THURSDAY 17th February
PDI OPEN COMPETITION
judged by
Brian Swinyard BA(Hons) MA ARPS EFIAP/b DPAGB BPE3* PPSA MInstLM MIfL
Brian has visited our club many times both as a judge and as a speaker, his most recent visit was to adjudicate the third open projected digital images competition of our 2021-2022 season. He began the evening by defining what he looks for when appraising an image. Technical competence, artistic merit and what the photographer brings of himself/herself into the photograph are the three elements of most importance to him. He then wished everyone Good Luck and began the judging. He spoke at length about each of the 46 entries commenting about exposure, tonal range and composition, giving good technical advice where he felt it necessary. Giving points as he went along Brian held back the three top images in each division and then placed them when all entries had been assessed.
The final results were
Division 1
1st place – Elizabeth Restall ARPS – Frenzied-Takeoff
2nd place – Steve Varman LRPS – Nash Point
3rd place – Joan Scott – Still life with pears and grapes
Division 2
1st place – David Gamm – beech in the mist
2nd place – Peter Whitfield – Treeflake
3rd place – Peter Whitfield – Autumn fire