochrome competition was secured by Ivybridge
member and Competition Secretary, Keith Mullin with
‘Well worn Gate’, an image you could almost
feel the texture oozing from. ‘Long Lie-In’,
a stranded boat and ‘Spare Lintel’, a ruined
Spanish finca gained David Rayner second and third places
respectively.
The club is currently
holding a photo exhibition in the South Brent Old School
Centre. The event runs until the end of March and is
free to enter, Monday to Friday 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
and Saturdays 10:00 am to midday. On the 11th March
Geoff and Jean Ashworth are the club’s guest lecturers
with a presentation entitled ‘More Photoshopping’,
while on the 25th March Judge Max Danby will critique
the club’s Merit Open competition. Visitors are
always welcome and we meet at Bittaford Community Hall
from 7:30pm normally on the second and fourth Tuesdays
in the month. Our programme, members’ photographs
and much more are all available elsewhere on this website.
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