It's been a while since I've added some noteworthy news, but it's always good to promote the best in club photography. This year's battle with good friends and neighbours Kingsbridge is one such event. A stunning array of some of the best photographers here in the southwest all coming together to contest the hotly fought annual Kingsbridge battle which I am proud to announce went to Paignton on this occasion. With a different judge things could have been so very different but as it was, we managed to score 525 points to Kingsbridge's 493 which over 63 images equates to just 1/2 point difference per image. That's pretty tight by any standard. Going through the images for this article I was hugely impressed with the standard of photography and I would have personally marked several Kingsbridge images higher than Judge John Tilsley APAGB DPAGB ARPS. That being said, I thought John brought a breath of fresh air to the judging process by providing some key insights into what he looks for in an image. We can all learn from this. Roll on 2022 when no doubt Kingsbridge will want to give us a good hiding.
You can see all of the images submitted to the competition, including the photographer and their scores, together with the top 3 ranked images as judged by John by clicking here. Please remember, all images are copyright their respective owners and should not be copied, duplicated or used in any way without the written permission of the photographer to which they belong. If you would like to use an image for any purpose, please contact us and we will put you in touch with the owner directly.
From Paul Allan at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. uncle has recently passed away leaving his old developing and enlarging equipment (chemical containers etc). I wondered if any of your members would be interested in this. I am not looking for anything for it, but it seems a shame to take it to the tip,
We had a great competition yesterday evening, with some excellent images on display, expertly judged for us by Ralph Snooks ARPS DPAGB EFIAP, all the way from the comfort of his home in Bristol.Clearly a lot of the club members had thought long and hard about the subject and produced some very clever and creative images; elsewhere we had natural shadows and silhouettes in abundance. Both types of image featured in the final placings, which were as follows:
Commended images:
Relaxed Zebra - Darran Thompson
Shadows on the Seafront - Willie Wilson
Glasses - Chris Arkell
Light Bulb - Chris Arkell
Placed images:
6th: Watching my Shadow - Eddie Bairstow
5th: Evening Shadows - Stuart Chapman
4th: One by One - Colin Brook
3rd: Whisky Lover - Julie McGowan
2nd: A Portrait in Shadow - Alex Hamer
1st: Me and my Shadow - Julie McGowan
Well done all!
Placed and Highly Commended Images can be found by visiting this link
Alex
The result are in and as expected, the 2020 Paul Stevens 3-Way Battle between Torbay, Newton Abbot and Paignton Photography Clubs was very keenly contested with some excellent images from all three clubs. The judging this year was from the highly respected Mirija Lees, LRPS.
This year, Torbay ruled supreme taking top honours in both DPI and PRINT sections. Paignton did well in both sections, coming second in the PRINT section and joint second in the DPI section. The actual points difference between 1st and 3rd was however never more than 8 points so an extremely close result befitting three great clubs. If you would like to see the quality of the images from this competition you can view all of the images from each section, as well as see the score cards, by visiting the links provided below.
The winning image for the DPI section, scoring 20 points, was from Christina Burton of Newton Abbot with Courting Great Crested Grebes
To view the entire DPI image gallery, simply double click on the image above. To view the overall scoring and results, visit 2020 Paul Stevens 3-way Battle DPI Results
The winning image for the Print section, scoring 20 points, was from Jan Lunn of Torbay with Young Fallow Buck
To view the entire Print image gallery, simply double click on the image above. To view the overall scoring and results, visit 2020 Paul Stevens 3-way Battle PRINT Results