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Every year as part of the Camera Club season, we hold numerious competitions both in Prints and Digital Projected Images (DPI's), which are open to all club members to enter. Most of the competitions are "Open" subject, where you can enter any type of image, eg: colour, monochrome (black & white) or creative (i.e. not reality), as long as they comply with the competition rules. One of the competitions in the club season (usually the 3rd) is a set subject, where the subject of the entry is given to members by the competition secretary. This year the set subject is "Book, Film or Song title". To see when this years competitions are and find out closing dates for entries, see the "programme". To read the rules of club competitions, please "Click Here".
Inter-Club Competitions
Each year Nantwich Camera Club participate in a number of inter-club competitions. To find out more about these competitions and how the Nantwich Camera Club selections are made, please "Click Here"
10th January 2010
3rd CLUB COMPETITION (BOOK, FILM OR SONG TITLE)
JUDGED BY GORDON JENKINS APAGB
Gordon provided us with an entertaining and informative evening of judging. The entrants had thought up witty titles for excellent images, which Gordon enjoyed judging. He found it impossible to separate the 2 best Projected images, so awarded both full marks. We had an entry of 41 PIs and 39 Prints making a total of 80 images which allowed time for critiques and comments.
PROJECTED IMAGES
Joint 1st Place ‘Stormy Weather’ by Bryan Averill and ‘Up, UP and Away’ by John Kay.
2nd Places ‘When the Red Red Robin.....’ by David Foster
‘Shadowlands’ by Andrew Charlesworth
‘Clockwork Orange’ by Paul Topham
‘Underneath the Arches’ by Andrew Charlesworth
‘The Nutcracker Suite’ by Brian Sankey
‘Through the Storm’ by Andrew Charlesworth
‘Papillon’ by David Hubbard
3rd Places ‘A Clockwork Orange’ by Alison Wood
‘Love is in the Air’ by Roslyn Walmsley
‘A Bug’s Life’ by Paul Ashton
‘Mule Train’ by Brian Sankey
‘Meet the Family’ by Bryan Averill
PRINTS
1st Place ‘SouperColourFragilisticEggsPeasAliDoughcious’ by Nick Edwards
2nd Places ‘Autumn Almanac’ by David Foster
‘Tarka the Otter’ by David Roberts
‘Watergate’ by Andrew Charlesworth
3rd Places ‘Misty’ by David Foster
‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ by Nick Edwards
‘Hummingbird’ by Wray Douglas
Winning Print |
Joint Winner PI's |
Joint Winner PI's |
To see the top 6 Prints from this competition,
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To see the top 9 PI's from this competition,
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7th DECEMBER 2011
INTER-CLUB COMPETITION BETWEEN NANTWICH CC AND SANDBACH PS
HELD AT SANDBACH
and Judged by Andrew Brochwicz-Lewinski ARPS
Nantwich CC supporters received a warm welcome from the hosts, Sandbach PS at Sandbach Library, and a close-run competition kept us all on the edge of our seats. Sandbach were 1 point in the lead after the PIs, but Nantwich managed to recover in the second half. Our high-scoring prints meant a win by 2 points overall - 333 to Nantwich and 331 to Sandbach. Andrew gave thorough critiques which were helpful to both clubs.
Sandbach won the PI section with ‘A Woman’s Touch’ and we took joint second place with Wendy Williams’s ‘Garlic’ and Andrew Charlesworth’s,
‘Bryce Canyon Details’ We also took a third place with David Hubbard’s ‘Harvest Mouse’.
In the Print section, we took a joint first with Andrew Charlesworth’s ‘Herringfleet Mill’ and Wray Douglas’s ‘Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird’. Wray also took second place with ‘Arctic Tern’. Joint third places went to Alison Wood with ‘Sea Holly’ and Wray Douglas with ‘Pippa Funnell on Mirage d’Elle’.
22nd November 2011
2nd CLUB COMPETITION JUDGES BY TILLMAN KLEINHANS ARPS EFIAP DPAGB
The second open club competition held at the Gables and was ably judged by Tillman Kleinhans, who complimented the Club on the standard of the work and the operation of our new DiCentra software. Tillman had a difficult time differentiating between the higher-scoring entries, although he was in no doubt about the winners. We had another interesting, informative and closely-fought competition evening.
A special mention is due to one of our new members, Elaine Thomas, whose first competition entry PI ‘On and On it Goes’ was retained for further consideration and awarded 16 points.
