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Guest judge Mr Peter McMullin from Plymstock entertained
a packed hall of Ivybridge & District Camera Club
members on the last Tuesday in May as he critiqued over
70 images entered for the 3rd Merit competition of the
year. It was a busy evening and members even had to
cut short their tea break to get all the judging done
in time.
Despite the large
entry Peter McMullin gave every print and slide his
full attention, praising where appropriate and constructively
criticising where required. “The colour prints
in particular were of excellent quality”, he said
as he proceeded to give two commended grades and four
highly commended as well as six placed prints.
First place went
to club chairman Keith Miller with Flying High,
a gritty motorbike and sidecar image. Second place went
to John Taylor of South Brent with Red Square
and third was given to Margaret Martin from Ivybridge
with Workshop at Heligan Gardens. Three places
down to 6th were awarded to Geoff Brimblecombe, Sylvia
Wilson and Gert Landers while the commended accolades
were shared by Keith Miller, Neil Doggett, Geoff Brimblecombe,
Norman Simpson and Sue Bishop.
The monochrome
print competition rules allow one colour tone and it
was such a print that won first place for Neil Doggett
from Ivybridge with Bigbury Beach Blight a
stormy image of a rock pool with a floating green bottle.
David Rayner, also from Ivybridge took both second and
third positions with a triptych, The Life and Death
of a Cut Rose and a sepia toned image, Horse
& Carriage Awaits.
First place in
the slide competition was awarded to Ivybridge member,
Colin Wilkins with Lyme Regis a wide angle
beach rock formation scene while second place went to
Alan Davey, also from Ivybridge with Looking for
Nectar. Colin Wilkins also took third place and
competition secretary, Keith Mullin gained Highly Commended
with Orchid
A week later
David Rayner hosted the club’s practical evening
showing members and guests how to obtain the Curves
command in Photoshop Elements and how to use curves
to control the distribution of tones in digital images.
Our meetings
are normally held at Bittaford Community Hall from 7:30pm
and visitors are always welcome but we are now getting
near the summer recess and after the meeting on June
10th, the next evening meeting there will be a practical
evening on September the 2nd followed by members’
travelogues on September the 9th.
Our programme, members’ photographs and much more
are all available elsewhere on this website.
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