The Chis Crane Cup

      On the evening of Thursday 11th April we held our final competition of the season
 The Chris Crane Cup
The late Chris Crane was a keen and much-respected member of Cramlington Camera Club and this annual competition is held to commemorate Chris' contributions to the club. Chris was particularly interested in the genres of landscapes, engineering and nature photography and so we use these as the themes for the Chris Crane Cup.
 
Glen Lawson was our entertaining and amusing judge for the evening. He had obviously spent a good deal of time studying our images which, as normal, had been supplied to him in advance of the meeting and had also given much consideration to his prepared comments. At the end of the meeting our President, Chris Houghton, thanked Glen and stated that his comments about our images were almost poetic! 
 
Glen's comments were positive and encouraging. He did not criticise any of our efforts although he did make many useful suggestions about how they could be improved. His suggestions included converting from colour to monochrome, cropping, removing unnecessary or distracting areas and reducing levels of exposure.

​The winner of the Chris Crane Cup for 2024 was Adam Burness with his photograph of a white barn owl. Adam, a long-term member, was delighted to lift the cup!    

The list of placings for this cup competition was as follows:
 1.  White Barn Owl - Adam Burness
2.  Sunrise At Bamburgh - Ray Thompson
3.  Mud Glorious Mud - Bob Finlay
4.  Male great Spotted Woodpecker - Bob Finlay
5.  Ground Hornbill - Colin Livingstone

​This was our penultimate meeting of the 2023/24 season before our AGM/Presentation Night on 25th April.
 
Ray Barnes
Programme Secretary