PROJECTED IMAGES
1st ‘Pony’ by Bryan Averill
Joint 2nd ‘Bryce Canyon Details’ and ‘Blue Tailed Damselfly’ by Andrew Charlesworth
Joint 3rd ‘Pin Heads’ by Paul Topham
‘Peacock Pansey’ by Paul Ashton
‘Two Rocks’ by Roslyn Walmsley
PRINTS
1st ‘Black Darter (Sympetrum Danae) by Trevor Clowes
Joint 2nd ‘Cromer’ and ‘Awaiting First Aid’ by Keith Wild
Joint 3rd ‘Rufus-Tailed Hummingbird’ by Wray Douglas
‘No 1, Sebastian Loeb’ by Andrew Charlesworth
Winning Print |
Winning PI |
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15th November 2011
CHESTER INTER-CLUB KNOCK OUT COMPETITION
Judged by Anthony Pioli ARPS ABPE
Nantwich Camera Club were victorious for the second year in succession, taking on 15 other Clubs at Chester. We we warmly welcomed to an enjoyable evening with interesting and informative judging from Tony Pioli. The competition was held in the comfort of the Grosvenor Museum this year, to accommodate the increased number of entrants.
The entry was comprised of 6 prints, 4 colour and 2 monochrome. We were in the lead after the colour section, but due to the scoring system for knock-out competitions, it was difficult to be sure in the second half, which club was in the lead. We were delighted to be announced as the winners, with 18 points. Warrington PS came second, with 17 points and Wallasey PS came third with 16 points.
Nantwich also took the Best Colour Print of the Night, with Wray Douglas’s ‘Arctic Tern’ (see below) winning the section. As Wray was present, he was able to receive his medal in person.
Colour Print Entry and Score
‘Arctic Tern’ by Wray Douglas 5
‘Herringfleet Mill’ by Andrew Charlesworth 3
‘Pippa Funnell on Mirage d’Elle by Wray Douglas 3
‘Common Seals’ by Brian Sankey 2
Mono Print Entry and Score
‘A Cold Morning in Shropshire’ by Keith Wild 2
‘Moorings’ by Andrew Charlesworth 3
The scoring system was slightly different this year, but none of our prints went out in the first round and all the authors are to be congratulated.
Winning Print
"Arctic Tern"
by Wray Douglas
1st November 2011
INTER CLUB COMPETITION between
NANTWICH CAMERA CLUB and WHITCHURCH PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Judged by Kevin Hirst CPAGB
The first inter-club competition of the 2011-2012 season resulted in a win for Nantwich Camera Club. Kevin Hirst was welcomed back to the club and gave thoughtful critiques when judging the entries. The standard of the entries was excellent, reflected by Kevin’s awards of 6 full marks across the competition. The new Club projector, partly funded by a grant from Cheshire East Council, was used in competition for the first time and was a resounding success, producing an excellent quality picture.
Final results were
PIs Nantwich 184 Whitchurch 176
Prints Nantwich 184 Whitchurch 172
Overall Scores Nantwich 368 Whitchurch 348
Top 3 Nantwich Scores were
PRINTS
1st Place (20 points)
‘Arctic Tern’ by Wray Douglas – also Print of the Night.
‘Herringfleet Mill’ by Andrew Charlesworth
‘Pippa Funnell on Mirage d’Elle’ by Wray Douglas
2nd Place (19 points)
‘Winter Snow Cloud’ by Andrew Charlesworth
‘Common Seals’ by Brian Sankey
3rd Place (18 points)
‘St Mary’s Church’ by Andrew Charlesworth
‘Lily’ by Alison Wood
PIs
1st Place (20 points)
‘Jorge Lorenzo’ by Andrew Charlesworth
‘Garlic’ by Wendy Williams
‘Old Dodge at’ Cow Canyon’ by Andrew Charlesworth
2nd Place (19 points)
‘Nut & Bolt City’ by Andrew Charlesworth
‘Needle & Dome’ by Andrew Charlesworth
3rd Place (18 points)
‘Rhesus Macaque’ by Bryan Averill
‘High Speed Cornering’ by Andrew Charlesworth
PI of the night went to Whitchurch with ‘Clowning Around’.
Click on the links below to view the full result sheets.
27th October 2011
BRAMHALL INTER CLUB PRINT & PI COMPETITION
Our Competition Secretaries travelled to Bramhall Photographic Society’s Annual Competition, which was judged by Bob Dennis APAGB CPAGB AFIAP BPE3*.
We were unable to retain the Laughton Trophy which we won last year, but our score of 77 was only 7 less that our winning score last year. This year’s PIs were very strong, with a high number of Natural History entries. The winner of the Laughton Trophy was Chapel Camera Club.
