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Tonight was the final Chris Crane Cup competition and we had the pleasure of Geoff Green from Whickham Photographic Club to judge the 24 images entered for tonight's competition. Even there were fewer images than normal entered the quality of all the images were very high. 1st place - Dalia - Bob Finlay:
3rd place - Autumn Colour on the Conon: Iain Chambers
4th place - Wet day out - Colin Livingstone
5th place - Mist on the Fells - William Leadbitter
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Colin Byrne
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I collected our prints on Sunday afternoon from Clare Vale, when I arrived the judges were still sorting box’s and marking prints for Alliance and Portfolio. It seems to have been a very tough event. Talking to David Brown our NCPF area representative I gather the following. The judging panel was a very inexperienced group and found great difficulty in giving the top score of 5. Subsequently out of over 1000 prints entered none were scored the top score of 15, with only 3 getting 14 points and less than 10 getting 13 points. So for us, Donna Gibson getting a 12 for her “Different Perspective” at her first entry is and excellent score. Also Bob Finlay a 12 for his “No 50 at the Kielder Rally” is also excellent.   I will update on the PDI scores when I get them.
Colin Livingstone Inter club secretary
   We used a combination of two 4×1 strip lights and a “gothic gate” backdrop. Members took the opportunity to learn how to adjust the lighting from the “triggers” to work with their camera settings. Some members also took the time to learn new aspects and functions on their camera’s from other members.    At the end of the night we thanked Sophie for her work and patience.
Colin Livingstone President Today we had the pleasure of Alan Wilson judging our 3rd Open PDI Competition, his warm, humorous and engaging style made for an entertaining and enjoyable evening. We also appreciated the research he had done into the locations and subject matter of the images, as well as his insights into the qualities of the images. Top 5: 1st - A hint of Menace - Ray Barnes 2nd - Storm Brewing - Colin Livingstone 3rd - Girl in a blue hat - Brian Sidney 4th - Falls of Falloch - Paul Dunn 5th - Bridge to Nowhere - Colin Byrne      Highly Commended: Field of Purple - Donna Gibson Crossing Packhorse Bridge - Bob Finlay Loughrigg Tarn - Bob Finlay Santa Maddalene - Malcolm Booth Chloe in the Style of Bond - Colin Livingstone      PDI Competition Secretary
Colin Byrne Last night I went along to King Street Social club the venue of this event, hosted by North Shields Photographic Society. Judged by David Ord from Consett. David has been a photographer for over ten years and is very focused on the north east. There was a good turnout of members from some clubs.  David was very fair with his comments and critique, always finding the good in every image. The scoring was close but the eventual joint winners were North Shields and Gosforth with a score of 210 points. David presented the trophy to David Waters of North Shields and in the absence of a Gosforth representative Howard Wilson from Tynemouth. Cramlington’s highest score was from Bob Finlay with “Light and Shade”  This was followed by a raffle and buffet
Well done to Chris Parker from Tynemouth for his winning image, “Subway Ghosts”. Final scores were: North Shields 210 Gosforth 210 Tynemouth 202 Whitley Bay 202 Ponteland 199 Cramlington 189 Colin Livingstone Inter-club secretary |
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