Our photography competition generated a good deal of interest.
There were 16 adult exhibitors who submitted a total of 60 photographs between them. All five categories were well-subscribed, with the number of entries ranging from 10 to 15. These numbers are higher than for a traditional spring show, which is very gratifying. Perhaps there was pent-up demand. Perhaps the convenience of the digital format and submission by email appealed.
We had fewer entries in the children’s categories, with three exhibitors submitting a total of seven photographs.
All of the entries were anonymised and then judged by Byron Sinfield (who regularly judges at our spring shows). The results are as follows: -
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Adults |
First |
Second |
Third |
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1. Arches |
Malcolm Allen |
Ray Keppler |
Gay Cates |
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2. Floating |
Peter Burgess |
Matthew Hardyman |
Gay Cates |
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3. Machines |
Gay Cates |
Ray Keppler |
Steve Hughes |
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4. Village Scene |
David Gregg |
Colin Minton |
Gay Cates |
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5. Nature |
Steve Hughes |
Gay Cates |
Ray Keppler |
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Children |
First |
|
School years 1 & 2 |
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3. Machines |
Lauren Murray |
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4. Village Scene |
Erin Murray |
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5. Nature |
Erin Murray |
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School years 5-7 |
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5. Nature |
Freya Hardyman |
Steve Hughes won the award for Best in Show (Adults) for his winning picture in the Nature category. It shows a female stonechat, courting. In announcing this award, the judge commented that the picture oozes charm and that the photographer is to be congratulated on the technical merit of the image.
Lauren Murray won the award for Best in Show (Children) for her winning picture in the machines category for children in school years 1&2. The judge commented that the picture, taken of a sewing machine, deserves praise because the photographer has looked at a fairly common object in the home and by taking a close up of its sewing mechanism has created a more interesting image.
Gay Cates deserves special mention because of her overall success. She won first place in the Machines category, second place in Nature and third place in Arches, Floating, and Village Scene, making her the only competitor to achieve a place within the top three for all of the five categories.
All of the photographs can be seen below. They are arranged in five albums, one for each category. Each album starts with the top three place winners and the caption of each photograph shows the name of the photographer. If you click through the photographs individually, you’ll see that some of them also have descriptions which give a title to the work or information about the subject.
There was no requirement for the photographs to have been taken recently. Some were taken a few years ago. In most cases this is not apparent, but please bear it in mind when you see the pictures of the maypole dancing and of the cricket match in the Village Scenes category: - you might recognise someone you know or even see a younger version of yourself!
Congratulations to all of the winners and our thanks to all those who took part.