We scored 63 in the Print Competition with a tie for first place between Bolton Digital and Wilmslow Photographic Society, scoring 71 each. The winner calculated on second highest score was Bolton Digital.
Nantwich results were
PRINTS
Busy Bee by Wendy Williams 17
Arctic Tern by Wray Douglas 14
Common Seals by Brian Sankey 16
Winter Snow Cloud by Andrew Charlesworth 16
PIs
Break, Break, Break by Paul Topham 15
Ribblehead Steam by Roslyn Walmsley 15
Gerbera by Alison Wood 16
Rhesus Macque by Bryan Averill 15
Nut & Bolt City by Andrew Charlesworth 15
Click on the links below to view the full results sheet.
11th October 2011
1st Club Competition judged by John Royle CPAGB BPE*
The opening competition of the season was well-supported with a high-standard entry providing a close-run competition. As usual, John gave interesting and useful critiques and complimented the entrants on the standard of their work. Due to our new competition software, we were able to project the digital images of the Print entry for the first time, simultaneously with the judging, to improve the view for the audience . The prints will be set up for viewing at the next meeting.
PI Competition Results
1st ‘Gerbera’ by Alison Wood
Joint 2nd ‘Peaches and Cream’ by Paul Topham
‘High Speed Cornering’ by Andrew Charlesworth
Joint 3rd ‘Needle and Dome’ by Andrew Charleworth
‘Clematis’ by Alison Wood
‘Garlic’ by Wendy Williams
Print Competition Results
1st ‘Arctic Tern’ by Wray Douglas
Joint 2nd ‘Herringfleet Mill’ by Andrew Charlesworth
‘Pippa Funnell on Mirage d’Elle’ by Wray Douglas
Joint 3rd ‘Busy Bee’ by Wendy Williams
‘Lower Antelope Canyon’ by Andrew Charlesworth
‘Common Seals’ by Brian Sankey
Winning Print |
Winning PI |
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L&CPU ANNUAL COMPETITION RESULTS
MAY 2011
Twelve members put forward entries to the 2011 L&CPU Annual Competition with an overall total of 102 prints and projected images sent. 'Moorings' by Andrew Charlesworth was retained for entry to the PAGB competition. Roslyn Walmsley received a Certificate of Merit for her PI of 'St. Pauls' and 6 prints were retained for the L&CPU Folios. These are;
'Red Kite Feeding' (Natural History) by Brian Sankey
Desert Yuccas (General Prints) and 'Desert Yucca' (Mono Prints) by Roslyn Walmsley
'Lily' and 'Light Reading' (General Prints) and 'Swirls and Crevices' (Mono Prints) by Alison Wood.
Other high-scoring entries were;
'Nuthatch' (Natural History) by Wray Douglas
High-scoring PIs were;
'Rhesus Macaques' (Natural History) by Bryan Averill
'Red Deer Stag' (Natural History) by Brian Sankey
'Old Dodge at Cow Canyon' (General PIs) by Andrew Charlesworth
'Hell's Teeth' and 'Padley Millstone' (General PIs) by Roslyn Walmsley.
The Club came 15th in the Overall Club Ranking.
Thanks and congratulations to all entrants.
To see the full score sheets and the clubs overall postition, click on the links below.
Overall Club Competiton Results for the 2010-2011 Season
Click on the links below to view the overall competition league tables for the 2010-2011 season.
THE ANNUAL 5 TOWNS MONO PRINT COMPETITION
held at Sandbach on Wednesday 20th April 2011 and judged by
Tillman Kleinhans ARPS EFIAP DPAGB
For the second year in succession Nantwich Camera Club won both the overall competition for the Alan Challinor trophy and the Best Print of the Night. Tillman's judging was thoughtful and interesting and was appreciated by all of the audience, especially as he developed his decisions through the contest. He praised the high standard the standard of the entries.
We were in a strong position at half time, with 2 of our prints held back and high scores for the other prints. As the second half of the competition progressed, some of the other clubs were increasing their scores significantly, so the tension was high.
In a nail-biting finale to the competition, Tillman was unable to separate Crewe's 'Botallack Chimney' and Nantwich's 'Moorings' and both were awarded top marks. However he felt that the unusual treatment and composition of 'Moorings' by Andrew Charlesworth was worthy of the 'Best Print of the Night' Trophy.
Our other high scorer was Keith Wild, who scored 19 with 'A Cold Morning in Shropshire', one of only two19s awarded.
The individual Club scores were
Nantwich 173, Crewe 171, Whitchurch 164, Sandbach 162 and Alsager 159.
