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October is often a busy month for the Ivybridge &
District Camera Club with meetings on every Tuesday
and this year was no exception. The month started with
a practical session hosted by David Rayner delving into
‘colour space’ and how to keep colour under
control. An interclub event and two regular competitions
were also held in the month; and the first of these
contests, an open-subject Merit, was kindly judged by
Mrs Sheila Haycox of Exmouth Photo Group.
First place in the colour section was won by our chairman,
Keith Miller with Big Air, a high-flying motocross
cyclist with appreciative spectators beneath. Keith’s
Geysers gained him a third place as well, while second
was taken by Margaret Martin with Poppy, an
exquisitely coloured and composed image.
The winner of the monochrome section of the competition
was judged to be David Rayner with After the Party,
an image of a variety of empty bottles captured in the
early morning sun. Second place was won by Margaret
Martin with Austin, a detailed radiator grill
image while Distorted Reflections taken on
the river Dart earned competition secretary, Keith Mullin
third place.
A hillside tea plantation scene, Still Tea
gained first place in the slide section for Alan Davey
while second was given to Fireworks by David
Rayner, with Colin Wilkins placed third for his detailed
close-up, Teasel and Fly.
On the fourth
Tuesday of the month Mrs Brenda Hutchins from Plymouth
kindly judged the 3rd Digital Shield league competition.
There is only one section of this competition as all
entries are digital images projected to a screen in
a darkened room in a similar way to slides.
The winning entry was Stream, a well-composed
small waterfall taken by Keith Mullin on our club evening
out back in June, while Airborne, an exciting
powerboat leap into the air by Graham Buckler was placed
second. Gentle Waves, a beach scene by Margaret
Martin was awarded third and places from 4th down to
commended were awarded to Neil Doggett, Ted Doggett,
Keith Mullin and Alan Bishop.
Despite all this
excitement, the foremost highlight of the month was
a four-way battle between Ivybridge and three other
Devon clubs, Kingsbridge CC, Plymouth CC and the Photo
Image Club, also from Plymouth. Over 50 visitors, members
and guests turned up at Bittaford on the 21st October
for this brand-new digitally projected image battle
which was judged by four judges, one from each of the
clubs. The scoring was undertaken while everyone partook
of a buffet tea provided by several Ivybridge members
and spouses and for which many thanks were given.
After tea, emotions
had to be held in check for a little longer as the images
were re-displayed and the individual scores read out
before announcing the winning club. Kingsbridge won
the battle with 170 points and so will be the first
entry on the Shield. Plymouth took second place, Ivybridge
third and Photo Image fourth. With only 22 points between
first and last it was a worthy and close-drawn battle
with all places not to be sneezed at. For a full report
and images from this new battle see New
Four-Way Battle Success
Visitors are
always welcome to club meetings and we meet at Bittaford
Community Hall from 7:30 pm 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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