On Tuesday 15th Nov 2011 we welcomed Kevin Herbert as Judge to our 2nd competition of the season. Kevin used to work in Kodak’s technical department and gave us useful insight to the use of white balance adjustment on our images, as well as presentation tips on sympathetic mount colours for prints.

In the Print section, Terry Fallis scored 10 for his monochrome “Christine explains some aspects…”, Brian Groves scored a 9 for “A break in the clouds” and Alan Johnson scored 9 for his landscape “The Cob at Lyme Regis”.

On the Digital Image side, Simon Henderson got a 10 for his Monochromatic “Southwark Steps” (below). David Southcott’s ”Puffin” scored 9, and Terry Fallis also received a 9 for his topical scene “5th November”, and finally Natalie Robinson’s sculptural “Seat at Cap Ferrat” also scored well!

We take a break in Competitions until 6th March, where Competition No3 will be themed “People/Portraits” and is due to be judged by the eminent portrait photographer David Levine!

The print results are here and the digital here.

Jerry Schoolbred, Competition Secretary.

Marc Edwards of Ware & District Photographic Society was our independent judge for our competition on 4th October.

This marvellous photo of an Oyster Smack Race by Alan Johnson won the print section with 10/10. Alan was out on the water and says, "We dragged our anchor and drifted down river. It was quite windy. When I saw these Smacks were going to come thundering past I grabbed my camera, relying on the others to look after the boat."

In the digital section two entries got the full 10/10.

Above a detailed and very sharp picture of a Nazca Booby taken at twilight on Genovesa Island - Galapagos, by Jools Photography. The photo below is by Paulo Rodrigues. Paulo says, "I never get to shoot sunset because my family always want to have dinner then. This was shot at sunrise."

Competition Secretary, Jerry Shoolbred, has created the Totalizer Score Sheets so everybody can see how they are getting along. Prints here, digital here.

The new Digital Image Competition Rules are here (Word Doc) and here as PDF.

Next Competition: 4th Oct Competition No. 1. Members please submit 2 prints and/or 2 digital files.

Results of Special Competition Night 2nd Aug 2011

There were two sections: Canvey and Portrait and were judged by Malcolm Hardie, who is an experienced EAF judge.

The first competition was to find the best images of Canvey Island as a result of our recent club outing. High scoring prints were An Afternoon Off by Natalie Robinson 10/10, Bus by Greg Lambert 9/10 and Holehaven Caravan Park 9/10 by Alan Tucker. the best digital images of Canvey were Canvey Bug and Homage to Martin Parr by Julia Mc, and Girl on Beach by Jean Jameson which all got 10/10. View the high scoring Canvey photos.

In the portrait competition the best prints were: Workmen Mount Pleasant by Terry Fallis, The Eyes Have It by Brian Groves, both 10/10 and Jack Harris Director of Tally Ho, by Alan Tucker 9/10. Five 10/10s in the digital portraits were awarded to photos by Simon Compton, Terry Fallis, Alan Johnson, Jerry Shoolbred and Alan Tucker.

View the high scoring Portrait photos.