The 5 Towns results round off a year of success as we have also won all the Inter-Club Battles. Congratulations must go to all our members who have produced such excellent work. We look forward to another good year in the 2011-2012 season.
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19th April 2011
Inter-Club Battle between Nantwich Camera Club and Crewe Photographic Society
held at Nantwich and judged by
David Hollows CPAGB
It was our turn to host the Annual Nantwich v Crewe Battle, which attracted the usual good turn-out of both Crewe and Nantwich members. David gave entertaining and informative judgement on the entries and found awarding marks difficult due to the quality of the entries.
Nantwich was the eventual winner, scoring 348 points to Crewe's 337. The score for the PIs was Nantwich 174, Crewe 166 and the score for the prints was Nantwich 174, Crewe 171. The full score sheet can be seen by clicking on the link below.
Winner of the PI Section was Paul Topham with 'Break Break Break', with Andrew Charlesworth's 'Jorge Lorenzo' and 'Nut & Bolt City' and Roslyn Walmsley's 'Ribblehead Steam' in joint 2nd place with 19 points each. Ken Dickenson from Crewe also scored 19 points with 'Chasing the Ball'.
The Print Section was won by Wray Douglas with 'Nick Gauntlett on Rocket Science'. Wray's 'Nuthatch', Roslyn Walmsley's 'Horsey Mill' and Andrew Charlesworth's 'Remains of the Slate Industry' all scored 19 points. Patrick Whalley and John Royle from Crewe also scored 19 with 'Male Banded Demoiselle' and 'Monte Toboganeer' respectively.
Winning Print |
Winning PDI |
12th April 2010
6th Club Competition judged by John Cartlidge EFIAP/g
We welcomed John Cartlidge to judge our last competition of the season. This competition was comprised of monochrome prints and open PIs and was well-supported. John had agreed to judge the full number of entries, which was 60 prints and 58 PDIs, a formidable task. He gave excellent and helpful critiques of our images, despite being unwell. Results were as follows.
Prints
Keith Wild came in First Place with 'A Cold Morning in Shropshire'. Joint Second place went to 'Alone on Twistleton Scar', 'Moorings' and 'Powering Along' by Andrew Charlesworth and 'Gondola Moorings' by Bryan Averill. Joint third place went to 'Dandelion' by Alison Wood, 'Paul Jones' by Nick Edwards and 'Nestled In' by Roslyn Walmsley.
PDIs
Paul Topham's Still Life 'Wine Glasses' took First Place. Joint Second Place went to 'Old Dodge at Cow Canyon' by Andrew Charlesworth, 'Solitude in White Sands National Park' by Roslyn Walmsley, 'Rannoch Moor' by Mark Payne, 'Winter Sunset' by Alma Sankey and 'Canal Reflections, Burano' by Brian Sankey. Images scoring 18 were 'Battle of Nantwich' and Masked Dancers' by Rick Lindley, 'Perch Rock Lighthouse' by Wendy Williams, 'Citroen Building, Paris' by Paul Topham, 'Four Wheel Take Off' by Andrew Charlesworth, 'Venetian Viewpoint' by Alma Sankey, 'Lindisfarne' by Brian Sankey, 'Birks of Aberfeldy' by Bryan Averill, 'A Faro Church' by John Wornall and 'Winter Moorings' by john Dodd.
The number and standard of the entries made our trial Mono Print Competition a great success. Congratulations to all who submitted entries.
Winning Print
"A Cold Morning in Shropshire" |
Winning PDI
"Wine Glasses" |
To see the top 8 Prints from this competition,
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To see the top 16 PDI's from this competition,
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17th March 2011
Inter-Club Battle with Alsager Camera Club, held at Alsager
Judged by Christine Widdall DPAGB, AFIAP, BPE3*and President of the L&CPU
It was the turn of Alsager Camera Club to host the annual Inter-Club Battle on 17 March and Nantwich were victorious, winning by a combined score of 343 to Alsager's 323.
Christine did her usual exemplary job of judging the competition, giving thorough critiques on the entries.
Andrew Charlesworth took joint first place in the Print section with 'St Mary's Church Details' and 'Winter Snow Cloud' and Wray Douglas took second place with 'Nick Gauntlett on Rocket Science'. Alsager took the winning place in the PDIs with 'Enigmatic Monkey', but Roslyn Walmsley and Andrew Charlesworth tied for second place with 'Ribblehead Steam' and 'Turret Arch through North Window' respectively.
Thanks to Alsager for hosting a very enjoyable evening.
The full score sheets can be viewed below.
