2022 Annual Digital Competition Results

Date:

7th April 2022

Entry:

3 digital images

Criteria:

Any subject, any theme, mono or colour

Judge:

David Lowe, ARPS AFIAP DPAGB

 

  Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
First Place: Gloster Gladiator

Kevin Watts

 Urban Pollution Jenny Ladbrooke Blind Lady Resting Chanardaye Walton

Second Place:

 Mountain Panorama Chris Lee Cortinarius Fungus Tony Dyson I Can't Reach Graham Walton

Third Place:

 Wrong Hole Aileen Nock Day Dreaming Hazel Lane Electric Chair Graham Walton

Highly Commended:

 A Portrait

Graham Newman

 Welsh Pony, Wild Dave Ward Alaskan Bear Cubs Sparring Jane Storer

 

         Brown Hare  David Steele

Commended:

 Bagan Temple Kevin Watts The Last  Peony Jenny Ladbrooke Earning a Crust Phil Moorhouse
  Boat at Anchor  Aileen Nock Still Life Richard Postill High Winds on the Dunes Chris Mallett
  Welsh Mountain Goats Chris Lee     Inquistive Youngster Mick Schilling
         

Pallas Cat 

 Sue Pearmain
         

Shadows of Life

 Graham Walton
         

Jaguar and Butterfly

 Jane Storer

 

 

Creative Results 2021

Date:

8th April 2021

Entry:

3 images

Criteria:

Members enter three images with a creative feel. Our definition of Creative is 'Altered Reality'. The image must obviously display a change in natural colour, form, shape, or any combination of these. Creative images are often montages (a blending or composite of multiple images).

Judge:

The Audience

Video:

https://youtu.be/O-To3i8uEVQ

 

  All Entries

First Place

 Lockdown Clock Chris Lee

Second Place:

 Moonlit Stag Jenny Ladbrooke

Third Place:

 Cityscape Jenny Ladbrooke

Highly Commended: 

 Duck the Great Western Engine Mick Schilling
  The Clown Roy Buckle
  Shot at Dawn Sue Pearmain
 Commended:  Camillia Bush Twirl Chris Lee
  Socially-Distanced Air Travel Returns Phil Moorhouse
  Moon Walk Phil Moorhouse

 

 

AV Competition Results 2022

Date:

14th April 2022

Entry:

1 Audio-Visual Presentation

Criteria:

Entries must be digital and saved as a file that will play on a Windows computer, e.g. “.exe” or “.wmv” files.

All presentations submitted must be the work of the entrant. We are judging the presentation not the individual images entered, so content need not only be the work of the entrant, however, all manipulation and presentation work must be the authors own.

By participating in the Competition entrants indemnify the organisers against any action which may be taken by owners of copyright.

Judge:

The Audience
  All Entries

First Place

Miss Unsinkable The Convergence of the Twain

 Rosie Thompson

Second Place:

 Judge Dread Phil Moorhouse

Third Place:

 Leaving my Heart Elizabeth Smith

 

 

 

 

 

FourMorePics Results 2021

Date:

17th June 2021

Entry:

4 images

Criteria:

Members enter four images (any theme, any subject, just for fun). In the first round the four pictures from each author are presented to the audience online, who select their favourite of the four. The two most popular images progress to the next round, where they will compete against the best of the rest. Four images are presented (from different authors at random) in subsequent rounds until we reach the final four.

Judge:

The Audience

Video:

 https://youtu.be/S8O0-8akUsM

 

   All Entries
First Place: Boat at Anchor Aileen Nock

First Place:

 Progress Phil Moorhouse
Top six runners-up: Volcanic Buffalo Dave Ward
 

On the Prowl

 Tony Dyson
 

The Chinese Arrangement

 Jenny Ladbrooke
  Carpenter Bee 

Jane Roby
 

Inquisitive Youngster

 Mick Schilling
 

Lion Cub

 Sue Pearmain

 

 

 

 

 

Fourth Open Digital Competition Results 2021

Date:

12th August 2021

Entry:

3 digital images 

Criteria:

Any theme, any format, monochrome or colour, just-for-fun, so entries can be used in the forthcoming season.

Judge:

Peter Young

 

  Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
First Place: Spring Daffodil Rosie Thompson The Mist Dave Ward Misty Earlswood Lakes * Jolanta B Axon

Second Place:

 I Have a Dream Mick O'Malley The Quarryman's Cottage Jenny Ladbrooke Bridge in the Woods Dave Venables

Third Place:

 Heron in Flight Mick O'Mallley Giraffe Silhouette Jan Cochrane

Flowing Water

 Dave Venables

Highly Commended:

 Red Berries Rosie Thompson Penny For Them Hazel Lane Killer Whales Jane Storer
  Lakeland Vista Mick O'Malley The Sunflower Patrick Reynolds The Mallard Family  Jolanta B Axon

Commended:

Lake Bohinj

 Kevin Watts Banded Demoiselle on Reed Dave Ward

Marmalade Hover Fly on Thistle

 Phil Moorhouse

 

Belsay Hall Northumberland

 Michael Prince

MGB Roadster

Patrick Reynolds

 Joe, Jake and Jack in the Box Jolanta B Axon
 

Rural Architecture

 Elizabeth Smith

Bahrain Grand Mosque Chandelier

Heather Thompson

 The Old Mill Mick Schilling
  Power to the Lighthouse Michael Prince    

A Father's Love

Sue Pearmain

 

 * Awarded the Best-of-the-Night