Our fifth internal club competition of the 2023-24 season took place on Wednesday 6 March.

This was an “open” competition (with no set subject) for prints and projected digital images.

As usual, the entries covered a wide variety of subjects, genres, and styles – including landscapes, wildlife (birds, animals, and insects), still life, candid/street, composites, architecture, portraits, travel, abstract, colour, and monochrome, and more.

Our judge for the competition was Peter Cox LRPS CPAGB, a CACC judge, President of Tring Camera Club, and the leader of an international project to encourage and understand the genre of “Intimate Scapes”.  He explained that he would base his appraisal on “first impression, creative intent, and technique”.  And he provided a full critique of each image before awarding marks.

Each entry was marked out of 20.  The marks count towards the season’s Print and Digital Image Championships (Sections One and Two).  The top performers were as follows:

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Section One Prints (19 entries)

  • 1st – “Wilder Walk, London” by Wendy Taylor – 20 marks

  • 1st – “The Boxer” by Tim Gould – 20 marks

  • 1st – “The Selfie” by David Manning – 20 marks

  • 1st – “Rock Art” by Carol Curd – 20 marks

  • 2nd – “View from Tate Modern” by Mike Kitchingman – 19 marks

  • 2nd – “Drinks After Work” by Wendy Taylor – 19 marks

  • 2nd – “Skein of Geese” by Sally Kitchingman – 19 marks

  • 3rd – “Underground Impressionism” by Tim Crabb – 18 marks

  • 3rd – “Morning Glide” by Clive Rayment – 18 marks

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

All Section 1 Prints (click image for full size)

Section One Digital Images (32 entries)

  • 1st – “Dancing Feather” by Patrick Linford – 20 marks

  • 1st – “Here’s Looking at You, Kid” by John Curd – 20 marks

  • 1st – “Two Lions a Dik Dik and a Daring Jackal” by Terry Godber – 20 marks

  • 2nd – “Frosty Robin” by Mark Eve – 19 marks

  • 2nd – “Hawaiian Goose” by Sandra Eve – 19 marks

  • 2nd – “Evening Sculpture” by John Curd – 19 marks

  • 2nd – “The Gates of Hell” by Martin Wood – 19 marks

  • 2nd – “The End of the Day” by Paul Needham – 19 marks

  • 3rd – “There’s Always One!” by Martin Wood – 18 marks

  • 3rd – “Pre Dawn Market” by David Bolam – 18 marks

  • 3rd – “Giraffe Patrol” by Terry Godber – 18 marks

  • 3rd – “Leaf Veins” by Malcolm Guy – 18 marks

  • 3rd – “Knobbed Argonaut” by Sandra Eve – 18 marks

  • 3rd – “Rock Stars” by David Saunders – 18 marks

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

All Section 1 Digital Images (click image for full size)

Section Two Digital Images (6 entries)

  • 1st – “To Bee or not to Bee” by Patricia Marmelo – 20 marks

  • 2nd – “Wash Day Blues” by John Booth – 19 marks

  • 3rd – “Reflections” by Daphne Hughes – 18 marks

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

All Section 2 Digital Images (click image for full size)