15th March 2011
5th Club Competition judged by Tony Keeley
The 5th competition of the season proved as well-supported as the previous ones and with the 3rd PDI entries discarded we still had a total entry of 99 images (39 PDIs and 60 Prints). Tony gave a thoughtful and comprehensive critique of the entries, despite the high number and was complementary about the standard of the entries in general.
Winning PDI was 'Rhesus Macaque' by Bryan Averill. 'Break, Break' Break' by Paul Topham came second and in joint 3rd place were 'Jorge Lorenzo' by Andrew Charlesworth, 'Ant Attack' by Paul Ashton, 'I think I Can Reach' by John Kay, 'Acrobat' by Mark Payne and 'Love is in the Air' by Rick Lindley.
Winning Print was Andrew Charlesworth's mono 'Wind Blown'. Joint second place were 'Concentration' by Wray Douglas, 'Turf Fen' by Roslyn Walmsley, 'You Lot Look Tasty' by David Hubbard and 'Petter Solberg' by Andrew Charlesworth. Joint 3rd place went to 'Broad Bodied Chaser' by Nick Edwards, 'Honey Bee' by Keith Wild, 'Nuthatch' by Wray Douglas, 'In at the Deep End' by Tom Jones, 'Capture the Moment' by David Roberts, 'Another Place' by David Hubbard and 'Angel' by Mark Payne.
Winning Print |
Winning PDI |
To see the top 12 Prints from this competition,
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To see the top 7 PDI's from this competition,
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14th February 2011
North Cheshire PS (Poynton) Inter-Club Competition Results
The annual inter-club digital print and the inter-club projected digital image knockout competitions took place at North Cheshire PS on the 9th and 10th February.
Interclub Digital Print Competition
This evening’s Competition was contested by 21 clubs entering 5 images each giving a total of 105 prints to be judged by Ray Brammall EFIAP/s BPE3*.
Our entries
Title |
Author |
Score |
St Mary’s Church details |
Andrew Charlesworth |
18 |
Brassica |
Wray Douglas |
15 |
Pink Rose |
Nick Edwards |
15 |
Explosion of Bubbles |
Keith Wild |
14 |
Desert Yuccas |
Roslyn Walmsley |
14 |
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Total |
76 |
Interclub Projected Digital Image Knockout Competition
This evening Competition was contested by 30 Clubs entering 5 images each giving a total of 150 images to be judged by Mike McNamee FRPS, FBPPA
Our entries
Title |
Author |
Score |
Nut and Bolt City |
Andrew Charlesworth |
3 |
Driftwood |
Roslyn Walmsley |
2 |
Cheaney FS029 |
Mark Payne |
2 |
Puffin Airways |
Alma Sankey |
2 |
Chaplin’s Rose |
John Kay |
1 |
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Total |
10 |
Both Competitions were won by Wigan 10.
8th February 2011
4th Club Competition Open Subject, Judged by Peter Emerson
Peter provided us with extensive critiques of our entries for a well-supported competition. It was the turn of the Prints to have their numbers reduced, to give a realistic number of entries for judging. 20 members entered PDIs resulting in 65 entries and 18 members entered prints resulting in 36 entries.
Winning PDI (see below) was 'Tranquility' by Andy Biggar. Joint second place went to Mike Tough, one of our newer members, with 'Holy Smoke' and David Hubbard with 'Keeper and Beater'.
Winning Print (see below) was 'Age of Innocence' by David Roberts', also one of our new members. Second Place went to David Hubbard with 'Give us a Kiss, Princess' and our chairman, John Kay was third with 'The Spare Nail'.
Congratulations go to the newer members who have done well in such a competitive event, as well as members of longer-standing.
Winning Print |
Winning PDI |
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11th January 2011
Club Competition Set Subject 'Texture and Detail', Judge Daryl Giles
This year's set subject 'Texture and Detail' attracted so many entries that the PDI third entries had to be omitted, still leaving 55 prints and 37 PDIs for judging. Daryl Giles did a commendable job of providing helpful critiques for each entry in the time allowed and was pleased with the quality and variety of the entries.
Winning PDI of the night was 'Nut and Bolt City' by Andrew Charlesworth and the joint winners of the prints were 'Explosion of Bubbles' by Keith Wild and 'St Mary's Church Details' by Andrew Charlesworth.
Joint Winning Print |
Joint Winning Print |
Winning PDI |
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30 November 2010
Inter-Club Battle between Nantwich and Sandbach held at Nantwich
and judged by John Shaw BPE2*
Despite snow falls during the previous 24 hours and freezing conditions, our judge for the night and representatives of Sandbach Photographic Society joined a good number of our members for the competition. The PDI section was close-run with Nantwich in the lead by only 3 points at the interval. However, the print section increased our score significantly giving us an overall victory of 303 points to Sandbach's 282.
