TENBY
AND DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB
The club meeting held on Thursday 9th
January was the judging night for the member’s entries in the 2nd
Open competition, the judge, Vince Pentecost AWPF who is the chairman of the
Western Valley Camera Club a position he has held within the club for 16years.
Vince made the two hour drive from his home in Cross Keys to give his critique
and scores to the 23 print images and 24 digital images submitted.
Vince explained to members how he viewed the
prints, looking at them in harsh and soft lighting, then writing is critique
then scoring.
The subject matter in the print competition
ranged from kingfishers, sea eagles, kestrels, otters, lions, landscapes,
flowers and people in different settings.
Twelve of the prints scored 17 marks or more
with the winning image scoring 20 marks, Roy Packer with ‘Kestrel Prey’ in both
second and third places was Gary Jenkins with ‘Drying out’ and ‘Kingfisher with
catch’.
Following the coffee break the 24 digital
images were displayed and once again a high standard of photography was on
show, fourteen prints gaining 17 marks or more. Being an open competition the
subject matter varies considerably and judging is no easy task, these ranged
from dogs playing ball, view of Seville by twilight, landscapes, meerkats,
squirrels and the winning digital image of ‘Tigers of Ranthambore’, once again
Roy Packer being the winning photographer with Paul Richards in 2nd
place with ‘Kingfisher’s are it’ and in 3rd place Andrew Weaver’s
image ‘Losing It’.
Members thanked Vince for his honest and very
useful hints on all images displayed to the 32 embers present.
New members are always welcome, please come
along and meet us all, every Wednesday Thursday evening at the St Florence
Village Hall at 7.30pm.
