COMPETITION ROUND 7 – Winter Moods (Digital)

Judge, Erica Oram AFIAP BPE3*

The Chairman apologised for not being able to attend the Competition round 7 and Dave Neale his deputy introduced Eric Oram to judge the members “Winter Moods”. Erica being no stranger to the club had a quick look through the digital photographs before looking at them individually and giving her observations andmarks out of 20.

In the colour section 23 images were entered by 12 members. Erica gave each image her personnel comments and marks, holding back 7 images for further consideration before awarding the marks to these. Of these 7 she gave 18 marks to 1, 19 marks to 3. Holding back 3 images giving 20 marks to each of these, after giving them further consideration. Made her final decision of the winningentry. “Chillie Morning” by Martin Wright.

21 images were entered by 11 members in the mono section. Giving each imageher comments and marks, 18 marks to 2, 19 marks to 3 and 20 marks to 2. Choosing her winning image “A Fresh Covering” by Sue Cross. After much deliberation she awarded the mono image of “A Fresh Covering” by Sue Cross.

The Chairman thanked Erica for her comments and the difficult decisions she hadto make in selecting the final images in both the colour and mono sections.

Sheffield 17th Interclub Competition - Results

Held on the 14th March via Zoom

Axholme CC Results

Overall placings and your results are shown below. For access to a recording of the evening

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Overall placings: (images scored the round number when they were eliminated)

Position Club Total score

1st North Cheshire PS 20

2nd Sheffield PS 18

3rd Huddersfield PIC 17

4th= Bolsover CC 16

4th= Chesterfield PS 16

4th= Norwich & District PS 16

7th Newark & District PS 15

8th= Doncaster CC 14

8th= High Peak PC 14

10th= Axholme CC 13

10th= Dearne Valley CC 13

10th= Wakefield CC 13

13th= Dronfield PS 12

13th= Killamarsh Am. PS 12

15th F4 PG 11

16th Clay Cross PS 10

17th= Ashbourne & Dist CC 9

17th= New Image CC 9

19th Stockport PS 7

20th Westfield PC 6

Your club scores:

Axholme CC

Ref  Title      Author       SCORE

1 Female Kestrel Eating Mouse Mary Fish 2

2 Nearly Showtime Sue Cross 7

3 Sedge Warbler with Crane Fly Barry Inman 2

4 UTC Stairs Steve Parrish 1

5 Out on the Moor R Fish 1

Well done and many thanks to Sue who gained 1st place with the winning image and saved the day.

Sue receiving the First Place certificate from Dave

 Nearly Showtime by Sue Cross

COMPETITION ROUND 6 – British Wildlife (Prints)

Judge, Ray Brammel ARPS DPAGB APA

The Chairman didn’t need to introduced Ray Brammel who’s almost a member of the club, having judged our competitions many times over the last few years. Also giving many interesting talks on one of his favourite subjects, Wildlife. Reminding him that he’s booked later in the year to give a talk, entitled “The Flip Side”.

In the colour section 25 images were entered by 13 members. After giving each image his personnel comments, he held back 8 images for further consideration before awarding the marks. Of these 8 he gave 19 marks to 4, 20 marks to 4. The winning image was awarded to Mary Fish for her image of “Greenfinches Locked in Combat”.

In the mono section 19 images were entered by 10 members. Having given each image his careful consideration he held back 3 images for further considerationbefore giving his marks. All 3 images were given 20 marks making his judgement for an overall winner very difficult. Finally, just slightly ahead of theother 2 Steve Parish “Leader of the Pack” was awarded the winner.

The 2 winning images Mary Fish’s “Greenfinches Locked in Combat”. Colour section. Steve Parish’s “Leader of the Pack”. Mono section.

After much deliberation he awarded the colour image of Mary Fish’s “Greenfinches Locked in Combat” as the winning image. For its technical ability

in the capture of the 2 greenfinches.

The Chairman thanked Ray for his comments and the difficult decisions he had to make in selecting the final images in both the colour and mono sections, before giving his final verdict of the winning entry of the evening.

Mary Fish’s “Greenfinches Locked in Combat”.

COMPETITION ROUND 5 – Autumn Scenes (digital)

Judge, Martin Lichfield CPAGB

The Chairman didn’t have to introduced Martin Lichfield who has judged our competitions many times over the last few years. He thanked him for making the journey from his home on a non-too pleasant evening, with mist and fog about. 24 members were in attendance to view the digital images entered by members.

In the colour section 27 images were entered by 14 members. After giving each image his personnel comments, he held back 8 images for further consideration before awarding the marks. Of these 8 he gave 19 marks to 4, 20 marks to 4. The winning image was awarded to Sue Cross for her image of “Reflections”.

In the mono section 22 images were entered by 11 members. He held back 9 images for further consideration before giving his marks. 3 18’s, 3 19’s, 3 20’s.

Of the top 3 20’s he awarded Sue Cross’s “Break of Dawn”. As the winner. Martin after much deliberation finally awarded the colour image Sue Cross’s Reflection” as the overall winner.

He made comments that many of the images were worthy of future competitions, and he would have been pleased to be the author of some of them. Not knowing before judging what members would make of black and white images of autumn scenes, was surprised at the results of members interpretation of the subject.

The Chairman thanked Martin for his comments that he felt sure members would take on board, and hoped we would see him again in the future.

PoTY 2024 Results