Winner of the PDI section was Alma Sankey with 'Puffin Airways' and Winner of the Print section was Wray Douglas with 'Nick Gauntlett on Rocket Science'. Ros Walmsley was a close second with 'Desert Yuccas'. Congratulations to all members whose entries contributed to our win.
Winning Print
"Nick Gauntlett on Rocket Science"
by Wray Douglas
Winning PDI
"Puffin Airways"
by Alma Sankey
16th November 2010
Chester PS Inter-Club Knockout Competition
Judged by Christine Widdall DPAGB, AFIAP, BPE3* and President of the L&CPU
Nantwich Camera Club competed against 12 Photographic Societies at Chester and were doubly successful. Nantwich won the overall competition and the Colour Print section was won by Andrew Charlesworth with 'Winter Snow Cloud'. The standard was extremely high and Christine found it hard to decide on the eventual winners, so congratulations are in order to the authors of the prints entered.
Final scores were
Nantwich 35, Birkenhead 33, Crewe 29.
The results for the Colour Prints were:
'Winter Snow Cloud' by Andrew Charlesworth 10
'Rounding the Bend' by Wray Douglas 6
'Horsey Mill' by Roslyn Walmsley 5
'Remains of the Slate Industry' by Andrew Charlesworth 4
The results for the Mono Prints were:
'Watersplash' by Wray Douglas 6
'Cottonmill Express' by Andrew Charlesworth 4
This was a knockout competition and none of our entries were discarded in the first or second rounds, so gained creditably high scores.
Tuesday 09 November 2010
SECOND CLUB COMPETITION - OPEN SUBJECT
Judged by Christine Widdall DPAGB, AFIAP, BPE3*and President of the L&CPU
We were delighted to welcome Christine Widdall to judge our 2nd Competition. She judged 118 entries for us, giving helpful comments on each image. Her stamina is to be applauded. Christine was delighted with the standard of work and found the final decisions difficult, even with her level of judging skill.
Congratulations to new members, Mark Payne, who scored 18 marks with 'Heavens Above' and David Hubbard, who scored 17 marks for 'Norfolk Sunrise, their first Competition entries. It is encouraging that so many of our new members are taking part in the Competitions.
The PDI Competition was won by Alma Sankey with 'Puffin Airways' (see below). Joint second place went to Roslyn Walmsley with 'Maroon Bells' and Andrew Charlesworth with 'Turret Arch through North Window'. Third places went to Bryan Averill with 'Sunlight on the Loch', Andrew Charlesworth with 'The Winch House', David Foster with 'Nuthatch', Alison Wood with 'Encapsulated' and Mark Payne with 'Heavens Above'.
Andrew Charlesworth won the Print Competition with 'Winter Snow Cloud' (see below). Very close joint second places went to Roslyn Walmsley with 'Horsey Mill' and Wray Douglas with 'Rounding the Bend'. Third places went to Alma Sankey with 'Oriental Charm' and Andrew Charlesworth with 'Trapped in Antelope Canyon'.
The average score across both sections was 15.8 with 21 members entering PDIs and 20 entering prints.
Winning Print |
Winning PDI |
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Tuesday 2nd November
Inter-club Battle between Whitchurch PS and Nantwich CC
Held at Whitchurch Judged by Tillman Kleinhans ARPS EFIAP DPAGB
A substantial number of Club members braved the weather to see Nantwich Camera Club win the first external competition of the season. The judge for the evening, Tillman Kleinhans, gave a thoughtful and helpful analysis of the entries, which was enjoyed by both clubs.
Our print entries were
'Ben' and 'Busy Bee' by Keith Wild
'Quiet Backwater' by David Foster
'Desert Yuccas' and 'Mortar & Pestle' by Ros Walmsley
'Jetsam' and 'Ruptured Groyne' by Brian Sankey
'New York Vista' and Nick Gauntlett on Rocket Science' by Wray Douglas
'Remains of the Slate Industry' by Andrew Charlesworth
Overall Score was Whitchurch 163 Nantwich 170
The winning print was 'Remains of the Slate Industry' by Andrew Charlesworth (see below).
Our PDI entries were
'Circles' and 'Slate Quarry Ridge' by Ros Walmsley
'Dust Trail' and 'Horsey Mill' by Andrew Charlesworth
'Brown Hooded Kingfisher' by Brian Sankey
'Grand Canal Traffic' and 'Let there be Light' by Bryan Averill
'Hydrangea' by Paul Ashton
'The Kill' by Andy Biggar
'Light Reading' by Alison Wood
The Overall Score was Whitchurch 157 Nantwich 175
The winning PDI was 'Hydrangea' by Paul Ashton (see below).
Nantwich won by 345 points to Whitchurch's 320.
Winning Print
"Remains of the Slate Industry"
by Andrew Charlesworth CPAGB
Winning PDI
"Hydrangea"
by Paul Ashton
Click below for the full results.
Monday 1st November 2010
Club Success at Bramhall & Competition Winner Wendy Williams
At the Bramhall Inter-Club PDI competition, held on 28th October, Nantwich Camera Club were the winners of the F J Laughton Trophy. 14 Clubs competed for the trophy. We scored 84 points, Bury PS was second, scoring 82 points and in joint third place were Hyde PS and Rochdale PS with 79 points, so it was a closely fought competition.
The winning entry was
Rail Truck by Andrew Charlesworth 19 points
Abandoned in the Desert by Andrew Charlesworth 17 points
Hell's Teeth by Roslyn Walmsley 17 points
Provencal Tree by Wray Douglas 17 points
Over the Brow by Andrew Charlesworth 14 points
Congratulations and thanks to authors of the PDIs. (See Below)
Also this week, Nantwich Camera Club member and joint Competition Secretary, Wendy Williams, was a winner in the Cheshire Building Society 'Capture Cheshire' photography competition recently. Her mono image, taken from Teg's Nose, was selected for the February page of their 2011 calendar. Congratulations on the victory. The winning entries can be seen on http://www.thecheshire.co.uk/capturecheshire/gallery.htm
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The first NCC competition of the 2010-2011 season was held on Tuesday 5th October and Graham Shaw was welcomed to the club to judge the entries. This was Graham's first visit as a judge, although he has been previously in his capacity of speaker. He commented favourably on the overall quality of the entries, reflected by the high scores achieved. The competition was well-supported with 57 prints and 51 PDIs entered. Graham held back 8 prints and 8 PDIs for final judging. With the exception of 1 print, which was held back for comparison purposes, all of these scored between 18 and 20 points. The average score for both prints and PDIs was 15.4.
Winning print of the night was 'Desert Yuccas' by Roslyn Walmsley and Winning PDI of the night was 'Dust Trail' by Andrew Charlesworth.
Winning Print |
Winning PDI |
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Nantwich
Take the Overall Victory and "Print of the Night"
at the Annual Five Towns Monochrome Competition
David said the way he judged battles was to view and comment on all of the images first and then score them all at the end.
After viewing all the entries, the scoring started with the lowest first. David worked his way up though all the images. At the 16 point mark we had only lost 2 prints with low scores, things were looking good. As the scoring progressed Nantwich prints were still very strong, even to a point where we had just 3 prints left. Two of these prints scored 19 points, and the final print scoring 20 marks and taking the award for
"Print of the Night" was "Horses in the Mist" by Keith Wild.
As the final total scores were added up we knew that Nantwich was in a strong position with all those high scoring prints, and sure enough we took the overall victory with a total 171 points, 2nd was Crewe with 161, 3rd Sandbach with 156, 4th Whitchurch with 154 and in 5th place, Alsager with 153 points. Congratulations to Nantwich Camera Club for taking the overall victory and to Keith Wild for his "Print of the Night". An excellent result for the end of the 2009-2010 season.
Time 7.30 for 8pm start. The judge for this years event will be Tillman Kleinhans ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP. The Five clubs taking part in the competition are: Alsager, Crewe, Nantwich, Sandbach and Whitchurch. Each club submit an entry of 10 monochrome prints for judging. Each print will be marked out of a maximum of 20 points. There is an award for the overall winning club and also an award for the "Print of the Night" (judges favourite).
This years entry from Nantwich Camera Club is shown below. Click on the images to see a larger view.
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Overall Competition Results for the 2009-2010 Season
"Winter
Mist"  by David Foster |
"The
Watersplash"  by Wray Douglas |
"White
Crowned Sparrow"  by Wray Douglas |
In the PDI section there were 54 images to be judged. Again there was a high standard of work from which Bill held 12 images until the end. From the final 12 images the winning PDI went to Andrew Charlesworth for his image of "Valentino Rossi" (see below).
| Winning
Print |
Winning
PDI  "Valentino Rossi " by Andrew Charlesworth CPAGB |
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In the print section the overall scores were Nantwich 177.5 points, Alsager 149 points. The first place print scoring 20 points went to "Winter Mist" by David Foster from Nantwich CC.
"Winter
Mist"
by David Foster
Nantwich took the overall win with a score of 343 points to Alsagers 318.5 points.
 "Pirates of the Med" |
 "Yeee Haaah" |
The L&CPU Annual Print and Projected Image Competition
30th March 2010. Any entries submitted after this date will not be accepted. Please click on the link below to read the general rules, guidelines and the sections within the competition. All labeling of prints/slides is done by the club's competition secretaries. If you wish to enter, could you please also download and complete a members entry form. This is not an official entry form, it is to help assist the competition secretaries in compiling the club's entry for the competition.
In the PDI's, there were 59 images for to John judge. Eleven images (see link below) were held until the end to take the highest scores. From those images the overall winner was "Horsey Mill" by Andrew Charlesworth.
| Winning
Print |
Winning
PDI 
"Horsey Mill" by Andrew Charlesworth CPAGB |
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Malcolm said he had laid all of the 42 prints out at home, then walked around viewing them all. The prints that caught his eye after the first viewing were the prints that would take the highest scores. The remaining prints were then scored in comparison with his favourites. There were 7 prints retained to take the highest score, from which "Brograve Drainage Mill" by Andrew Charlesworth CPAGB was given 1st place.
In the PDI section, again Malcolm had preview all of the images over the weekend. He spent time opening some of the images into Photoshop to see if he could have improved them in any way. If he did manage to find a way of improving an image he then passed this on to the members. Most of the improvements he found were down to composition, increasing the colour and tonal range. From the 57 PDI's, Malcolm retained 9 images to take the highest score. The overall winning image went to Andrew Charlesworth CPAGB for his image titled "Abandoned in the Desert".
| Winning
Print  "Brograve Drainage Mill" by Andrew Charlesworth |
Winning
PDI I  "Abandoned in the Desert" by Andrew Charlesworth |
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Top
Print with 20 points  "Red Kite" by Wray Douglas |
Top
Print with 20 points  "The Watersplash" by Wray Douglas |
Top
Print with 20 points  "Horsey Mill" by Andrew Charlesworth" |
"Over the Brow"
by Andrew Charlesworth
In the PDI section there were 62 entries for Tony to judge. Tony had already previewed the images as the entry had been sent to him beforehand. From the complete entry Tony held back 11 images until the end. From the top scoring images the overall win went to Andrew Charlesworth for his image titled "Mesa Arch at Sunrise" (see below).
Winning
Print  "The Cotton Mill Express" by Andrew Charlesworth CPAGB |
Winning
PDI  "Mesa Arch at Sunrise" by Andrew Charlesworth CPAGB |
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Competition was fierce with many excellent prints, both colour and mono, and the judging had to be 'firm but fair' because of the high standard. Gordon Jenkins congratulated the club and photographers concerned.
1st
place "Provencal Tree"  by Wray Douglas |
2nd
place "Red Kite"  by Wray Douglas |
David followed the usual format of judging the 20 prints first (10 from each club). Working through the entries David was very observant, giving good clear comments and constructive criticism. After the first run through David had held back 9 prints to take the highest scores. From those 9 prints, 6 belonged to Nantwich and 3 from Whitchurch. At this point David said it was going to be very difficult to find a winner, he didn't want his personal preferences to influence the result over quality and technique. In the end David picked out "Free Style Jump" (see below) by Andrew Charlesworth CPAGB from Nantwich as the winner. The total scores for the prints were Nantwich 177 points, Whitchurch 155 points.
After the tea break the PDI battle took place (10 PDI's from each club). Again David followed the format of scoring and holding back the top images to the end. After the first run though there were 6 PDI images held back, 4 from Nantwich and 2 from Whitchurch. The final overall 1st place went to a PDI from Whitchurch titled "Up and Over" (see below"). The Total scores for the PDI's were Nantwich 165 points, Whitchurch 158 points.
The overall total scores were Nantwich 342 points and Whitchurch 313 points. So well done to Nantwich for their first inter-club win of the 2009-2010 season. To see the individual print and PDI scores, click on the links below.
Nantwich CC
Whitchurch PS
Inter-Club Print and PDI competition at Bramhall
In the PDI section there were 67 entries to be judged. Peter adopted the same system of scoring and holding back images as he had done in the prints section. From the top 8 PDI's that were held back the overall winner went to Bryan Averill for his image titled "Triathlon Competitor" (see below).
"First Light at Waheap Hoodoos"
by Roslyn Walmsley
"Triathlon Competitior"
by Bryan Averill
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Click the links below to download a printable version of a "Competition Comments Form"